The apparent severity of Hugo Chavez’s illness raises questions about the future of the “Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA)” bloc without the Venezuelan president. What will happen, for example, with aid to Cuba if Chavez isn’t in power?
Read MoreAt 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday the Venezuelan government announced that President Hugo Chavez was being operated on in Havana. This is the fourth operation since June 2011 in the recently reelected leader’s fight against cancer.
Read MoreEcuadorean president Rafael Correa returned home from Cuba after visiting his counterpart Hugo Chavez, who is about to undergo another cancer operation, and Cuban leaders Fidel and Raul Castro.
Read MoreEcuadorean President Rafael Correa has arrived in Cuba on Monday to show his solidarity with his Venezuelan counterpart, Hugo Chavez, who will be undergoing another cancer operation in the next several hours or days.
Read MoreVenezuela president Hugo Chavez arrived in Cuba to undergo a fourth cancer operation in 18 months, with some people fearful that his health is worsening. The South American leader said on Saturday night that malignant cells had again been detected in his body and that he needed immediate surgery.
Read MoreThe official Cuban media on Friday mourned the death of the celebrated Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer, who they recalled as a friend of former president Fidel Castro and of the Cuban Revolution.
Read MoreCuban singer Silvio Rodriguez gave a concert before 47,000 thousand people on Wednesday at the Estadio Monumental, located in the provincial Chilean capital of Macul.
Read MoreVenezuelan President Hugo Chavez, on Monday in Havana, signed the appointments of fifteen new ambassadors who will serve in various countries.
Read MoreVenezuelan President Hugo Chavez is expected in Cuba later Tuesday to receive further medical treatment as a follow up to his post-cancer recovery program.
Read MoreA wave of historic protests struck the retail giant Wal-Mart on Black Friday — the busiest shopping day of the year. Workers and their supporters demonstrated at more than 1,000 stores. The Wal-Mart protests were organized in part by OUR Walmart, an organization backed by the United Food & Commercial Workers International Union.
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