Entries from July 2008

July 27, 2008

CUBA: Raul Speaks on 55th Anniversary of the Attack on the Moncada

Speech by Cuban President Raul Castro on July 26, 2008
SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Cuba, July 26 (acn) The Cuban New Agency brings you the
full text of the speech given by Cuban President Raul Castro Ruz at the
central rally marking National Rebelliousness Day in Cuba, held in the
eastern province of Santiago de Cuba today.
http://www.walterlippmann.com/rc-07-26-2008.html
SPEECH ON THE 55TH [...]

July 25, 2008

CUBA: Celia Hart on Eve of 7/26 Anniversary of the Moncada Attack “The FARC, Today More than Ever”

“Whether or not he or his brand-new Defense Minister or his wife or his cats
are reelected, Álvaro Uribe is a fascist, and the Colombian government is a murderous government unworthy of being called friendly or brotherly, as my brother Chávez told him (4). Uribe can’t be a contributor or anything like that, and has to [...]

July 20, 2008

VENEZUELA: Chavez Responds to Obama

Obama’s scooting to the middle has been evidenced in many ways including his speech at AIPAC. But, it was his speech to the Cuban American National Foundation in Miami that revealed the hard right he would take concerning US foreign policy in Latin America, especially with Venezuela. Recent news reports suggest that Obama [...]

July 20, 2008

COLOMBIA: FARC Speaks! “We will never give up the struggle for justice”

Party for Socialism and Liberation
http://www.pslweb.org/
News and Analysis
Latin American media broadcasts FARC statement
Friday, July 18, 2008
By: Alfonso Cano
‘We will never give up the struggle for justice’
Recent events in Columbia have been widely discussed in the U.S. media, but what has been missing is the voice of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). Without that, there [...]

July 11, 2008

Colombia,Uribe,Hostages,FARC,Rescue Videos: Help, We Need A Music Break

After a solid week of scrutinizing Colombian hostage rescue videos trying to figure out why Ingrid looks so good after 6 years in the jungle, why the FARC soldier, “Cesar,” shown on the rescue video is about a foot taller and fairer skinned than another guy also called “Cesar” that the Colombian military had doing [...]

July 10, 2008

COLOMBIA: Sec. Gutierrez Gives LULAC the Hard Sell on Free Trade Agreement

Can you imagine being a member of the League of United Latin American Citizens and traveling to DC hoping that your government will give you some sign that they give a damn about you and your issues and you end up getting a hard sell from Commerce Secretary Gutierrez on the proposed Colombian Free Trade [...]

July 7, 2008

COLOMBIA, US, VENEZUELA, ECUADOR: Improbable Laptops, Probable Endgame

All that has happened in Colombia since March 1, 2008, when Colombia bombed a FARC camp in Ecuador that killed several people including FARC Commander, Raul Reyes, amounts to nothing but a prelude for the main event. If the US has its way, Colombia, especially after the “rescue” of the hostages a few days [...]