World Notes: Brazil, Egypt, Belarus and more
Brazil may allow new U.S. base, Sudan elections set to fail, Egypt's El Baradei speaks out, Afghanistan ups cannibas production, executions return to Belarus and Cuba hosts conference for Chernobyl's children.
Cuban artists and Sean Penn team up in Haiti
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Hatit (Prensa Latina) -- The world of golf is only interested in Tiger Woods, but almost no one knows that more than 45,000 people are currently living in one of the fields of that sport in the devastated capital of Haiti since January 12 earthquake.
Cuba blockade costs American jobs
The figures are staggering. Even a minor easing of the US blockade against Cuba would create tens of thousands new jobs in the US.
In Havana, is it Lenin or Lennon?
HAVANA - Here is a city where statues of Vladimir Lenin and John Lennon coexist without a second thought.
World Notes: Europe, Afghanistan, S. Korea, Cuba
Europe's attack on working class; Afghan police problems; anti-woman discrimination in S. Korea; Cuban health shakeup.
Memory, injustice, and the Cuban Five
Question: with legal remedies exhausted, will the Cuban Five be forgotten? Answer: Never, as long as Gerardo, Ramón, Antonio, Fernando and René are not free.
Lesson of Chile’s earthquake
Chile's earthquake was 500 times more powerful than the one that struck Haiti, yet the destruction in Chile was far less. What should we conclude from that?
World Notes: UN, Yemen, Cuba
Women's equality under study at UN, Yemen conflict eases but instability continues, Cuba state visit zeroes in on U.S. blockade.
