Panama grants asylum to 19 Cubans
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Panama announced on Sunday that it will confer territorial asylum to 19 Cubans currently detained on the island of Bahamas in the Caribbean.
Read More
Latin America
Venezuela: The Costs of Getting Sick…or Dying
No one likes to get sick, let alone die. True, things are relative, and there are probably quite a number of people who long to be sick or die. For the most part, however, people don’t get too many kicks out of being in hospitals or funeral parlors.
Read MoreThe Conflict in Egypt and the Way it’s Presented
Everything depends on how things are portrayed, and conflicts in Egypt will be understood on the basis of the how the news is framed by different broadcasters. What do you think?
Read MoreHow The Washington Post’s New Owner Aided the CIA, Blocked WikiLeaks & Decimated the Book Industry
The Washington Post announced on Monday the paper had been sold to Amazon.com founder and CEO Jeff Bezos for $250 million. Bezos, one of the world’s wealthiest men, now controls one of the most powerful newspapers in the country. Some critics of the sale have cited Bezos’ close ties to the U.S. government.
Read MoreMaduro Accuses Opposition of Attempting to Destroy the Venezuelan Constitution
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro declared that the opposition’s proposal to hold a Constituent Assembly conceals an attempt to “put an end” to the country’s 1999 Constitution, DPA reported on Sunday.
Read MoreThis Week in Palestine (July 27 – Aug. 2)
Welcome to This Week in Palestine, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, for July 27th to August 2nd 2013. Both Palestinians and Israelis resumed this week stalled peace talks, while Israeli attacks targeting Palestinian communities in both Gaza and the West Bank, leave civilians injured. These stories and more, coming up.
Read More“We Are Slowly Dying”: Fast-Food Workers Launch Strike for Living Wage and Right to Unionize
A national strike for a living wage and the right to unionize in the fast-food and retail sectors has spread across seven cities. Hundreds of workers walked off the job Thursday in Milwaukee, and before that in Chicago, St. Louis, Kansas City, Detroit, Flint and New York City.
Read MoreEdward Snowden Gets 1-Year Asylum in Russia
National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden has been given one year temporary political asylum in Russia. Snowden has reportedly already left the Moscow airport where he has been holed up for over a month.
Read MoreEXCLUSIVE: “Bradley Manning Has Become a Martyr”–WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange on Guilty Verdict
The sentencing hearing for Army whistleblower Bradley Manning begins today following his acquittal on the most serious charge he faced, aiding the enemy, but conviction on 20 other counts. On Tuesday, Manning was found guilty of violating the Espionage Act and other charges for leaking hundreds of thousands of government documents to WikiLeaks.
Read MoreALBA Member Countries Seek Common Trade Area
Following a meeting held in Guayaquil, participants to the 12th Presidential Summit of the Bolivarian Alliance of the Peoples of the Americas (ALBA) have advanced a proposal to create a common trade area aimed at “a form of joint development that will protect the social rights of peoples.”
Read More