In a major new report, the International Network of Civil Liberties Organizations details a global crackdown on peaceful protests through excessive police force and the criminalization of dissent in many countries around the globe.
Read MoreUS Defense Secretary , Chuck Hagel , named Paul Lewis today as his special envoy to manage the closure of the prison camp at the Guantanamo Naval Base on occupied Cuban territory.
Read MoreA dying prisoner has been released in Louisiana after serving nearly 42 years in solitary confinement, longer than any other person in the United States. Herman Wallace and two others, known as the Angola Three, were placed in solitary in 1972 following the murder of a prison guard. The court decision that sent him to prison was overturned on Tuesday.
Read MoreThe United States expelled three Venezuelan diplomats in response to the same action taken against three members of the US Embassy in Caracas. Among those expelled is Calixto Ortega, Charge d’Affaires, the highest ranking official at the embassy, as the two countries do not have relations at the ambassadorial level.
Read MoreJesse Jackson completed his four-day visit to Cuba Monday. While he did meet with representatives of the FARC guerrillas in Havana for peace talks with the Colombian government, he was unable to see US agent Alan Gross, who is in his fourth year of a 15-year sentence for endangering Cuban national security.
Read MoreVenezuelan President Nicolas Maduro ordered the expulsion of three US embassy officials, including the charge d’affaires, whom he accused of conspiring against his government and instigating actions against the national electricity system. The US State Deptarment has denied all charges.
Read MoreAngola prisoner Herman Wallace is dying of liver cancer after 42 years in solitary confinement. A member of the so-called Angola Three, Wallace and two others were in jail for armed robbery, then accused in 1972 of murdering a prison guard at the Louisiana State Penitentiary, known as Angola prison.
Read MoreCuba sent off its second group of doctors to work in Brazil in the controversial new health program of the government of Dilma Rousseff. The group is part of the 4,000 Cuban doctors recruited to work in the poorest areas of Brazil in the “More Doctors” program.
Read MoreVenezuelan President Nicolas Maduro called on Sunday for actions to be taken against the country’s independent media for reporting of mass shortages of consumer goods. He warned that continuing the “economic war” against the people would bring on a new stage in the country’s revolution.
Read MoreJulian Assange, founder of WikiLeaks, criticized on Thursday the ongoing half-century US blockade against Cuba during a video conference held in Havana and London.
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