Portugal: Socialist government takes power with Left support
Antonio Luis Santos da Costa of the Socialist Party, forms a government with the support of the Communist, Ecologist (Green) and Left Bloc deputies in the national parliament.
Socialist coalition hands right-wing Portuguese government defeat
The unity in Portugal has been made possible by a very evident left turn on the part of the Socialist Party.
Japan's seniors call for communities to prevent loneliness
A coordinator of the symposium stressed the importance of a movement to build communities to help each other in dealing with difficulties facing the elderly people on a daily basis.
Venezuela to pay pensions to full-time mothers
The Chavistas' new labor law gives "recognition to non-salaried work traditionally done by women," part of the struggle towards economic redistribution.
