The Venezuela government devalued the official exchange rate for the country’s currency, the Bolivar, by 32% as ailing President Chavez, hospitalized in Cuba, expressed his concern over the economy via other members of his cabinet.
Read MoreThe Obama administration is ratcheting up its economic war against Iran ahead of nuclear talks slated for Kazakhstan later this month. Last week, the White House announced a new expansion of sanctions that pressure countries buying Iran’s oil to withhold direct payments and instead force Iran to purchase their goods. The Treasury also widened the sanctions list to include Iranian state media.
Read MoreWhile Palestinian factions are meeting in Cairo to work out details of implementing the reconciliation agreement between Fatah and Hamas, Israel conducted around 82 military incursions into Palestinian communities in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.
Read MoreThursday’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.
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