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International Women’s Day in Gaza

Thousands of women marched from the Square of the Unknown Soldier in Gaza City to the ‘occupation’ outside International Red Cross in Remal. (20 photos)

Cuba Blames US for Exclusion from Americas Summit

Cuba blamed the United States on Thursday for keeping it from attending next month’s Summit of the Americas.”There has been no surprise,” Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez told a press conference in Havana. “It’s been the chronicle of an exclusion foretold.”

Nicaragua Bishop Criticized for Attack on Contraception

Several women’s organizations in Nicaragua have questioned Bishop Rolando Alvarez, who suggested Matagalpa pharmacies remove from their shelves “any medicine that may indirectly cause an abortion.”

Santos to Cuba to See Castro and Chavez

Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos, a staunch ally of Washington, arrives in Havana on Wednesday to meet with Cuban President Raul Castro and the convalescing Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez.

Colombian President to Meet with Raul Castro Wednesday

The objectives of President Santos’ one-day visit to Havana are to talk with Raul Castro about the possible participation of Cuba in the upcoming Summit of the Americas and with Chavez about pending bilateral trade agreements.

Last Week in Palestine Feb. 25 – Mar. 2

While Palestinian leaders announced that the PLO is considering halt of security coordination with Israel, Political detainees continued to protest Israel’s administrative detention while Gaza power plant goes offline this week. These stories and more, coming up, stay tuned.

Chavez Upbeat from Cuba, Thanks God and the Virgin

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez spoke to his country from Havana on Sunday indicating that the new tumor removed from his “pelvic region” was cancerous but that it hasn’t spread to any organs.

Chavez Walks and Tweets from Cuba

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is in his post-operation recovery in Cuba, taking walks around the hospital and communicating to his country and the world via telephone and Twitter.

Democracy at Stake

To the Cuban people, who are now beginning to politically rebuild their republic, these episodes should serve to let us know that if ideas of democracy, civil liberties and other political gains are not constantly rethought and renovated, they become old and outdated.

Cuba: Chavez Out of Surgery, Stable

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez was stable and beginning his recovery after being operated on in Havana on Monday to remove a lesion in the same place he had a large tumor removed last June.