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Mariela Castro at Meeting in Uruguay

Mariela Castro, who assists the First Regional Meeting on Population and Development in Montevideo, said today that Cuba has made progress with in the defense of sexual and reproductive rights.

Senate Insider Speaks Out: Ex-Wyden Staffer on Secret Laws, Domestic Spying and Obama’s NSA Reforms

As President Obama proposed a series of changes to reform the government’s surveillance policies and programs, we speak to Jennifer Hoelzer, the former deputy chief of staff for Democratic Senator Ron Wyden, a longtime critic of the Obama administration for using a secret interpretation of the USA PATRIOT Act to allow the NSA to conduct domestic surveillance.

Panama Ends Search of North Korean Ship Carrying Cuban Weapons

Panamanian authorities confirmed today the completion of unloading the North Korean vessel “Chong Chon Gang” detained in this Central American country, with a cargo of undeclared Cuban weapons on board, reported DPA news.

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.

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.

The 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?

How 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.

Maduro 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.

This 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.

“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.