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| France
Setback for plural leftDespite the predictions of the pollsters that it would be victorious, the gauche plurielle ("plural left"), that is the coalition government, came out defeated from the French municipal elections of March 11th and 18th 2001. -> read article... |
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| World Social Forum
Porto Alegre World Social ForumIt was an audacious gamble: bringing together hundreds of representatives of movements opposed to neo-liberal globalisation from all over the planet in a big city in southern Brazil. -> read article... |
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| Puerto Rico
Colonialism and the Death PenaltyThe Federal Death Penalty Act of 1994 approved by the United States provides for the application of the death penalty in a series of newly defined federal crimes. In Puerto Rico, this law has provoked a wide debate: a discussion which combines the issue of capital punishment with questions arising from the specific colonial status of Puerto Rico. -> read article... |