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Philly The death of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has the potential to birth a dramatic change in his oil-rich country’s relationship with the United States. But it may take years to materialize, if it ever does. Much will depend on … read more »
Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez dead CARACAS, Venezuela – President Hugo Chavez, the fiery populist who declared a socialist revolution in Venezuela, crusaded against U.S. influence and championed a leftist revival across Latin America, died Tuesday at age 58 after a … read more »
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by JAMES ROTHENBERG The just finished Banned Books Week serves as a vivid reminder that we must be vigilant about freedom of expression and freedom from censorship. Absent this vigilance, we could wake up in a society that not only … read more »
Posted in America, Europe
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Tagged Assange, Barack Obama, Bradley Manning, Cuba, IndepthAfrica, IndepthAfrica world news, Julian Assange, obama, United States, wikileak
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Nil NIKANDROV On July 26 1953 in the morning a group of revolutionaries led by Fidel Castro stormed the Moncada barracks in Santiago de Cuba. The first attack against the Fulgencio Batista’s dictatorship failed, but a signal to start fighting … read more »
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Tagged Castro, Cuba, Cuban, Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro, Havana, IndepthAfrica, IndepthAfrica Magazine, Soviet Union, United States
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Farooque Chowdhury Growing solidarity and resistance by Latin American nations to the continuing hyper-hostility of the US towards Cuba demonstrates a new assertiveness in relationships and a shift in political power. Defiance in Latin America and a dynamics of decline … read more »
Greeted by throngs of Catholic worshipers from across the region, Pope Benedict XVI ended his two-country tour in Havana’s Revolution Plaza with a reference to what he described as a need for “authentic freedom.” Changes between Cuba and the world … read more »
Posted in News, World News
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Tagged africa african news, Benedict, Cuba, Fidel Castro, Havana, indepthafrica africa news, Marino Murillo, Pope Benedict XVI, Pope John Paul II, Wednesday
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Imagine if President Obama appointed radical Noam Chomsky, who has denounced capitalism as a “murderously destructive catastrophe,” to head up a committee on economic growth. That’s less of a stretch than it may seem, considering Obama’s nominee to head the … read more »
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Tagged africa african news, Barack Obama, Cuba, Indepth Africa Magazine, indepthafrica africa news, Jim Yong Kim, Kim, Noam Chomsky, United States, World Bank
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Farooque Chowdhury The meeting, dubbed ‘Encounter of Intellectuals for Peace and Environmental Conservation’, was attended by more than a hundred laureates in literature, history and social and natural sciences and eminent thinkers from 21 countries. ‘Fight, don’t let pessimism win; … read more »
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Tagged Africa news, African news, Cuba, Cuban Revolution, Fidel, Fidel Castro, Frei Betto, Havana, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Nobel Peace Prize, United States
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The leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro, reiterated the need to keep fighting and keep the population informed, in a meeting with intellectuals of the Network in Defense of Humanity. “We must fight” asserted Fidel Castro in a talk … read more »
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Tagged Cuba, Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro, Frei Betto, Granma, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Norman Girvan, Rio de Janeiro, Sergio Pitol
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By Dr. Michael J.K. Bokor Former Cuban President Fidel Castro made a rare public appearance to launch his memoirs at the Havana Convention Centre last Saturday (BBC News, February 4, 2012). The book, Guerrilla of Time, is almost 1,000 pages … read more »
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Tagged Castro, Cuba, Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro, Fulgencio Batista, Ghana, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, President of Cuba, United States
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How easily Romney or Santorum could have enjoyed their “Gingrich in South Carolina Moment!” How easily Gingrich could have basked in another! Debate moderator Brian Williams lobbed it over home plate and not even Gingrich bothered to swing. But the … read more »
Posted in America, Global Issues
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Tagged Bank for International Settlements, Barack Obama, Castro, Cuba, Fidel Castro, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, obama, Soviet, United States
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Viewers of the first Republican presidential debate in Florida saw a newly aggressive Mitt Romney who engaged in a lengthy exchange with Newt Gingrich. The media will focus on the bickering over Gingrich’s alleged lobbying and tenure as speaker of … read more »
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Tagged Cuba, Florida, Gingrich, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum, Romney, Ron Paul
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Yesterday I had the satisfaction of having a pleasant conversation with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. I had not seen him since 2006, more than five years ago, when he visited our country to participate in the 14th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement … read more »
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Tagged Cuba, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Majid Shahriari, President of Iran, Tehran, United States, Wednesday
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It might be the lazy way, to just sit and accept the utter bilge and lies coming from the mainstream western media when they report on events in Syria and Iran. But is it worth it? Would those who accept … read more »
Posted in Asia, Global Issues
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Tagged Cuba, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Iran, Israel, Nikita Khrushchev, Russia, Soviet Union, Syria, United States
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October 24, 2011 by benim
Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro denounced NATO on Monday for its role in the overthrow of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, saying the “brutal military alliance has become the most perfidious instrument of repression the history of humanity has known.” Castro, … read more »
Posted in Libya, News, North Africa
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Tagged Castro, Cuba, Fidel Castro, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, Libya, Muammar al-Gaddafi, NATO, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria online, North Africa, Pan African News, Raúl Castro, Southern Africa, United States, West Africa
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An Afghan detained at the Guantanamo Bay prison has died in an apparent suicide. The 37-year-old prisoner, identified only as Inayatullah, was accused of being an Al Qaeda member and housed at the controversial U.S. jail in Cuba. Inayatullah, who … read more »
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Tagged About Africa, Africa news, African History, African Maps, Al-Qaeda, All Africa, Arab League, breaking news, Cardiopulmonary resuscitation, Cuba, East Africa, Guantanamo Bay detention camp, Inayatullah, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, North Africa, Osama BinLaden, Pan African News, Saif al-Adel, Southern Africa, Taliban, West Africa
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CARACAS, Venezuela – Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is condemning the killing of one of Moammar Gadhafi’s sons and three of his grandchildren in a NATO airstrike in Libya. Chavez asked how some European leaders such as those of Spain, France … read more »
Posted in Conflict/Tragedy, East Africa, Libya, North Africa
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Tagged Africa news, African news, Bolivia, breaking news, Cuba, Hugo Chávez, IndepthAfrica, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthWorldIndepthNigeria, Libya, List of Presidents of Venezuela, map of africa, Muammar al-Gaddafi, NATO, News local news, newspapers, United States, World news
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December 18, 2010 by benim
OTTAWA — Canada does not do enough to denounce human rights abuses in Cuba in the eyes of the American government, according to a new cable released by WikiLeaks. The cable focuses on the actions, or lack thereof, of Peter … read more »
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Tagged breaking news, Canada, Canada news, Cuba, Human rights, IndepthAfrica, Peter Kent, Politics of Cuba, Stephen Harper, United States, Wikileaks, World news
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December 18, 2010 by benim
Dispatches chart Cuban leader’s obsession with US president, from admiration to eventual sense of betrayal. ImagesBarack and Fidel: like so many great love affairs it was doomed. But memory of the passion, or at least infatuation, lingers. Having seen off … read more »
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Tagged American news, Barack Obama, breaking news, Cuba, Cuba news, Espionage, Fidel Castro, Government, IndepthAfrica, internet censorship, local news, London, national security, Oval Office, Raúl Castro, United Kingdom, United States, Web 2.0, Whistleblowing, White House, Wikileaks, Wikileaks on America, World news
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December 16, 2010 by benim
Cuban leader Fidel Castro came close to death in 2006, according to the latest secret US diplomatic cables published by Wikileaks. Mr Castro almost died after suffering a perforated intestine during an internal flight, unnamed sources told US diplomats in … read more »
Posted in America, Global Issues
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Tagged Artemisa, breaking news, Cuba, Cuba news, Espionage, Fidel Castro, Government, Gulf of Mexico, Havana, IndepthAfrica, internet censorship, Julian Assange, Michael E. Parmly, national security, political-news, Raúl Castro, security, United States Interests Section in Havana, Whistleblowing, Wikileaks, Wikileaks on Cuba, World news
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November 5, 2010 by benim
A plane carrying 68 people crashed in a mountainous region of central Cuba after issuing an emergency call, state-run media said on Thursday, and there were no initial reports of survivors. Cuban television said the plane was an ATR-72-212 twin … read more »
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Tagged ATR 72, Cuba, Cuba . Havana . AeroCaribbean, Disaster Accident, disasters-news, Havana, IndepthAfrica, Sancti Spíritus Cuba, Sancti Spíritus Province, Santiago de Cuba, September 11 attacks
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October 26, 2010 by benim
GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba – In the midst of a deadly firefight in Afghanistan in 2002, a 15-year-old Omar Khadr — believing his death was at hand — wanted to kill as many Americans as he could, jurors heard Tuesday as … read more »
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Tagged Afghanistan, Ahmed Said Khadr, Christopher Speer, Cuba, disasters-news, guantanamo bay, Havana, Indepth Africa, Jeffrey Groharing, khadr family, Law Crime, Omar Khadr, Osama bin Laden, Sergeant
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