Germany’s Left Party defies split predictions
At the second congress of Die Linke, The Left, on Saturday, 558 delegates disappointed media "experts" by sticking together and moving ahead.
Stanford academics hit U.S. blockade on Cuba
The April 30 issue of the journal "Science" documents both Cuban health care accomplishments and harm to Cubans' health from the U.S. economic blockade.
Venezuela’s Chavez tweets for the revolution
Twitter, for those of us who grew up before Generation X, is a micro blogging website where an individual can sent a message, no more than 140 characters, to cell phone users who sign on to the sender's account.
World Notes: Afghanistan, Greece, Egypt, South Africa, Ecuador, Cuba
Afghanistan's women and children, Greece and arms dealers, Egypt's protest upsurge, South African transport strike, Ecuador's water, Cuba's no-nukes stand.
Latin America condemns Arizona's anti-immigrant law
The Arizona anti-immigrant law is garnering international attention.
South American summit tackles regional integration
Another step in the tortuous process of Latin American integration was marked May 3-4 when representatives of all 12 states belonging to the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) met.
Greece and Angela Merkel
BERLIN (May 7) - Pity poor Angela! She's caughte between the rock of Greece and its economic woes, and the hard place of the May 9 elections in Germany's largest state.
Colombian elections offer something new, something old
The process of finding a successor to Colombian President Alvaro Uribe has yielded an unconventional favorite.
World Notes: Somalia, Spain, Cuba, Puerto Rico and UN
In Somalia, soldiers aren't getting paid, Spain's jobless rate soars, Cuba celebrates May Day, students in Puerto Rico strike against privatization, and the United Nations reports on press freedom.
Germany: Left goes in, right goes out - or does it?
BERLIN -- The state of North Rhine-Westphalia in the valleys of the Rhine and Ruhr is far and away the most populous German state, with 18 million people.
