Venezuelan VP Discusses Chavez’s ‘Complex Situation’
Venezuelan Vice President Nicolas Maduro made announcements in Havana on Tuesday concerning the serious health condition of President Hugo Chavez.
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Latin America
Chavez Suffers Setback, Sends Greetings to Venezuelans from Cuba
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez suffered a setback in his recovery this weekend that was the “result of a respiratory infection,” informed Vice President Nicolas Maduro from Havana, Cuba.
Read MoreCarromero arrives in Spain from Cuba
The Spanish politician Angel Carromero arrived in Madrid from Cuba on Saturday to serve the rest of his four-year sentence handed down on the island for his role in the traffic accident that killed Cuban dissidents Oswaldo Paya and Harold Cepero.
Read MoreChavez Gets Visit in Cuba from Maduro
Venezuelan VP Nicolas Maduro arrived in Cuba early Saturday to visit his country’s leader Hugo Chavez, recovering from his fourth operation in an undisclosed part of his “pelvic region” to fight cancer. Chavez has been in Havana since December 9.
Read MoreThis Week in Palestine Dec. 22-28
Welcome to this Week in Palestine, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for December 22 to the 28th, 2012
Read MoreThe Wilmington 10: North Carolina Urged to Pardon Civil Rights Activists Falsely Jailed 40 Years Ago
As the new year approaches, North Carolina Gov. Bev Perdue is being urged to pardon a group of civil rights activists who were falsely convicted and imprisoned 40 years ago for the firebombing of a white-owned grocery store.Their conviction was overturned in 1980, but the state has never pardoned them.
Read MoreThe Other Bradley Manning: Jeremy Hammond Faces Life Term for WikiLeaks and Hacked Stratfor Emails
A federal judge has refused to recuse herself from the closely watched trial of jailed computer hacker Jeremy Hammond, an alleged member of the group “Anonymous” charged with hacking into the computers of the private intelligence firm Stratfor and turning over some five million emails to the whistleblowing website WikiLeaks.
Read MoreIdle No More: Indigenous-Led Protests Sweep Canada for Native Sovereignty and Environmental Justice
A new campaign for indigenous rights and environmental justice is spreading across Canada. The “Idle No More” movement began as a series of protests against a controversial government budget bill but has since expanded into a nationwide movement for political transformation.
Read MoreChavez 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.
Read MoreMaduro 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.
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