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More Venezuela and Cuba Antics

More Venezuela and Cuba Antics

By: Daniel Nardini The good news is that Timothy Tracy, the independent filmmaker who was working on a documentary in Venezuela when the Venezuelan government arrested him for “spying,” was… Read more »

A Bookstore of Banned Books

A Bookstore of Banned Books

By: Daniel Nardini Here in the United States, it sounds like a contradiction in terms. In truth, there is no such thing as banned books. What I mean by this… Read more »

A Man Who Kept His Promise

A Man Who Kept His Promise

By:Daniel Nardini This story began in 2010, at O’Hare International Airport in Chicago of all places. A man named David House was returning from Mexico when he was stopped by… Read more »

The Nicaragua Canal

The Nicaragua Canal

By: Daniel Nardini In a bid to increase Nicaragua’s trade, connection with both Atlantic and Pacific oceans, and to increase the country gross national product, the country is going ahead… Read more »

The Nameless Workers Who Give Us All

The Nameless Workers Who Give Us All

By: Daniel Nardini Over three hundred workers in a factory in Cambodia that manufactures Nike shoes went on strike over pay. They wanted each worker to have a U.S. $12.00… Read more »

Biting the Friendly Hand

Biting the Friendly Hand

By: Daniel Nardini In an important turn-around, the famed actor Sean Penn has called for the country of Bolivia to be excluded from the Dakar sports racing meet if American… Read more »

Discrimination Against Latinos in Louisiana

Discrimination Against Latinos in Louisiana

By: Daniel Nardini The Southern Poverty Law Center has sent a letter to the Louisiana Jefferson Parish Head Start personnel informing them that they are in violation of the law…. Read more »

Efrain Rios Montt Freed

Efrain Rios Montt Freed

By: Daniel Nardini So much for justice in Guatemala. Former Guatemalan President Efrain Rios Montt, the man accused of the slaughter of thousands of Guatemalans (mostly Guatemalan Mayans), is again… Read more »

The IQ Research Fallacy

The IQ Research Fallacy

By: Daniel Nardini In the 1970’s a British researcher named Hans Eysenck carried out a study that linked IQ (Intelligence Quotient) to a person’s race and environment. According to Eysenck’s… Read more »

Possible Native Canadian Insurgency?

Possible Native Canadian Insurgency?

By: Daniel Nardini According to a report written by Canadian military officer Douglas Bland for the MacDonald Laurier Institute of Canada, the conditions Native Canadians face could lead them to… Read more »