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Cuban 5 wives meet with UN human rights chief
March 14, 2013Adriana Perez, wife of Gerardo Hernandez, and Olga Salanueva, wife of Rene Gonzalez, requested UN intervention on human rights grounds to be able to visit their husbands (two of the five imprisoned Cubans known collectively as...
Read moreChurch faces big choices as cardinals pick a new pope
March 12, 2013The cardinals have assembled in Rome to begin choosing the next pope.
Read morePoor people in the U.S. also benefitted from Venezuelan oil
March 11, 2013Chavez cared about the poor at a time when "some of the wealthiest people on our planet have more money than they can ever reasonably expect to spend."
Read moreGroups fight to remove Cuba from “terrorism sponsors” list
March 11, 2013A consortium of organizations announced a new push to get Cuba taken off the State Department's "State Sponsors of Terrorism" list.
Read moreHugo Chavez, popular Venezuelan president, dies
March 6, 2013In life, Chavez was almost a legendary figure; first elected to Venezuela's presidency in 1998, he was popularly re-elected three more times in 2000, 2006, and 2012.
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