The Daily Shaarli

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November 11, 2019

That Time Canada Had a Public Lab that Made Life-saving Drugs | The Tyee
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We spend $1 billion on medical research, but have no ownership of the products. That wasn’t always the case.

The Trump Administration Is Undercutting Democracy in Bolivia | The Nation
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Will the US and the Organization of American States once again be able to overturn election results?

Amazon's $1.5 million political gambit backfires in Seattle City Council election - Reuters
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"“The election results are a repudiation of the billionaire class, corporate real estate, and the establishment,” Sawant said at a press conference on Saturday, flanked by supporters holding a “Tax Amazon” banner.

Sawant led the council in May 2018 in approving a new per-employee “head tax” on 500 of the city’s largest companies, aimed at combating a housing crisis attributed in part to a local economic boom that has driven up real estate costs.

The tax was designed to raise at least $45 million a year to build more affordable housing and help support a homeless population that is the third-largest of any U.S. metropolitan area."

Evo Morales granted asylum by Mexico after quitting as Bolivian leader
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"Democratic congresswoman, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, alleged that the events in Bolivia amounted to a coup. “The people of Bolivia deserve free, fair, and peaceful elections – not violent seizures of power,” she tweeted."