Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez announced yesterday (April 30) that the country’s minimum wage would be raised by 20%, to $286 per month, and that Venezuela would withdraw its membership from the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund.

Darfur has almost become a household word and with good reason. It is the first human made catastrophe of the 21st century; its death count combined with the huge humanitarian crisis staggers the imagination.

The Darfur crisis in Sudan is perhaps the most politically convoluted conflict in the world today. Its underpinnings involve local, regional and international players, all selfishly vying for power and economic interests.

The House of Representatives approved a measure last week which would provide about half of the funds requested by President Bush to fund the war in Iraq.

The significance of 1857 is that it was the first major national revolt against British colonialism. All through the 18th and 19th centuries, there were a series of uprisings against the British.

The idiot American media are giving Bush another free pass, running stories now that the U.S. is “willing” to talk with Iran, but only about how to calm down the Iraq conflict.

What a pathetic joke!

Venezuela, along with other Latin American countries, condemned today the United States court decision to allow the international terrorist Luis Posada Carriles walk free.

Two students were taken to hospital for treatment and dozens of student protesters were arrested yesterday night in Jerusalem (Thursday, May 10) during protests over proposed education "reforms."

The US News and World Report recently carried a special report, inviting discussion on "what can we (the US) learn from the outside world". The weekly publication admitted that America is not the best in every way.

En el marco del plan desestabilizador que se prepara para fines de este mes, denuncia realizada por el Partido Comunista de Venezuela PCV esta semana, el gobierno norteamericano viene adelantando una campaña de mentiras contra el pueblo y gobierno de Venezuela.