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Egypt's minister for international cooperation, Fayza Aboul Naga, said the USAID's actions violate Egyptian sovereignty. “I am not sure at this stage we still need somebody to tell us what is or is not good for us—or worse, to force it on us,” Fayza Aboul Naga, who has been Egypt’s minister for planning and [...]  U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Tuesday slapped sanctions on seven companies that allegedly do business with Iran – two of them companies with strong Israeli ties. The Ofer brothers own one of the largest private shipping companies in the world. Among those singled out by Clinton for alleged business ties with Iran [...] The United States on Thursday ordered the expulsion of Ecuador’s ambassador to Washington in a tit-for-tat move after the US envoy to Quito was told to leave over a leaked diplomatic cable. Ecuador on Tuesday ordered US Ambassador Heather Hodges out of the country in a row over a leaked diplomatic cable which quoted her [...] Coast Longshore Division supports dockworkers and their unions Published in the Coast Longshore Division Newsletter, Winter 2010 issue. In the past year, the Coast Committee has become increasingly involved in regional solidarity through direct support of dockworkers in Latin America. Latin American dockworkers are seeing the social contracts that they have with their governments systematically [...] The following letter is also available in pdf format and in Spanish. La carta siguiente se puede leer en español. June 17, 2010 The Honorable Barack Obama President, United States of America The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue Washington, DC 20500 President Obama: This letter is a follow up to my April 22, 2010 letter [...] Sixty police officers barricaded the streets and stormed the SINTRAJAP longshore union hall in Limon, Costa Rica, on May 26, 2010. Click on this image to see more photos of the police occupation. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 28, 2010 CONTACT: Jennifer Sargent, 503-703-2933 US longshore union has asked the Obama Administration to investigate illegal [...] SAN FRANCISCO, CA (April 29, 2010) — This morning, Costa Rica’s docks in Limón erupted in chaos involving police, union members and a reported 10,000 civilians, following a campaign by the Oscar Arias-led Costa Rican government to usurp the workers’ democratically elected leadership and eliminate the SINTRAJAP longshore union. Twenty-five members of the U.S. Congress [...] 22 de abril de 2010 Honorable Sr. Barack Obama Presidente de los Estados Unidos de América La Casa Blanca 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue Washington, DC 20500 Sr. Presidente Obama: Me tomo la libertad de dirigirme a usted sobre un asunto que es motivo de gran inquietud para el Sindicato Internacional de Trabajadores Portuarios y Almacenistas (ILWU) [...] “You cannot promote trade agreements in the Western Hemisphere as mechanisms to encourage countries to provide enforceable labor standards and at the same time stand idly by while the Costa Rican Government ousts the democratically elected leadership of a union, freezes its bank accounts, and militarizes the ports in the build up to [...] |
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