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  • WORLDNOTES

    WORLDNOTES

    May 26, 2006

    Nepal: People celebrate their victory Around the country late last week, people were celebrating the House of Representatives’ May 18 proclamation stripping King Gyanendra of his royal powers. The legislature ended Gyanendra’s control over the army,...

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  • S. Africas workers strike for justice, jobs

    S. Africas workers strike for justice, jobs

    May 26, 2006

    Earlier this month the people of South Africa celebrated the 10th anniversary of the first democratic constitution. The dismantling of the oppressive apartheid regime in the early 1990s, and the end of dominance by a privileged...

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  • Cuban medical school is unique

    Cuban medical school is unique

    May 26, 2006

    The Latin American School of Medicine in Havana, Cuba, is no ordinary medical school. The mission of the LASM is to train students who come from medically underserved populations and then to return them as doctors...

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  • Venezuela, Libya to aid African nations

    Venezuela, Libya to aid African nations

    May 26, 2006

    Venezuela and Libya will offer free medical aid and discounted oil to developing countries in Africa, Libyan Foreign Minister Abdel Rahman Shalqam said May 18. “The leaders of Libya and Venezuela discussed the formation of a...

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  • Venezuelas revolution reaches across continents

    Venezuelas revolution reaches across continents

    May 26, 2006

    Chavez, Morales cause stir in Europe Revolutionary struggles moved onto the world stage as Presidents Evo Morales of Bolivia and Hugo Chavez of Venezuela went to Vienna, Austria, on May 11 for the Fourth European Union/Latin...

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