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May 19, 2006Venezuela: Land returned to peasants The Venezuelan National Land Institute (INTI) and the Spanish Embassy concluded an agreement last week in which Venezuela will buy back close to 3,000 acres of fertile land from Spanish agricultural...
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Left posts gains in regional Indian elections
May 19, 2006TRIVANDRUM, Kerala, India — Communist-led electoral coalitions registered substantial gains in two Indian states and several other regions this month in a development that observers say will have national repercussions. In Kerala, at India’s southern tip,...
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Charges of lavish wealth rubbish
May 19, 2006Cuban President Fidel Castro speaks during the Cuban television program “Round Table” in Havana, May 15, where he called a Forbes magazine report naming him one of the world’s wealthiest rulers “rubbish.” In its May 5...
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Growing determination to free Cuban Five
May 19, 2006The Cuban Five — Antonio Guerrero, Ramón Labañino, René González, Gerardo Hernández and Fernando González — were defending Cuba against right-wing, Miami-based terrorism when they were arrested by U.S. authorities almost eight years ago. Despite an...
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Cuba elected to new UN rights council
May 19, 2006To the dismay of the Bush administration and its European Union allies, the UN General Assembly endorsed Cuba’s nomination to the newly created UN Council on Human Rights on May 9. Cuba was the choice of...
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