Urgent need to change U.S. Colombia policy
President Alvaro Uribe leads a government strong on military repression serving big bankers, mega landowners, multi-national corporations, and elite families.
Cyprus ruling party sees hope for peace
Recently AKEL (the Progressive Party of Working People, Cyprus's Communist Party) had a briefing from Cypriot President Dimitris Christofias, saying that peace was within sight.
Communist editor speaks of struggle and socialism
An interview with Carlos Lozano a top official of the Communist Party of Colombia is no small matter.
Honduran accord teeters on the brink of disaster
The latest news out of Honduras is very alarming.
Colombian women workers strike for survival
Accompanied by her children and 25 fellow workers, strike leader Aidé Silva escorted our small U.S. labor delegation through an industrialized floriculture operation near Madrid, Colombia.
Asian natural disasters: A harbinger of things to come?
In a span of 5 weeks earthquakes, floods, mudslides, typhoons and tsunamis swept through 10 nations leaving thousands of people dead and rendering millions more homeless.
Cuba, Russia sign promising oil agreement
Cuba and Russia signed an agreement Monday, Nov. 2, 2009, to allow Russian state oil company Zarubezhneft to explore for and produce oil in Cuba in their first post-Soviet oil pact.
World Notes: Bulgaria, Romania, Africa, Israel, Nicaragua, China, Cuba
Stars and Stripes, the U.S. Army weekly, reported last month that two new U.S. military bases are under construction in Bulgaria and Romania at costs respectively of $60 and $50 million.
UN General Assembly denounces U.S. blockade of Cuba
For the 18th consecutive year, the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday voted to condemn the economic blockade that the United States has maintained against socialist Cuba.
International Day of Climate Action
350.org, founded by author and activist Bill McKibben, sponsored over 5,200 events in 181 countries on Oct. 24.
