Articles by Kari Lydersen
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Debt and Drugs: A Toxic Colonial Legacy for Puerto Rico
Kari Lydersen - TeleSur,
29 Feb 2016
Drug addiction rates in Puerto Rico are sky high, with an estimated 60,000 intravenous drug users. Injection drug use has fueled HIV and hepatitis C infection rates among the highest in the Western Hemisphere. The island’s debt crisis and subsequent austerity cuts are exacerbating social problems.
→ read full articleWelcome to the New Honduras, Where Right-Wing Death Squads Proliferate
Kari Lydersen - Alternet,
3 May 2010
The new regime in Honduras is assassinating union leaders, teachers and journalists. Why does the U.S. support it?
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