Thursday’s confirmation hearing for CIA nominee John Brennan was briefly postponed to clear the room of activists from CODEPINK after they repeatedly disrupted Brennan’s testimony. One woman held a list of Pakistani children killed in U.S. drone strikes.
Read MoreThe new Spanish-language radio program “Radio Ambulante” gathers voices from around Latin America and the United States to showcase the untold human stories behind issues such as immigration and kidnappings. Using a network of journalists from around the Americas, the monthly program fills a gaping hole in the radio landscape for Spanish speakers.
Read MoreThe Cuban press reports that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez received on Tuesday two statuettes of virgins from his country to help with his recovery from cancer surgery. They were delivered by VP Nicolas Maduro, Foreign Minister Elias Jagua and Attorney General Cilia Flores.
Read MoreTen years ago this week, a defining moment occurred in the Bush administration’s push to invade Iraq. On Feb. 5, 2003, then-Secretary of State General Colin Powell addressed the United Nations Security Council. His message was clear: Iraq possessed extremely dangerous weapons of mass destruction and Saddam Hussein was systematically trying to deceive U.N. inspectors by hiding prohibited weapons.
Read MoreDemocracy Now* HAVANA TIMES – The Obama administration’s internal legal justification for assassinating U.S. citizens without charge has been revealed
Read MoreThe festival was scheduled for April 9, 2011 at the Homestead Speedway racetrack, but it was canceled by the facility’s owners, who claimed that information was withheld from them. The organizers denied their arguments and have filed for damages of a million dollars.
Read MoreBorn on Feb. 4, 1913, today would have been Rosa Parks’ 100th birthday. On Dec. 1, 1955, Parks refused to give up her seat to a white passenger on a city bus in Montgomery, Alabama. Her act of resistance led to a 13-month boycott of the Montgomery bus system that would help spark the civil rights movement.
Read MoreHAVANA TIMES — Former Cuban president Fidel Castro said Hugo Chavez’s health “is much better” and that he checks up
Read MoreThe truth is out there. The facts are slowly being unveiled. Sooner or later, I suppose, they will reveal the real story. From what I’ve seen and read, they don’t bode well for U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez.
Read MoreIn a rare live interview, Mumia Abu-Jamal calls into Democracy Now! as the new film, “Long Distance Revolutionary,” about his life premieres in New York City this weekend. After 29 years on death row, he is now being held in general population at the Pennsylvania State Correctional Institution – Mahanoy.
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