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Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Jan 9, 2009

  The Batista and Bush clans have their candidate for 2012

By Jean-Guy Allard: MAFIA FOREVER EVEN before the conclusion of the George W. Bush mandate, the most recalcitrant of Miami’s Cuban-American mafia, fleeced by their blind alliance with John McCain, have selected their Republican candidate for the 2012 presidential elections; no...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Dec 6, 2008

  Sailing against the tide

Reflections of Fidel: AFTER Obama’s speech to the Cuban-American National Foundation, created by Ronald Reagan, in the afternoon of May 23 this year, I wrote a reflection titled "The Cynical Politics of the Empire," dated the 25th of that month. In it, I quoted his words to the...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Nov 18, 2008

  Barack Obama's historic victory (2)

By RICHARD FALK* Barack Obama's presidential victory, above all, signaled to the world an American willingness to repudiate Bush militarist and unilateralist approaches to global policy. Time will tell, but what now prevails is an unprecedented mood of high and happy expectations.The...... [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]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Nov 10, 2008

  After Bush, Obama must catch up with Russia

MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti political commentator Andrei Fedyashin) - George Bush Jr. has managed to cultivate such a strong feeling against his White House in the world and has dented US reputation so badly that any change on Pennsylvania Avenue is like a breath of fresh air. The new US...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Nov 6, 2008

  The Obama revolution

It was, more than ever, the world's election. It certainly felt like one. The buzz was in the air for a long time. The change Barack Obama mentioned as "a long time comin'" signified not only a dramatic shift of power from an largely abused one to one with fresh hope, but also a revolutionary...... [view]

Posted By:  Bitsy
Posted On:  Nov 5, 2008

  Coverage of U.S. Presidential Elections 2008 in Pictures

I stayed up until 6 in the morning this morning putting together these pictures from the election coverage in Times Square, New York City, and a very short account of my personal experience of the election. They say it was an historic election, so I had to be in Times Square :). ...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Nov 5, 2008

  Fidel Castro praises Obama but says he is neutral

HAVANA, Cuba (Reuters): Cuban's former communist leader Fidel Castro on Tuesday praised Democrat Barack Obama as "more intelligent" than "old, bellicose" Republican John McCain, but said that he was officially neutral in the US presidential election. The ailing Castro, 82, said in a column...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Nov 2, 2008

  Powell's endorsement of Obama and its implication for small states

By Nicholas Joseph: Last Sunday on the American talk show Meet the Press, Conservative Colin Powell came out of the shadows. It was not his endorsement of Barack Obama that was shocking, but how he crafted his support for the first African American, who may very well be elected on...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Oct 30, 2008

  Massive UN vote in favor of lifting US embargo on Cuba

UNITED NATIONS (AFP): The UN General Assembly voted overwhelmingly for the 17th year in a row Wednesday to demand an end to the 46-year-old US trade embargo on communist-ruled Cuba, with only three countries saying no. Some 185 of the assembly's 192 members voted in favor of the text which...... [view]

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Submitted By:   nallison36
Event Date:  Oct 23, 2008 & Time: 17:00 PM-19:00 PM
Event Location:  Senate Room, Robertson Hall, 6th Floor
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Obama vs. McCain - A roundtable discussion on the 2008 U.S. election

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