In a disconcerting Feb. 29 clip from Cuba’s Prensa Latina, Venezuela’s President Hugo Chávez suggests that CIA-backed “anarchists” could be behind recent campus violence and bomb attacks in the country: The conservative attack on the regional elections slated for November… Read moreChávez CIA-baits Venezuelan “anarchists”
Colombia’s Constitutional Court has issued a ruling upholding the rights of the San José de Apartadó Peace Community in the northern war-torn Urabá region, ordering the Colombian government to take steps to end the state of impunity in the crimes… Read moreColombian high court issues ruling on Peace Community
The Organization of American States (OAS) approved a resolution March 5 declaring the Colombian military raid into Ecuador a violation of sovereignty. The resolution was approved in Washington after talks in which the United States was the hemisphere’s only nation… Read moreLines drawn in Andean crisis
Colombian President Alvaro Uribe upped the rhetorical ante against Venezuela March 4, accusing Hugo Chávez of supporting “genocide” and threatening to bring charges against him at The Hague. “Colombia proposes to denounce Hugo Chavez, President of Venezuela, in the International… Read moreUribe: Chávez supports “genocide”
A car bomber tried to hit a government building in the Tani district of Afghanistan’s eastern Khost province March 3, but Afghan guards opened fire. A police officer was killed and five others, including an Afghan soldier, were wounded in… Read moreAfghanistan: bombs rock Khost
The idiot left has lost no time in blasting Kosova’s declaration of independence. The latest spew from New York’s International Action Center screams “US Hands Off Serbia!” and cheers the Belgrade protests (where wanted war criminal Ratko Mladic was hailed… Read moreKosova: really “independent”?
The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) has issued a statement condemning “in the strongest possible terms” attacks on Mogadishu radio stations by the armed forces of the Transitional Federal Government. The statement said government troops raided the offices of… Read moreSomalia: independent media under attack
As Venezuela and Ecuador order troops to their borders with Colombia, the Colombian National Police chief Gen. Oscar Naranjo announced that documents recovered from the computer of slain guerilla leader Raul Reyes reveal financial ties between Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez… Read moreColombia charges: Chávez funds FARC
A tense strike and occupation at the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana (UAM) in the southeast of Mexico City entered its 31st day March 2—despite the picket line being attacked by hostile students. Students—themselves divided by pro-strike and anti-strike factions—have also interrupted… Read moreViolence at university workers strike in Mexico City
Some 1,000 experts from 52 nations are expected to attend a world economic conference hosted by Cuba this week. Sponsored by Cuba’s National Economists Association and dubbed the “International Economists Meeting on Globalization and Development,” the conference will cover topics… Read moreCuba going globophile?
Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad received what the United Arab Emirates’ Gulf News called a “hero’s welcome” in Baghdad, where Iraq’s Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said the Islamic Republic’s recent approach towards his country has been “extremely helpful.” He described his… Read moreAhmadinejad gets “hero’s welcome” in Baghdad
At last two are dead and 12 wounded in an ambush 130 kilometers south of Kirkuk on a bus carrying Shiite pilgrims returning from the Arbaeen celebrations in Karbala March 1. “Two people, including a woman, were killed and 12… Read moreIraq: more Shi’ite pilgrims killed
