Hugo Chavez Stresses the Need for Latin American Unity
He said more than 200 years have gone by, during which the 'empire has tried to submit us and we have tried to be free', and he predicted that the peoples will defeat that US empire despite its efforts to prevail.
Father Gérard Jean-Juste Provisionally Freed for Medical Treatment
Jean-Juste flew on American Airlines to Miami where he was met at the airport by about 25 people, including leaders from Veye Yo, the Miami-based popular organization he helped found in the 1980s when he directed the Haitian Refugee Center.
EGYPT: Rights groups question handling of ship disaster
Critics of the government have questioned the ship’s seaworthiness, the slow pace of rescue efforts and the lack of information provided to victims’ families.
Bush Mine Appointee Rejects Stronger Safety Rules
The two deaths bring to 18 the total number of coal miners killed in the nation since the first of the year. A Jan. 3 explosion killed 12 miners and two others died in a Jan. 20 underground fire.
Detroit: Super Bowl City on the Brink
Detroit -- and there is no soft way to put this -- is a city on the edge of the abyss.
Atlanta’s MARTA Riders’ Union Debate Public Transit
The Atlanta Transit Riders’ Union (ATRU) believes in the power of the people who ride buses.
Bring Regime Change Home
Bush can run, but he cannot hide. He tries to hide behind fear, our fear.
Japan: We can no longer endure hosting U.S. bases
Calling for opposition to the continued stationing of U.S. forces in Sagamihara and Zama, about 1,200 citizens took part in a rally in Sagamihara City on January 29.
LIBERIA: New president’s anti-corruption drive targets finance ministry
Liberia’s new president, “Iron Lady” Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf has sacked every political appointee from the outgoing administration at the ministry of finance as part of her crackdown on corruption.
17 US Reps Want Impeachment Probe
The number of Members of US Congress supporting US Rep. John Conyers’s (D-MI) H. Res 635 has now jumped to 17.
