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The Nation: France’s election highlights how EU-imposed austerity limits real choices, fueling far-right gains and underscoring the need for a stronger left alternative.
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HuffPost: Venezuela’s exit from the OAS reflects its rejection of a US-driven, partisan body whose actions have fueled polarization and risk violent regime change.
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The New York Times: Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s plan to boost spending and jobs could revive France’s stagnant economy, challenge EU austerity rules, and offer a democratic alternative to rising far-right politics.
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The Sacramento Bee: Julian Assange is a political prisoner targeted by the US, UK, and Sweden for exposing government crimes, and his continued detention is a scandal for media and human rights advocates worldwide.
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The Huffington Post:The US must end support for Saudi attacks on Yemen’s port of Hodeida, which risk mass starvation, and Congress should assert its authority to block this illegal, catastrophic war.
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The Hill: The defeat of Trump’s health care repeal shows Medicaid’s broad political support and strengthens the case for moving toward universal, single-payer health care.
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It’s day nine since the story of Ecuadorian Presidential candidate Guillermo Lasso’s bank holdings and possible legal violations first broke.
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The Hill: As Ecuador heads toward the second round of its presidential election on April 2, a scandal has broken out over the opposition candidate Guillermo Lasso’s financial dealings.
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The Hill: Ecuador’s election is a choice between preserving the national sovereignty that enabled a decade of social and economic gains or returning to Washington-backed austerity and IMF control.
