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The Mexican Electrical Trades Union SME, the Mexican National Union of Mining Workers (Cananea, Sonora), as well as many other unions and social, political, peoples organisations, are calling for a National Day of Political Strike, on March 16, 2010, starting at 12pm. (Remember March 16 Mexico time is March 17 in Australia).

These organisations are calling [...]

By Andres Schipani
BBC News, La Paz
In the early 19th Century, Bolivian women fought alongside men for the country’s independence from colonial Spain. They stormed into battle on horseback, seized cities and were on the frontline.
But their presence on the battlefield did not translate into presence in the political life of their nation. [...]