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URUGUAYANS will vote in a referendum on Sunday to either accept or decline 137 articles of a legislative package promulgated by Congress during the first two months of President Luis Lacalle Pou’s right-wing administration.
The Law of Urgent Consideration (LUC) contains a number of measures strongly disputed by sections of the opposition, trade unions, human rights groups and other civil society organisations.
They include restrictions on the right to strike, greater police powers, tougher jail sentences for adolescents, the creation of a new category of “criminal appearance” and the enablement of “express evictions” in certain circumstances.
We must remember Morocco’s land grab of the Sahrawi people’s territory continues with French and British support, writes BERT SCHOUWENBURG, looking into the origins of the annexation
Cristina Kirchner’s imprisonment follows a familiar pattern across Latin America, where courts silence popular leaders — but massive street protests in her support might make this move an Establishment own goal, writes BERT SCHOUWENBURG
With turnout plummeting and faith in Parliament collapsing, BERT SCHOUWENBURG explains how radical local government reform — including devolved taxation and removal of party politics from town halls — could restore power to communities currently ignored by profit-obsessed MPs
