The Vatican today denied that Pope Benedict XVI has plans to receive Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who arrived in Havana on Saturday for radiation treatment, reported the Infolatam.com website.
Read MoreVenezuelan President Hugo Chavez traveled to Havana on Saturday night, for medical reasons, less than 48 hours before Pope Benedict XVI is expected in Cuba to begin his three-day visit to the Caribbean island nation.
Read MoreIt was one of the best book fairs I’d ever attended. The Teresa Carreño Theater in Caracas and other nearby facilities served as sites for the 8th Venezuelan Book Fair. For almost two weeks, I was going there from morning to night. (17 photos)
Read MoreThis weekend marks the 25th anniversary of ACT UP — the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power — an international direct action advocacy group formed by a coalition of activists outraged over the government’s mismanagement of the AIDS crisis. We speak with ACT UP founding member Peter Staley, one of the longest AIDS survivors in the country; and David France, director of the new documentary “How to Survive a Plague.”
Read MoreIsrael rebuffed this week a ruling by the UN against West Bank settlements, while more political detainees join hunger strike in protests of administrative detention and ill-treatment by their Israeli captives. These stories and more, coming up, stay tuned.
Read MoreCuba led a counter-resolution, which praised Sri Lanka for its “promotion and protection of human rights”. Cuba extended unconditional support to the brutal government by introducing the resolution prepared by Sri Lanka.
Read MoreIn his new article, “Bank of America: Too Crooked to Fail,” Rolling Stone reporter Matt Taibbi chronicles the remarkable history of the rise of Bank of America, an institution he says has defrauded “everyone from investors and insurers to homeowners and the unemployed.” Democracy Now speaks with the author.
Read MoreWe speak with Thomas Drake, who was targeted after challenging waste, mismanagement and possible constitutional violations at the US National Security Agency, but the case against him later collapsed.
Read MoreThe countries of the Bolivarian Alternative for the Peoples of Our Americas (ALBA) have yet to reach an agreement on whether to attend the Summit of the Americas conference set for April in Colombia.
Read MoreAs details emerge in the shooting death of unarmed Florida teenager Trayvon Martin, whose killer has yet to be arrested, community leaders have helped build wider momentum into their calls for justice in the case.
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