International

WORLD NOTES: September 27

September 26, 2008

Pakistan: Incursions escalate violence, confrontations Reacting to U.S. missile attacks and a troop incursion two weeks ago in Pakistan areas believed to harbor Taliban fighters, tribal leaders representing half a million Pakistanis vowed Sept. 14 to...

Venezuela & Honduras defy Bush administration

September 17, 2008

In an act of solidarity with Bolivia, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez expelled U.S. Ambassador Patrick Duddy on Sept. 11, one day after Bolivian President Evo Morales had declared Ambassador Philip Goldberg “persona non grata.” Proclaiming that...

World Notes: Sept. 20, 2008

September 17, 2008

Afghanistan: EU envoy issues warning Ending six years as EU ambassador to Afghanistan, Francesc Vendrell told reporters Aug. 31 that a NATO military victory against the Taliban is “impossible” and that a “change of strategy,” a...

Why Bolivia said Yankee go home!

September 17, 2008

As the struggle sharpened to uphold national authority and oppose forces for autonomy in Bolivia’s East, Washington’s role in weeks of conflict there led the government of Evo Morales to eject U.S. Ambassador Philip Goldberg on...

Celebrating Mexican independence

September 13, 2008

The biggest national holiday in Mexico, and celebrated by Mexican people living all over the world, is Mexican Independence Day, Sept. 16. A little history: Before Mexico became Mexico, indigenous people first cultivated and inhabited the...