The 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.
Read MoreFormer Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva took advantage of his participation in a forum in Havana to meet with Cuban leader Fidel Castro and President Raul Castro, however he was unable to see Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who has been there recovering from cancer surgery since December 11.
Read MoreThe HBO documentary “Redemption” examines New York City’s canners — the largely invisible people who survive by redeeming bottles and cans they collect from curbs, garbage cans and apartment complexes. Many have quietly slipped into poverty after losing their jobs, now living on the margins of society.
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