Quito youth meet continues world festival tradition
Just hours after the passing of Nelson Mandela in December, over 8,000 youth from around the globe began gathering at the 18th World Festival of Youth and Students in Quito, Ecuador.
Butcher or hero? Ariel Sharon leaves harsh legacy
Former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, a polarizing figure, died Saturday at age 85 after eight years in a coma.
South Sudan: Communists speak out on crisis
In spite of efforts to get talks going, fighting continues between factions aligned with President Salva Kiir and former Vice President Riek Machar.
Agrarian-based oligarchy exerts control over post-coup Paraguay
The so-called "legal" coup that removed Fernando Lugo from power set the stage for large agricultural corporations to establish control over Paraguay's government.
Cuba – 55 years of ideas and truth
On January 1, Cubans 2014 marked the 55th anniversary of their revolution's victory.
Mexico after 20 years of NAFTA: poor and getting poorer
20 years after the North American Free Trade Agreement came into force, farmers and workers in Mexico, the U.S., and Canada suffer from corporate profiteering.
Turkey's crisis: more than meets the eye
The current corruption crisis zeroing in on Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyio Erdogan has all the elements of one of his country's famous soap operas that tens of millions of people all over the Middle East tune in to each day: Bribes, shoe boxes filled with millions in cash, and dark whispers of foreign conspiracies.
Richard Hart, Jamaican Marxist and historian, dies
Richard Hart, a towering figure of the Jamaican and Caribbean left, died in Bristol, England, on Dec. 21, 2013, at 96 years of age.
After 55 years, time to end embargo against Cuba
We can do it! Let's get this done this year! ¡Viva la Revolución Cubana! ¡Viva Cuba Socialista!
