The president of the French Senate, Jean-Pierre Bel, on Tuesday called for the lifting of the European Union’s (EU) “Common Position” against Cuba and an end to the US blockade of the island, reported Prensa Latina.
Read MoreThe over 40,000 Cuban doctors and other professionals working in Venezuela will continue providing humanitarian services in that South American nation, reported the official Granma newspaper in the wake of the death of President Hugo Chavez.
Read MoreOliver Stone described Hugo Chavez, who died on Tuesday at the age of 58, as someone who will go down in history as “a champion of the poor.” Sean Penn said that with the death of Chavez “the people of the United States lost a friend they never knew they had.”
Read MoreWith the death of Hugo Chavez, Cuba also lost the longed for great political leader after the slow public demise of Fidel Castro. An admirer and close friend of the Cuban revolutionary, the Venezuelan president was the person who best embodied the ideas of Castro in recent decades throughout Latin America
Read MoreVenezuelan President Hugo Chavez, 58, passed away on Tuesday at a Caracas military hospital, Vice President Nicolas Maduro told a national radio and TV audience.
Read MoreVenezuelan Vice President Nicolas Maduro met with political and military leaders of the South American country in the Miraflores presidential palace late Tuesday morning, reported dpa news.
Read MoreFrom violence to civil disobedience, Egypt’s disparate opposition groups are deploying a variety of tactics in resisting the state.
Read MoreThe health of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez continues to be “sensitive” because of a “new and severe” respiratory infection, the government said today. Chavez has been out of direct touch with the population since his Decembrer 11th operation to fight cancer.
Read MoreAs many as one in 10 Americans cannot get Internet connections fast enough for common online activities such as watching video. Many communities have responded to this digital divide by creating their own municipal broadband networks as an alternative to the slow services offered by cable and telephone companies in order to gain equal access to education, healthcare and even jobs.
Read MoreFrom the tone of the political debate between Venezuelan Vice President Nicolas Maduro and opposition leader Henrique Capriles, you’d think there’s a election campaign underway, while eyes remain fixed on the facility where President Hugo Chavez remains hospitalized.
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