International – Page 562

Iraqi women, workers say: U.S. out!

March 5, 2004 By Susan Webb

As Iraq moved to take back political sovereignty, Iraqi trade unionists and women’s organizations condemned bloody terrorist attacks that killed some 300 people and wounded many others at religious observances in Baghdad and Karbala this week.

U.S.-backed coup spurs terror in Haiti

March 5, 2004 By Mark Almberg

The ouster of democratically-elected President Jean-Bertrand Aristide by a U.S.-sponsored coup has plunged Haiti into chaos, with right-wing death squads unleashing a campaign of terror and bloodletting against Aristide supporters across the country. Vigilantes and paramilitary...

International notes

March 4, 2004

Sudan: Ceasefire extended The Sudanese government and the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM/A) Feb. 28 extended their ongoing ceasefire for another month, while they continue to negotiate a final peace agreement. As a result of the...

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...