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Panama: Sixth Day of a National Strike

Unions demand the repeal of Law 462 concerning the Social Security Fund and denounce the recent memorandum with the USA.

Today’s featured band is Bacalao Men from Venezuela with the song “Japones” from the album “El Nuevo Bugalu” (2005).

Gary Rosenfeld from the USA took our photo of the day: “When there was a pay phone on every street”, in Puerto Playa, Dominican Republic.

Today I’m going to attempt to reach out to some fairly famous people, even though it’s practically impossible.

Today we feature Anthony Blea y su Charanga from San Francisco, US, with the song “Tumba Randy” from the album “Virgen de la Caridad” (2004).

The new personal identification card (or a US passport) will be required to board domestic flights and enter federal institutions.

Today we feature Sexteto Juventud from Venezuela with song “Guajira a lo Sexteto” from the album “Lo Espiritual del Sexteto Juventud” (1974).

One could say a churrasco (barbecue) tops the priority list for many Brazilians. Those who can afford it have one almost every weekend.

Over a thousand persons killed in just two months in Haiti where the violence appears unstoppable.

A voice from above can help but it cannot replace the collective processes that unite activists and multitudes in search of alternatives.