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.

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Welcome 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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