International
Zelaya gives coup leaders ultimatum
July 18, 2009The mediator in Honduras's political crisis is looking increasingly discredited after proposing further talks between the ousted president and the leader of the right-wing coup. Costa Rican President Oscar Arias has scheduled the further talks to...
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US pulling out from Manta military base in Ecuador
July 18, 2009Quito, Jul 17 (Prensa Latina) The United States stopped Friday its operations at the Manta military base, on the Ecuadorian coast, and started the process for its definitive withdrawal from that military camp, occupied since 1999....
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Did Zelaya violate the constitution?
July 17, 2009The mediation efforts of Costa Rican President Oscar Arias in the Honduran situation seem to be headed for failure. Elected, yet deposed, President Manuel Zelaya says he is the only legitimate head of state, as does...
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WORLDNOTES Equatorial Guinea, Australia, Afghanistan, UN, Guyana, Cuba
July 17, 2009Equatorial Guinea: Corporations, banks back corruption Oil money has been diverted to the ruling few while people languish “in poverty worse than in Afghanistan or Chad,” according to a Human Rights Watch report issued last week....
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Venceremos Brigade sends open letter to President Obama
July 17, 2009Open Letter to President Obama from the Venceremos Brigade July 13, 2009 President Barack Obama The White House Washington DC Dear President Obama, On August 3rd, 2009, over 140 of us will be returning from Cuba...
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