International
Cuba racism charge rebuffed
December 21, 2009Cuban and U.S. activists are strongly protesting a letter circulated among prominent African Americans alleging systemic racial discrimination in Cuba.
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December 18, 2009Cuba is the only country where blacks and mestizos have the state and government as allies.
Read moreClass conflict surfaces at climate summit
December 14, 2009Half way into the 15th UN Climate Conference in Copenhagen on December 7-18, 100,000 demonstrators from 500 different organizations were in the streets protesting.
Read moreObama’s Nobel Prize: world wants peace surge
December 10, 2009Accepting the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, President Obama acknowledged "considerable controversy" over the award, while others said the prize signals the world's hopes for peace.
Read moreTwo Cuban Five prisoners are resentenced
December 10, 2009A federal judge in Miami has reduced the jail time of two more of a group of five Cubans who were given draconian sentences in a controversial and highly politicized 2001 trial.
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