An animal rights investigator details how he has spent over a decade secretly filming animal abuse and why that work is now imperiled by a wave of laws sweeping the country. Speaking on the condition we conceal his identity, “Pete” has secretly captured animal abuse on farms and slaughterhouses after applying to work at the location.
Read MoreThe government of Raul Castro confirmed today that an American couple who kidnapped their two children after losing custody arrived to Cuba with the kids on Sunday. Cuban officials expressed a willingness to turn them over to U.S. authorities.
Read MoreIn Cuba, when you do something completely out of place, with no justification, and erratically, we simply say “te has cagado” (you screwed up). Simply, anyone equipped with common sense knows that Korea would disappear from the face of the earth without anything serious happening to the Americans.
Read MoreAn oil spill was recorded today in Ecuador by a ruptured Heavy Crude Pipeline in the northwest coastal region of Esmeraldas, informed the Ministry of Nonrenewable Resources (OCP).The estimated volume of the spill was put at 5,500 barrels of oil,
Read MoreIt now appears that R & B singer Beyonce and her husband Jay-Z had US Treasury Dept. permission to travel last week to Cuba, a country off bounds for most US citizens. A Reuters source said they had a license as a people-to-people cultural visit.
Read MoreIcelandic Parliamentarian Birgitta Jónsdóttir played a critical role in WikiLeaks’ release of the “Collateral Murder” video, which showed a U.S. military helicopter in July 2007 as it killed 12 people and wounded two children in Iraq. Jónsdóttir joins us on her first trip to the United States since a secret grand jury in Alexandria, Virginia, began its investigation of WikiLeaks and Julian Assange.
Read MoreOpposition candidate Henrique Capriles wrapped up the Caracas portion of his presidential campaign on Sunday with a massive rally in the Venezuelan capital. The candidate, who promises to end the preferential oil deal with Cuba, is hoping for an upset on April 14th.
Read MoreThe private visit of R & B singer Beyoncé and her rapper husband Jay-Z to Cuba last week continues to make headlines on Sunday as two US congress persons accuse them of possible violating the US travel ban on its citizens.
Read MoreA wave of protests in the West Bank met with excessive use of live ammunition which resulted in the death of two young Palestinians following the death of a Palestinian political prisoner in Israeli hospital.
Read MoreThe new documentary “Shadows of Liberty” had its U.S. premiere last night at the National Conference for Media Reform in Denver. Using individual cases of journalists whose attempts to tell their stories have been muzzled by corporations and the government.
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