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Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Jun 17, 2009

  Voices against infamy

Deisy Francis Mexidor "WE never placed our hopes on the U.S. judicial system," but this day will be "marked forever as one of the most shameful in U.S. jurisprudence,"...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Jun 6, 2009

  While other countries are battling for Cuba to rejoin OAS, Cuba says it is not interested

By Oscar Ramjeet - In San Pedro Sula, Honduras: I write from the Press Centre while the 39th Annual Assembly of the Organisation of American States (OAS) is in progress and I am somewhat at a loss as regards the tremendous move by nearly all of the 34 member nation for Cuba’s re-entry...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Jun 5, 2009

  Cuba hails 'victory' on OAS vote, declines to rejoin

HAVANA, Cuba (AFP) -- The Cuban government on Thursday declined to return to the Organization of American States (OAS), despite hailing a landmark decision to lift the body's 47-year ban on Havana as a "major victory." The OAS vote is "a major victory for Latin America and the Caribbean and...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  May 22, 2009

  The shameful history of the OAS (Part 1)

• Emergence and development of the Organization of American States • Its role in the region • Inter-American complicity in U.S. aggression against the Cuban people • Raul Roa’s battle for dignity • The OAS must be dismantled as the only liberating option for today • Cuba...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Apr 20, 2009

  The Secret Summit

Reflections of Fidel (Taken from CubaDebate) WHILE neither represented at nor excommunicated from the Port of Spain Summit we were able to find out what has been discussed there up until today. We were led to fully expect that the meeting would not be private, but the stage...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Feb 15, 2009

  Meeting with Chilean President Michelle Bachelet

Reflections of Fidel: (Taken from CubaDebate) IT doesn’t matter what I say about our friendly meeting; some news agencies and publications will take the information and say the old man, the one convalescing from a serious illness, or some other adjective aimed at reducing the modest...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Jan 21, 2009

  Obama and the world’s expectations

FATMA DİŞLİ: Barack Hussein Obama took the oath of office as the 44th president of the United States at an impressive ceremony yesterday amid soaring hopes and great expectations for his presidency. It is not just the United States that expects the Obama presidency to bring hope,...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Jan 19, 2009

  Chavez says Obama has 'stench' of Bush

CAMPO CARABOBO, Venezuela (Reuters): Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said on Saturday Barack Obama had the "stench" of his predecessor as US president and was at risk of being killed if he tries to change the American "empire." Most world leaders expect a new era of US foreign relations when...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Dec 11, 2008

  An immense and undeserved honor

Reflections of Fidel: I was able to follow the discussions of the Caribbean leaders, represented at the highest level in the meeting in Santiago de Cuba, capital of the former Oriente province and cradle of the Revolution. In a few days, the 50th anniversary of that triumph of January 1,...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Nov 17, 2008

  Barack Obama's historic victory (1)

By RICHARD FALK* The historic victory by Barack Obama is the first truly global election that has been celebrated by people around the world as if they had been voting participants. The re-election of George W. Bush in 2004 was also a national election with global reverberations, but it...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Nov 15, 2008

  My expectations of Obama: between hope and fear

By: ABDULLAH AL-AHSAN* All human expectations always involve some degree of hope and fear. Barack Obama's election victory is certainly a huge transformation in history, and naturally it engages us in both. "Yes, we can" has created dreams and hopes, and under the circumstances, the...... [view]

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