International – Page 558

Guatemalans hail Cuban medical workers

March 4, 2004

Alfonso Portillo, Guatemala’s last president, is hardly a political ally of Fidel Castro’s, but that didn’t stop him heaping praise on Cuba’s doctors in his farewell speech in mid-January. “As my last state duty, I didn’t...

Canadian leader wavers on gay marriage

March 4, 2004

VANCOUVER – In a blow to equal rights, one of the first acts undertaken by Canada’s new Prime Minister (PM) Paul Martin has been to backslide on the previous government’s commitment to allow same-sex marriages. Last...

Venezuelans rally against U.S. meddling

March 4, 2004

CARACAS – The streets of Venezuela’s capital were a sea of red on Sunday, Feb. 29, as hundreds of thousands of pro-Chávez supporters demonstrated their anger at U.S. intervention in Venezuelan affairs. After President Hugo Chávez...

Truth and the cold warrior

February 27, 2004

Opinion I spent four years in the Navy (1957-61) and four in the Air Force (1961-65). I joined because I was outgrowing my foster home and wanted to travel. During my eight years I don’t recall...

Is it possible to end the occupation of Iraq?

February 27, 2004

Opinion It is in the interests of the peace and democratic forces of the U.S., of the vast majority of our people, that we join with the Iraqi people and the people of the world to...