Iran's leader visits Venezuela amid tensions The State | CARACAS, Venezuela - President Hugo Chavez defended his close ally Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Monday as tensions rose with the U.S. over Tehran's nuclear program and a death sentence against an American man convicted of working for the CIA. | The two leaders met in Caracas on the fir...
How islanders in the Falklands are bracing themselves for untold riches...or Armageddon The Daily Mail | Chugging away from Port Stanley through choppy, slate-grey waters, the reminders of the costly but glorious military campaign that defined the Thatcher years were etched in the hills behind us. | There was Mount Tumbledown, where ten British soldie...
The fruit which did not fall Granma Internacional | (Taken from CubaDebate) | CUBA was forced to fight for its existence facing an expansionist power, located a few miles from its coast, and which was proclaiming the annexation of our island, which was destined to fall into its lap like a ripe fruit...
Occidental Petroleum profit rises 35% The Los Angeles Times | Occidental Petroleum Corp., the largest onshore crude producer in the continental U.S., said fourth-quarter profit rose 35 percent on higher oil prices and record output from new drilling in California, Texas and North Dakota. | Net income climbed ...
Greece offers omens of Argentina: debt talks party Hartford Courant | NEW YORK (Reuters) - Greece's sovereign debt restructuring appears to be following the footsteps of Argentina's disorderly debt default of 2002, a creditor that is participating in the negotiations warned on Tuesday. | Euro zone finance ministers o...
Latin America's New Left In Power GlobalResearch | Most political analysts place the governments of Hugo Chávez (Venezuela), Evo Morales (Bolivia) and Rafael Correa (Ecuador) in the same category but without defining their common characteristics. Beginning with the publication of Leftovers in 2008,...
It's Tough Exercise to Look Tough on a BikeA Motorcyclist's Joy Rides Wall Street Journal By JEN MURPHY | Riding a motorcycle may not seem like a workout, but Michael Quinn would dare skeptics to try standing on the pegs of an off-road bike while riding for 12 hours in the heat of the Atacama desert. | Mr. Quinn, 49 years old, is a partne...
Chavez: Venezuela to buy Embraer, Airbus jets The Boston Globe | CARACAS, Venezuela-Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Sunday that his government plans to buy new Embraer jets from Brazil as well as used Airbus jets to expand his country's state airline Conviasa. | Chavez said Venezuela will negotiate credit ...
Chavez: Venezuela to buy Embraer, Airbus jets Lexington Herald-Leader | CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Sunday that his government plans to buy new Embraer jets from Brazil as well as used Airbus jets to expand his country's state airline Conviasa. | Chavez said Venezuela will...
Iran's leader visits Venezuela amid tensions The State | CARACAS, Venezuela - President Hugo Chavez defended his close ally Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Monday as tensions rose with the U.S. over Tehran's nuclear program and a death sentence against an American man convicted of working for the CIA. | The two leaders met in Caracas on the first leg of a four-nation tour that will also take A...
Argentines stage Falklands protest outside UK embassy BBC News Left-wing activists have protested outside the British embassy in Buenos Aires to demand Argentina break off diplomatic relations with the UK over the Falkland Islands dispute. | Around 100 protesters gathered to burn Union flags in front of the embassy. | Tension has been increasing ahead of the 30th anniversary of the Falklands War in April. | Ar...
