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Wednesday Night #1369
May 28, 2008, 1 Comment

An unexpected treat … Chil Heward will be bringing his son Geoffrey, Senior Vice-President and Director of G.F.G. ...

Wednesday Night #1367
May 14, 2008, 4 Comments

NAFTA/Mexico The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) has proven beneficial to both United States and Canada, but ...

NAFTA – a proposal for renewal
April 28, 2008, 1 Comment

April 28, 2008 Thanks to Ron Robertson for forwarding this thoughtful piece that addresses the problems of NAFTA and off ...

Global Monitoring Report 2008
April 11, 2008, Comments Off on Global Monitoring Report 2008

World Bank IMF IMF’s Global economic prospects for 2009 (.pdf) April 11 Climate Change Rises On World Bank Agenda ...

Bush's border fence destroys wilderness
April 3, 2008, Comments Off on Bush's border fence destroys wilderness

GETTY IMAGES Completion of the 670-mile fence on the US-Mexican border would harm endangered species and ‘pristine ...

Predatory states & democratic recession
March 24, 2008, Comments Off on Predatory states & democratic recession

The Democratic Rollback Larry Diamond, Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution Foreign Affairs, March/April 2008 Summary ...

La Niña and Climate Chaos
March 13, 2008, Comments Off on La Niña and Climate Chaos

Flooding in eastern Bolivia.Credit:Franz Chávez/IPS (IPS) SANTIAGO, Mar 13 (Tierramérica) – It is still difficul ...

Anti-Americanism and Anti-Europeanism
March 8, 2008, Comments Off on Anti-Americanism and Anti-Europeanism

Dan Gardner, The Ottawa Citizen A much-maligned continent The decadent, doomed society portrayed in today’s popula ...

Cuba & Fidel Castro
February 25, 2008, Comments Off on Cuba & Fidel Castro

In-depth coverage: BBC Country profile and related news stories New York Times World news about Cuba, including breaking ...

Wednesday Night #1351
January 23, 2008, 1 Comment

23 January 2008 We are delighted that at the suggestion of Consul General Mary Marshall, U.S. Ambassador David Wilkins w ...

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