The head of the UN Organization for Food and Agriculture (FAO), José Graziano, congratulated Cuban leader Fidel Castro in a letter for the reduction of hunger on the island. Cuba has met the 2015 target of halving the number of people suffering from hunger, wrote Graziano.
Read MoreThe FBI has added the former Black Panther Assata Shakur to its Most Wanted Terrorists list 40 years after the killing for which she was convicted. Born Joanne Chesimard, Shakur was found guilty of shooting dead a New Jersey state trooper during a gunfight in 1973. Shakur has long proclaimed her innocence and accused federal authorities of political persecution.She escaped from prison in 1979 and received political asylum in Cuba.
Read MoreVenezuelan opposition leader Henrique Capriles Radonski filed legal recourse on Thursday to challenge the country’s recent presidential elections, narrowly won by Nicolas Maduro on April 14. The aim of the motion is to have the results of these elections declared null and secure new elections, Capriles’ attorneys explained.
Read MoreBolivian President Evo Morales announced the expulsion of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) during celebrations for International Workers’ Day, held before Bolivia’s Presidential Palace yesterday, May 1st. He accused USAID of “continuing to plot” and carry out political activities against the Bolivian government.
Read MorePresident Obama has vowed a renewed push to shut down the military prison at Guantánamo Bay more than four years after first pledging its closure. Speaking at a White House news conference, Obama called the indefinite imprisonment of more than 100 people unsustainable, but defended the ongoing force-feeding of those on a three-month hunger strike to win their freedom.
Read MoreThe daughter of Cuban President Raul Castro, sexologist Mariela Castro Espín, has obtained permission to travel to Philadelphia to participate in a forum on equality for lesbians and receive an award for her efforts in favor of transsexuals in Cuba, announced the event’s organizers on Tuesday.
Read MoreThe best-selling Chilean novelist Isabel Allende is out with a new book, “Maya’s Notebook: A Novel.” It tells the story of a teenager named Maya Vidal and her struggles with drug addiction, grief and history. Although fiction, the story is rooted in real-life tragedy.
Read MoreThe U.S. military has acknowledged for the first time the number of prisoners on hunger strike at the military prison has topped 100. About a fifth of the hunger strikers are now being force-fed. Lawyers for the prisoners say more than 130 men are taking part in the hunger strike, which began in February.
Read MoreWelcome to this Week in Palestine, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for April 20th to the 26th 2013.
Read MoreVenezuelan 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.
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