Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro called on the armed forces Monday to search for business owners who refuse to open their stores and sell at “fair” prices, amid a government crackdown on speculation and usury, generating long lines of shoppers in stores.
Read MoreWithout mentioning any specifics US President Barack Obama called Friday for a revision of US policies towards Cuba. In an address to a fundraiser in Miami Obama said, “We have to be creative and we have to be thoughtful and we have to continue to update our policies.”
Read MoreWelcome to this Week in Palestine, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for November 1 to the 8th, 2013.
Read MoreThe Colombian government and the FARC guerrilla group announced today in Havana, Cuba the reaching of an agreement to close the second point of the peace talks, stalled for weeks by differences over the political future of the guerrillas.
Read MoreAs Edward Snowden seeks clemency from the United States, The New York Times has revealed new details about how the National Security Agency is spying on targets ranging from the United Nations to foreign governments to global text messages.
Read MoreWelcome to this Week in Palestine, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for October 26th to November 1st, 2013. The Israeli government this week approved 1500 new homes for West Bank settlers meanwhile troops attacks targeting Palestinian communities left five dead. These stories and more, coming up.
Read MoreWe are joined by a woman who uncovered that her ancestors were the largest slave-trading family in U.S. history. Katrina Browne documented her roots in the film, “Traces of the Trade: A Story from the Deep North,” which revealed how her family, based in Rhode Island, was once the largest slave-trading family in U.S. history.
Read MoreFor the twenty-second consecutive year, the UN General Assembly urged the United States today to lift its more than half century embargo against Cuba. However, the resolution has no mechanism for enforcement or sanctions on the United States if it ignores the call. The vote rejecting the embargo was approved by 188 votes in favor and only two against – United States and Israel, and with the abstention of Micronesia, Palau and the Marshall Islands.
Read MoreUN Security Council sanctions committee experts were in Havana last week to meet with senior government officials. It is expected that the report on the case of the controversial cargo of 240 tons of Cuban military equipment will be issued in the coming days and sent to the Security Council to assess possible sanctions against Cuba.
Read MoreAs new revelations of National Security Agency spying stoke the ire of Germany, France and Spain, thousands of people marched in Washington, D.C., on Saturday in a rally against government surveillance. Organizers say the protest was the largest to date against NSA monitoring since Edward Snowden’s disclosures became public in June.
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