Zimbabwe welcomes power-sharing pact
Nearly half a year after disputed elections and following two months of delicate negotiations, Zimbabweans on Sept. 15 welcomed the signing of a unity government agreement by President Robert Mugabe and opposition politicians.
WORLD NOTES: September 27
Pakistan: Incursions escalate violence, confrontations Venezuela: Numbers tell story China: Unionization grows Nigeria: Oil facilities under siege France: Nuclear power safety questioned Cuba: EU relations back on track
Venezuela & Honduras defy Bush administration
In an act of solidarity with Bolivia, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez expelled U.S. Ambassador Patrick Duddy on Sept. 11, one day after Bolivian President Evo Morales had declared Ambassador Philip Goldberg “persona non grata.” Proclaiming that “until there is a government in the United States that respects the people of Latin America, there will be no Venezuelan Ambassador in that country,” Chavez withdrew veteran ambassador Bernardo Alvarez from Washington, just a step ahead of his expulsion.
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.
