Chavez Says He’s Free of Cancer
President Hugo Chavez is back in Venezuela and announced Thursday that he is free of cancer, after undergoing a new round of tests in Havana.
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Latin America
Gaddafi Killed as Sirte Falls
Muammar Gaddafi has been killed after National Transitional Council fighters overran loyalist defenses in Sirte, the toppled Libyan leader’s hometown and final stronghold.
Read MoreOccupy Movement Heats Up U.S. South
As the Occupy Movement spreads like wildfire across the United States and around the world, protests in the U.S. South are facing unique challenges.
Read MoreUS Hawks Rally for Strikes Against Iran
Key neo-conservatives and other right-wing hawks who championed the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq are calling for military strikes against Iran in retaliation for its purported murder-for-hire plot against the Saudi ambassador here.
Read MoreOccupy Wall Street Grows at Home & Abroad
Saturday was called the Day of Action, from thousand-strong marches to Open Forum discussions to mass bank withdrawals and account closings, culminating with the Occupation Party in Time Square that night. (10 photos)
Read MoreOWS Protests March on Midtown, and the World
Activists from the Occupy Wall Street movement in New York City flooded Times Square on Saturday as part of a global day of action, with protesters packing the sidewalks and some streets as far as the eye could see in every direction, centered on the plaza where the famous ball drops on New Year’s Eve.
Read MoreChavez in Cuba for Medical Exams
Cuba’s chief political and economic ally wants to know whether four sessions of chemotherapy eradicated any trace of the cancer which led to his June operation to extract a tumor in his “pelvic area”.
Read MoreChavez Heads for Cuba Check-Up
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez heads for Cuba in the coming hours for a check-up to evaluate the effectiveness of his four sessions of chemotherapy, applied since his June operation to remove a cancerous tumor in his “pelvic area”.
Read MoreUS Congress Passes Controversial Free Trade Agreements
The three landmark deals between the United States and trading partners South Korea, Colombia and Panama approved by the U.S. Congress late Wednesday represented the largest free trade agreements in the U.S. since 1994 and the first free trade agreement made by the U.S. since 2007.
Read MoreCampesinas Protect Traditional Diversity of Food Crops
Dina Apomayta is heir to the 3,500-year legacy of the Andean cultures of Tiwanaku and Lupaca, which venerated the land. And she and many other rural women in Peru continue to nurture the agricultural biodiversity that has been handed down from generation to generation.
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