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More McCain Red-baiting: Ad "Castro Prefers Obama"
Thursday, July 24, 2008 McCain has taken his campaign into the gutter already and it's just July.
McCain Attempts Obama/Castro Link, Breaks Word In Process
John McCain looks more and more desperate as the days go on. Not only did the Republican political hopeful release that ad criticizing the media for loving Barack Obama too much , but now he's running a web ad ...
Castro cryptic on Russian bomber report
Ailing Fidel Castro said Wednesday that Cuba's president was right to adopt a "dignified silence" over a Moscow newspaper report that Russia may station nuclear bombers on the island, and said Cuba doesn't owe ...
On Russian visit, Chavez is all business
MOSCOW -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez blew through Russia on Tuesday, cutting business deals, griping about the United States and pumping up the friendship between two oil-rich nations.
The comb-over Soviet-style tyrant who could soon be one of the West's favourite allies
Get ready for the coming transformation of Europe's last official dictatorship into a smiley, freedom-loving friend of the West.
Review by Simon Butler 19 July 2008 Executive Action: 634 Ways to Kill Fidel Castro By Fabian Escalante Ocean Press, 2006 RRP $28, 229 pages Former Cuban president Fidel Castro holds one world record most ...
Chavez touts socialism to Venezuela kids
Hugo Chavez on Sunday urged kids to embrace socialism, raising the ire of educators and parents who turned back the Venezuelan president's earlier proposal to rewrite textbooks to add socialist doctrine.
Fidel Castro praises Nelson Mandela as 'symbol of humanity's highest nobility.'
Fidel Castro on Sunday hailed Nelson Mandela's 90th birthday, calling the Nobel Peace Prize winning icon "a symbol of humanity's highest nobility." "Glory to you Nelson, for 25 years from a solitary prison you ...
Hugo Chavez Does Barack Obama a Favour
Barack Obama has attracted some unwanted support, but he can breathe a sigh of relief as the Venezuelan leader says he won't be backing Obama's presidential campaign In his quest for the White House, there are ...
REVIEW: Havana Nocturne: How The Mob Owned Cuba...And Then Lost It To The Revolution
Author: T.J. English ISBN: 979-0-06-114771-5 Between 1952 and 1959 Havana was a city of spectacular growth with dazzling casino and hotel development, tourist resorts, new highways and where the allure of ...
Today is Saturday, July 26, the 208th day of 2008. There are 158 days left in the year.
Chavez party seeks changes for 3rd term
Venezuela's ruling party pledged Thursday to seek to reform the nation's constitution to let President Hugo Chavez seek indefinite re-election. Proposed changes to end the two-term limit for presidents will be ...
Posted: Thursday, July 17, 2008 10:52 AM Filed Under: Havana, Cuba By Mary Murray, NBC News Havana Bureau Chief HAVANA - ' The U.S. election season is once again in full swing - ' here in Havana.
U.S. plans envoy presence in Iran after 30 years
Washington: The U.S. plans to establish a diplomatic presence in Tehran for the first time in 30 years as part of a remarkable turnaround in policy by President George Bush.
Fidel Castro Censures G8's Lack of Environmental Compromise
Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro has censured the lack of more environmental compromise from the Group of Eight nations at their recent summit in Hokkaido, Japan.
Report blasts Radio and TV Mart no-bid deals
The investigating branch of the U.S. Congress has accused the federal agency that oversees radio and television broadcasts to Cuba of awarding more than $1 million in contracts to two Miami broadcast outlets ...
Fidel Castro: The Powerless Powers
Havana, Jul 15 Cuban leader Fidel Castro stated that the leaders of G-8 nations live beset by problems that include those inherited from the past and the growing tendency of the United States towards political, ...
Cubans are happily adjusting to change under Ra l Castro
Gerardo Guardiola looks beyond the material items newly available to Cubans - cellphones, DVD players, meals at restaurants once reserved for tourists - and keys in on a more fundamental change that has ...
If you can't inspire them, bribe them
In offering iPods to people who vote, the New Labour government is taking its cue from the Fidel Castro School of Public Engagement.
Colombian rescue reveals the armed struggle in Latin American
The spectacular rescue of Ingrid Betancourt, three Americans and 11 Colombian soldiers has given Latin American leaders the opportunity to speak up - and show the world that the political battle in the region ...