Chavez Gives Phone Xmas Message
“President Chavez asked me to give his special greeting to all the children of Venezuela on this Christmas Eve,” said VP Nicolas Maduro on Monday night, after speaking with Chavez by telephone.
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Latin America
Maduro Upbeat on Chavez Recovery
Venezuelan VP Nicolas Maduro said on Sunday that a combination of prayer and excellent work by the doctors in Cuba is showing hopeful results with the recovery of President Hugo Chavez.
Read MoreEvo Morales to Cuba to See Hugo Chavez
Bolivian President Evo Morales flies into Cuba on Saturday to visit with his Venezuelan counterpart Hugo Chavez who is recovering from a delicate operation to fight cancer.
Read MoreWill Putin Put Lenin Six Feet Under?
This summer, when Cuban President Raul Castro visited Moscow, during his official visit he added one small request of his Russian hosts: a sightseeing excursion to visit Lenin’s Mausoleum.
Read MoreThis Week in Palestine (Dec. 15-21)
Over 160 thousand Palestinian civil servants are not likely to get their salaries this month because the ongoing financial crises of the Palestinian Authority, in the meantime, Israel continues its escalation of assaults against Palestinian civilians after the UN recognition of a non-member state in late November.
Read MoreMayans Welcome the New Sun
With ceremonies in various parts of Guatemala, Mayan peoples were witnesses to the arrival on Friday of the New Age with the dawn of a new sun. Meanwhile, indigenous organizations questioned the commercial use of the date.
Read More“End of the World”: Apocalypse or Shopocalypse? Reverend Billy on Consumerism and Climate Change
Today is 12-21-12: Doomsday, the end of the world. That is, according to some interpretations of the Mayan calendar. Others say it’s the beginning of a new era. However, one doesn’t need to look at the Mayan calendar, the words of Nostradamus, the prophetic dreams of Daniel or the revelation made to John to see the world is in dire straits.
Read MoreLouisiana TV Station Fires Black Meteorologist for Responding to Viewer’s Barb About Her Hair
Rhonda Lee, an African-American TV meteorologist, was fired by Louisiana’s KTBS last month after responding to a viewer’s criticism of her short, natural hairstyle on Facebook. Lee had written: “I am the ‘black lady’ to which you are referring.
Read MoreMichael Moore’s Poetic Plea to Obama: “Dear Mr. President, Please Let Leonard Peltier Come Home”
Singers Harry Belafonte and Pete Seeger hosted the “Bring Leonard Peltier Home in 2012 Concert” at the Beacon Theatre in New York City on Friday to raise awareness of Peltier’s 37-year ordeal and plea for executive clemency from President Obama.
Read MoreChavez in ‘Stable Condition’ in Cuba
Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez overcame a respiratory infection on Monday and is in “stable condition” as of Tuesday night in Havana, recovering from his latest surgery in his fight against cancer, reports the Venezuelan government.
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