World Notes: Sept. 20, 2008
Afghanistan: EU envoy issues warning Panama: Strike shuts down cities Lebanon: New peace moves India: Left front mounts mass protests Angola: Big win for ruling party Cuba: U.S. unmoved by vast storm suffering
Why Bolivia said Yankee go home!
As the struggle sharpened to uphold national authority and oppose forces for autonomy in Bolivia’s East, Washington’s role in weeks of conflict there led the government of Evo Morales to eject U.S. Ambassador Philip Goldberg on Sept. 10.
Celebrating Mexican independence
The biggest national holiday in Mexico, and celebrated by Mexican people living all over the world, is Mexican Independence Day, Sept. 16.
NATO, an idea whose time has gone
When NATO (the North Atlantic Treaty Organization) was founded after World War II, its first secretary general, British general Lord Ismay, succinctly stated its real, original purpose: “To keep the Russians out, the Americans in, and the Germans down.” In other words, NATO was supposed to be an instrument not for spreading democracy, but for maintaining geopolitical hegemony in Europe by the Western capitalist states. Very soon, of course, the idea of keeping the Germans “down” was scrapped, and Germany became a major actor in NATO military matters.
World notes: Sept. 13, 2008
Cuba: No one died with Gustav Haiti: U.S. bullies the down-and-out Spain: Gov’t to ease abortion laws Pakistan: U.S. troops invade Cyprus: New talks for reunification
Cuba devastated by Ike, but Cubans show grit
HAVANA – (Sept. 10) Cuba has been, and continues to be, devastated by Hurricane Ike.
U.S. communists urge solidarity with people of Caribbean
The Communist Party USA notes with alarm the heavy loss of life and massive property and economic damage inflicted by three powerful hurricanes in succession – Gustav, Hanna and now Ike – on all the nations of the Caribbean, including Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Jamaica and Cuba.
Cuba: in the eye of Ike
HAVANA -- All day we've been increasingly getting the 'hurricane sky.” That's when the sky gets full of darkening clouds that appear as if you're looking at the bottom of a huge drum top, and they move in an immense counterclockwise circle. We've also been getting increasingly stronger wind gusts although nothing really serious yet. And it's started to rain more stop start stop start but with the feeling that it'll eventually not stop until Ike passes north of Cuba.
No one died! Cuba and hurricane solidarity
The most destructive hurricane in 50 years hit western Cuba Aug. 30 with gusts up to 212 mph — the strongest ever recorded during any hurricane anywhere, according to head meteorologist Jose Rubiera.
Cuba: Weathering the storms, from Gustav to Ike
A little report on the TV just updated the situation in Guantanamo. The entire province is without electricity. Cuba has a policy of turning off electricity and gas, as a preventive measure to prevent short circuits and even fires in walls, once sustained winds reach 60 kph.
