International – Page 528

Venezuela prioritizes Latin American unity

February 8, 2006

Unity is at the top of Venezuela’s agenda for Latin America. Just over a year ago Venezuela and Cuba signed agreements establishing the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA), and President Hugo Chávez’ return to Havana...

Cuba news briefs

February 3, 2006

Cuba travel under the gun The Bush administration is cracking down on what it sees as illegal travel to Cuba. A foretaste of what lay ahead was provided in the May 2004 report of the “Commission...

Venezuelan discounted oil arrives in Philly

February 3, 2006

PHILADELPHIA — On Jan. 27 Rep. Chaka Fattah (D-Pa.) announced that Citgo, a U.S. subsidiary of the publicly-owned Venezuelan national oil company PDVSA, was going to begin shipping 5 million gallons of discounted heating oil here...

Hunters history exposed in Congo film

February 3, 2006

Congo: White King, Red Rubber, Black Death Peter Bate, director 2004, Belgium/UK, ArtMattan Productions (U.S. distributor) 100 min., English/French/Dutch with English subtitles An African proverb reminds us, “Until the lions have their historians, tales of the...

WORLD NOTES

February 3, 2006

Nepal: Trade union leaders imprisoned An edict from King Gyanendra of Nepal has resulted in the arrest of 100 leaders of Nepal’s seven-party political opposition and two top leaders of the General Federation of Nepalese Trade...