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Chair’s Statement of the 9th ASEM Summit

6 November 2012

1. The 9th ASEM Summit was held in Vientiane, Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) on 5-6 November 2012 and attended by the Heads of State and Government of forty- nine Asian and European countries, the President of the European Council, the President of the European Commission and the (...)

Stephenson King Meets with Cubans of St. Lucian Origin

7 January 2010

Saint Lucia’s Prime Minister Stephenson King met with Cubans of Saint Lucian origin in the Caribbean Association of Cuba (ACC, Spanish acronyms) in Havana.

The popular opposition to the pro-U.S. coup gets tougher

The Honduran People Want More Than a Democracy: They Demand a New Republic!

by Arnold August

Montreal (Canada) | 19 November 2009

Over three months since the Honduran military coup, ousted President Manuel Zelaya has yet to be reinstated. Having secretly organized the coup, the Obama administration on the surface continues to emit an emollient discourse. In particular, it obstinately refuses to qualify it as a (...)

The true story and the challenge of the Cuban journalists

by Fidel Castro Ruz

Havana (Cuba) | 4 July 2008

Seven days ago I wrote about one of the great men in history: Salvador Allende, a man the world remembered with deep emotion and respect on his first centennial. However, no one quivered or even recalled the date of October 24, 1891, when the Dominican despot Rafael Leonidas Trujillo was (...)

No Medals for Agustin Aguayo

9 March 2007

Doing the right thing can be costly, but in the end one can at least
sleep at night. Ask Spc. Agustin Aguayo, 35, a U.S. citizen born in Guadalajara, Mexico, who was just sentenced by a US military court in Wurzburg, Germany. His crime was a gut feeling shared by a growing number of ordinary (...)

Popular rage overthrows Ecuadorian President

The rebellion of Quito

by Marcelo Larrea

8 May 2005

Lucio Gutierrez was overthrown by the volcanic though peaceful popular uprising of Quito. The suspension of the Supreme Court could not stop the massive demonstrations which defeated its brutal repression. Even when Vice President Palacios assumed the presidency, the people still demanded (...)