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Five Years Later: Remembering Puerto Rican Nationalist Leader Filiberto Ojeda Ríos

by Elma Beatriz Rosado, Juan A. Ocasio Rivera

13 May 2010

Organized political movements advocating independence of Puerto Rico have existed since the mid-19th century. This month their eyes will be riveted on Washington as the U.S. Congress reviews legislation proposing a change in the island’s status. This year marks the anniversary of the (...)

Our spirit of sacrifice and the Empire’s blackmail

by Fidel Castro Ruz

Havana (Cuba) | 25 April 2008

The first news on the case I read reached us through the Italian news agency ANSA, on April 22.
According to the article (dated April 22, La Paz), a Commission of Deputies was to investigate the case of a female Bolivian boarder student who died in Cuba, whose body was repatriated with (...)

A Tribute to Martí

by Fidel Castro Ruz

29 January 2008

Five years ago, Cuba’s capital hosted the International Conference "For World Equilibrium", which was attended by delegates from forty three countries of all continents, to honor Martí on the occasion of his 150th birthday.

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Cuba: Obsessive Target of the Bush Administration

by Salim Lamrani

Paris (France) | 30 January 2006

The United States’ obsession with Cuba never ends. Condoleezza Rice has just ordered the stiffening of the economic blockade against the island while, at the same time, the US chargé d’affaires in Havana makes efforts to create a pseudo-opposition at the service of the United States. The Bush (...)

Interview with Marta Harnecker

In the Laboratory of a Revolution

by Ignacio Cirios

Caracas (Venezuela) | 27 September 2005

Her work Fidel: The Political Strategy of Victory, which illuminates the Cuban revolutionary process, is known in various editions throughout the Latin Amercian continent and has been one of the most read texts on the subject over the past 20 years.

Venezuelan Authorities Honor Colombian Extradition Request

by Sarah Wagner

Caracas (Venezuela) | 18 May 2005

The Venezuelan Ministry of Interior and Justice and Venezuela’s investigative police, DISIP, handed over José Martínez Vegas, alias "El Chiguiro," to Colombian officials. Martínez, one of the leaders of the 16th Front of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), was apprehended on (...)

Venezuela’s Supreme Court Approves Extradition of Colombian Rebel Kidnapper

by Gregory Wilpert

Caracas (Venezuela) | 13 April 2005

Juan José Martínez Vega
Venezuela’s penal chamber of the Supreme Court decided to approve Colombia’s request to extradite Juan José Martínez Vega, a.k.a. "El Chigüiro." Martinez Vega had been arrested on a ranch in Venezuela last March for the kidnapping of the mother of Major League (...)

Pdvsa will make 35% of the total investments in the Latin American hydrocarbon sector.

by Alia2

Caracas (Venezuela) | 1 July 2004

Between 2004 and 2009, Pdvsa and its associates expect to invest 37 billion dollars, one third of the total 110 billion required by the oil and gas sector in the region, said PDVSA director Nelson Martínez. He also pointed out that at the current rate of production, Venezuela has oil reserves (...)