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January 2007
by Kintto Lucas (IPS) / January 17th 2007
QUITO, Jan 16 (IPS) - At his swearing-in ceremony on Monday, Ecuador's new president, Rafael Correa, defined his government as Bolivarian, called for "21st century socialism", emphasised the need for South American integration and urged the region's governments to join forces in order to restructure public debt. More ...
January 9th 2007
On the eve of the inauguration of his third term as President of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez has announced a series of measures which will move the country away from capitalism and towards socialism. More ...
January 29th 2007
Venezuela is assisting the newly-elected left-wing government in Nicaragua to solve the country's chronic power supply problems. More ...
January 30th 2007
Speech by Tony Woodley, General Secretary of Britain's Transport and General Workers' Union, at the 'Speak up for public services' rally held at Westminster on January 23rd 2007. More ...
January 29th 2007
Manchester-based workers at Fujitsu, an IT services company, began a five-day strike today. More ...
January 13th 2007
UNISON, Britain's largest trade union, has asked the UK government to "come clean" over its problems in combating the hospital superbug MRSA. More ...
January 29th 2007
The private sector will pocket at least £23bn in profits and interest from Britain's National Health Service through the Private Finance Initiative hospital building scheme, according to calculations made by the Keep Our NHS Public campaign. More ...