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La Pesadilla Americana/ The American Nightmare
La Pesadilla Americana/ The American Nightmare
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Papa Bear Report November 2013
Newsroom is packed this month, filled with stories. Papa Bear comes late— says he had gotten a ticket on the bus trying to get to our sacred monthly circle. As he sits down next to me, I can feel his anguish. And I feel my own deep sadness, because when he speaks I hear what he’s really saying: that he wants to go home, that he is tired of living a hard life, that he wants to rest.
The Work of a Powerful Woman
I am a woman with dignity, and I believe in education for all, no matter what. I became inspired, living through my own years of shame and slander, after reading about Mukhtar Mai, a rural Pakistani Muslim woman who went through trauma and survived.
It's Time To Stop This Madness
Mr. President, I have the honor to speak on behalf of the resilient people of the Republic of the Philippines.
At the onset, allow me to fully associate my delegation with the statement made by the distinguished Ambassador of the Republic of Fiji, on behalf of G77 and China as well as the statement made by Nicaragua on behalf of the Like-Minded Developing Countries.
