Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez left Havana on Wednesday night bound for Caracas after receiving his fifth session of radiotherapy after having arrived on March 24. He said he felt fine and was in full recovery.
Read MoreAs the United States Congress asks if full-body scanners are “Effective Security or Security Theater?” we examine safety concerns at the heart of a lawsuit that seeks a freeze on the use body scanners pending an independent review.
Read MoreIn 1990, a pipe bomb went off under the seat of legendary Earth First! activist Judi Bari as she drove to a demonstration to stop timber companies from clear-cutting old-growth redwood trees. Bari was almost killed.
Read MoreThe Park Slope Food Coop, one of the oldest and largest in the United States, is set to vote Tuesday on whether to hold a referendum on boycotting goods from Israel to protest the Israeli government’s policies toward Palestinians.
Read MoreThe 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.
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