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.
Read MoreWhile 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.
Read MoreVenezuelan 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.
Read MoreVenezuelan 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.
Read MoreTo 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of democracy, civil liberties and other political gains are not constantly rethought and renovated, they become old and outdated.
Read MoreVenezuelan 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.
Read MoreWhile Israel escalates settlement activity all over the west Bank this week rival Palestinian groups Fatah and Hamas continued efforts to reach a final national conciliation, these stories and more, coming up, stay tuned.
Read MoreVenezuelan President Hugo Chávez arrived in Cuba on Friday night in preparation for a new surgery to remove a tumor – possibly cancerous – in the coming days.
Read MoreVenezuelan President Hugo Chavez will arrive in Havana today to undergo additional surgery, probably the beginning of next week. Eight months ago he was here for the removal of a cancerous tumor in his pelvis.
Read MoreVenezuelan president Hugo Chavez was authorized today by the National Assembly (Congress) to leave the country for more than five days to undergo another operation in Cuba for a tumor, which he himself said could be malignant. Optimism and concern is expressed by his supporters.
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