The president of Ecuador, Rafael Correa, arrives in Havana on Friday for a working visit, reported the Cuban government media. During his stay, the Ecuadorian president will hold official talks with Cuban President Raul Castro .
Read MoreVenezuelan President Nicolas Maduro reported today that the US government denied him permission to fly over the airspace of Puerto Rico in his flight tomorrow to China, where he will carry out an official visit. The prohibition from Washington brings renewed tension to the rocky relationship between the two governments.
Read MoreThirty-three years ago to the day, the United States narrowly missed a nuclear holocaust on its soil. The so-called “Damascus Accident” involved a Titan II intercontinental ballistic missile mishap at a launch complex outside Damascus, Arkansas.
Read MoreUS President Barack Obama’s intentions of launching a “limited strike” on Syria – a measure for which he has sought authorization from Congress – have prompted innumerable negative reactions around the world and no few statements from respected civilian and military personalities who do not wish these threats to be carried out.
Read MoreMexico’s Foreign Minister Jose Antonio Meade is making a visit to Cuba as of Thursday. He met during the day with his host, Cuban FM Bruno Rodríguez. This is the first official visit to the island of a high-ranking representative of the government of Enrique Peña Nieto.
Read MoreDespite assurances from President Obama, the scandal around the National Security Agency continues to grow. The Guardian reports the NSA has routinely passed raw intelligence to Israel about U.S. citizens.
Read MoreIn a national address from the White House Tuesday night, President Obama announced he is delaying a plan to strike Syria while pursuing a diplomatic effort from Russia for international monitors to take over and destroy Syria’s arsenal of chemical weapons. We get a reaction to Obama’s speech on Syria from world-renowned political dissident and linguist, Noam Chomsky.
Read MoreWe continue our coverage of the 40th anniversary of the overthrow of Chilean President Salvador Allende with a look at the critical U.S. role under President Richard Nixon and his national security adviser, Henry Kissinger.
Read MoreThis week marks the 40th anniversary of what’s known as the other 9/11: September 11, 1973, when a U.S.-backed military coup ousted Chile’s democratically elected president Salvador Allende and ushered in a 17-year repressive dictatorship led by General Augusto Pinochet. We’re joined by Joan Jara, the widow of Chilean singer Víctor Jara, who has just filed a civil lawsuit in U.S. court against the former military officer who allegedly killed Jara 40 years ago.
Read MoreWelcome to this Week in Palestine, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for August 31st to September 6th, 2013. While leaked information on the Palestinian-Israeli talks create controversy three Palestinians were killed this week in Gaza and the West Bank.
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