This Week in Palestine April 20-26
Welcome to this Week in Palestine, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for April 20th to the 26th 2013.
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Latin America
Maduro in Cuba to Strengthen Alliance
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro traveled to Havana on Friday evening to be at the opening of a joint commission that will ratify “the strategic alliance” between Cuba and Venezuela, reported dpa news.
Read MoreUS Rejects New Accusations of Trying to Destabilize Venezuela
The Obama administration denied today any involvement in an alleged attempt to destabilize Venezuela denounced by the government in Caracas and said it is seeking consular access to a US citizen arrested in the South American country this week for plotting against the government of Nicolas Maduro.
Read More“The Trials of Muhammad Ali”: Boxing Champ’s Refusal to Serve in Vietnam Was the Fight of His Life
In a broadcast exclusive, we air excerpts from a new documentary that examines the struggle Muhammad Ali faced in his conversion to Islam, his refusal to fight in Vietnam, and the years of exile that followed before his eventual return to the ring. Ali is considered the greatest boxer in the history of sports.
Read MoreCapriles Drops Audit, Will Contest Elections
Venezuelan opposition leader Henrique Capriles said Thursday that he will not participate in an audit of the April 14 presidential elections because he did not receive sufficient guarantees of transparency from the National Electoral Council (CNE). Instead, he announced that he will contest the elections that gave a narrow victory to President Nicolas Maduro.
Read MoreYemeni Activist Farea al-Muslimi Urges U.S. to Stop the Drone War on His Country
Speaking at the first-ever public congressional hearing on Obama’s secret drone and targeted killing program, journalist Farea al-Muslimi offered a rare first-hand account of the suffering that drone warfare wreaks on ordinary people’s lives.
Read MoreVenezuela Elections: Voting and Aftermath
The following is an extensive analysis and on-the-scene account by the Center for Democracy in the Americs of the recent Venezuelan elections that gave Nicolas Maduro a slight victory over challenger Henrique Capriles and the lingering controversy in the aftermath.
Read MoreNew Venezuelan Chargé d’affaires in US
The president of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro, announced today the appointment of Calixto Ortega as his government’s new Chargé d’affaires at the United States Embassy in Washington.
Read MoreColombia Peace Talks Resume in Cuba
The Colombian government and the FARC resumed their peace process today in Cuba after a break of over a month, amid growing expectations to reach an agreement on the first point of the dialogue, the subject of land and agriculture.
Read MoreCapriles: “The Audit Will Lead to “New Elections”
In an interview published today by the Spanish periodical El Mundo, Venezuelan opposition leader Henrique Capriles expressed his conviction that, following the audit of the recently-concluded electoral process, the country would have no choice but to “hold new elections.”
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