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CELAC heads of state pose in front of Simón Bolívar statue at Caracas summit, December 2, 2011. (Photo: Eduardo Santillán Trujillo/Presidencia de la República) Rain clouds ringed …

Demonstrators gather near the International Conference Center, where the Durban Climate Change conference is held on December 2, 2011. (Photo: Ainhoa Goma / Oxfam) The image of …

With the explosion of Occupy Wall Street protests, many people have begun to wonder whether this movement will have a lasting impact, and, if so, what political changes it …

On Saturday, December 3rd – while most of the U.S. media was focused on the political demise of Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain and the growing financial meltdown in …

When it comes to China policy, is the Obama administration leaping from the frying pan directly into the fire? In an attempt to turn the page on two …

Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa in his office in the presidential palace, in Quito, Ecuador, Oct. 8, 2010. (Photo: Karla Gachet / The New York Times)

"The United States, with just 5 percent of the world’s population, currently holds 25 percent of the world's prisoners, and for the last 30 years America’s business entrepreneurs have …

Ohio Republican Gov. John Kasich talks on the phone before speaking at a press conference with his running mate at the Ohio Chamber of Commerce in Columbus, Ohio, November …

Amy Goodman: As we turn to Washington where the bipartisan so-called, “supercommittee” has failed to reach an agreement on reducing the federal deficit. On Monday, Democrats and Republicans abandoned …

The bipartisan so-called “supercommittee” has failed to reach an agreement on reducing the federal deficit after three months of negotiations over taxes and spending. The full Congress will now …