CUBA VERDE REVISITED
…during the Special Period. But soon they were formally recognized and organized as collectives. They are still closely linked to the bureaucracy—for instance, selling produce to the Council of State,…
…during the Special Period. But soon they were formally recognized and organized as collectives. They are still closely linked to the bureaucracy—for instance, selling produce to the Council of State,…
…of violent protesters from police stations and other government installations. “Guinean security forces are using martial law as an excuse to terrorize ordinary Guineans,” said Peter Takirambudde, Africa director at…
Manuel Rosales, mayor of Maracaibo, Venezuela’s second largest city, is missing—in what the opposition is calling the latest instance in wave of persecution by the government of President Hugo Chávez….
…13, 2005, groups of armed men launched coordinated attacks on government installations in and around Nalchik, including Nalchik Airport, police stations, military posts and security installations. The Russian authorities were…
…the 2011 revolution, the military now proceeded to confiscate the 2013 protests, installing General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi as supreme ruler. Sisi first targeted the Brotherhood, essentially outlawing the entire organization,…
…were instantly posted in the news media on July 3 when a bridge located in the host city of Belo Horizonte, near the Mineirao Stadium where World Cup matches were…
…or the “ABCD of the day.” All the letters of the alphabet were the starting points of phrases in praise of Narendra Modi. For instance, N was “Nationalist Hindu Modi”;…
…military aid to each other in the event of “aggression.” The pact also gives Russia and Uzbekistan “the right to use military installations” on each other’s territory “on the basis…
…crisis remain the main drivers of acute food insecurity and malnutrition in Yemen, further exacerbated by the instability of humanitarian assistance.” The conflict, which escalated with the intervention of a…
…of Israeli Associations president, Fred Pressner says President Chavez Frias has been asked to extend his rejection of anti-Jewish remarks to other instances of government. Pressner says the community is…
…Navy to a nearby Navy training installation. The embassy car had diplomatic license plates, while the federal police were reportedly traveling in four unmarked vehicles. Mexican authorities detained 12 federal…
…Technology (MEXT) has installed around the prefecture. With the typical pretense of democracy, MEXT has established a “realtime environmental radiation page” where the public can monitor the readings. The problem…