Chavez socialists win National Assembly elections
In elections September 26 for the National Assembly, the slate led by President Hugo Chavez' Venezuelan United Socialist Party (PSUV) took 98 of the 165 seats in contention.
With layoffs come opportunities in Cuba
Cuba announced a half million lay-offs this week. International affairs writer Emile Schepers gives some context and history to the announcement.

Fidel is back!
On September 3 as drizzle gave way to early morning sun, ex- President Fidel Castro, "Commander of the Cuban Revolution," discussed the threat of worldwide war
Solving the problem of Cuban agriculture
Revolutionary Cuba, no stranger to big problems, now faces another major challenge: agricultural production.

