boingboing.net - 22 days ago
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Guido Núñez-Mujica, a 26-year-old Boing Boing reader in Venezuela who is an avid gamer, writes in with this extensive personal observation piece about a new law that widely criminalizes video games in the South American country. As you read the piece, please also bear in mind that publishing ...
meganmcardle.theatlantic.com - 15 days ago
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meganmcardle.theatlantic.com —
For a long time I have been saying
(along with a lot of other people), that Hugo...
Chavez was running his country into the ground. He diverted investment funds from PDVSA, Venezuela's state-run oil company, into social programs. As long as ...
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Chavez's Economic Problems Turn Nasty
centerforsecuritypolicy.org - 29 days ago
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centerforsecuritypolicy.org —
The Obama Administration has made serious mistakes in
its handling of the crisis in Honduras where it...
supports the return of the deposed president, Mel Zelaya. The Administration categorized the removal of Zelaya as a coup when, in fact, the Honduran ...
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Who's behind the Obama Honduras policy?
nytimes.com - 17 days ago
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nytimes.com —
CARACAS, Venezuela This country may be an
energy colossus, with the largest conventional oil reserves outside...
the Middle East and one of the world’s mightiest hydroelectric systems, but that has not prevented it from enduring serious electricity and ...
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Blackouts Plague Energy-Rich Venezuela
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... PATRIOT Act's "lone
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• The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee passes
cap and trade while Republicans boycott the vote.
• Investigators "increasingly
doubt" that the census worker found dead in Kentucky was
killed for political reasons.
• Former NYPD chief Bernie Kerik
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• A political bargain
falls apart in Honduras.
• Venezuela cracks
down on violent video games. ...
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