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World Notes: Venezuela, Somalia, Fiji and more

May 27, 2011 By W. T. Whitney Jr.

Sanctions on Iran hit Venezuela; labor rights under siege in Iraq, Fiji and Turkey; humanitarian crisis in Somalia; and Cuba at the UN.

Chavez’s jailing of Colombian political refugee causes outrage

May 2, 2011 By W. T. Whitney Jr.

An arrest near Caracas triggered questions about Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, a socialist and protagonist of continent-wide emancipation knuckling under to Colombia.

Reject terrorism, extradite Posada

April 26, 2011 By W. T. Whitney Jr.

The time is overdue for justice-minded people to organize to secure terrorist Luis Posada's extradition to Venezuela.

Outrage over acquittal of accused terrorist Posada Carriles

April 11, 2011 By Emile Schepers

Posada, a Cuban exile, was used by the CIA as a key operative in the United States' long running effort to overturn the Cuban Revolution.

Cuban trade unionist speaks in Los Angeles

April 5, 2011 By Rossana Cambron

Gilda Chacon Bravo is the first Cuban trade union representative to be granted a visa to the United States in many years and is touring the country.