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The Venezuelan election was nearly stolen – by the US-backed anti-Chávistas. How? That’s what Chávez wanted Maduro to find out from me: how could US operatives jerk with Venezuela’s voter rolls? It wasn’t a mere policy question: they knew Chávez wouldn't be allowed to survive through another coup. My answer: They could steal the vote the same way Bush did it in Florida – in fact, using the very same contractor. Take a look at these documents.

Big news from Latin America

Our nation’s tax dollars are being poured into violence abroad while families here struggle to survive.

Left confers in South Africa without ANC

A May Day to remember

Rocks and hard places

Responding to spiraling disaster

Establishment leaders are doing everything they can to save an organization that not only meddles in sovereign countries but is willing to go rogue.

Cilia Flores brought feminism to the Bolivarian Revolution. She is one of the most prominent political prisoners in the world, yet most women’s rights organizations have not said a word in her defense.

The democracy question