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Venceremos Brigade sends open letter to President Obama

July 17, 2009

Open Letter to President Obama from the Venceremos Brigade July 13, 2009 President Barack Obama The White House Washington DC Dear President Obama, On August 3rd, 2009, over 140 of us will be returning from Cuba...

Colombian government targets Communist leader

July 17, 2009

This July, the Colombian Communist Party (PCC) marked its 79th anniversary. Its newsweekly Voz - the “only national opposition newspaper in the country,” according to a U.K. solidarity web site - published a 2500th issue in...

Hillary Clinton outlines new mindset for U.S. foreign policy

July 16, 2009 By Susan Webb

WASHINGTON — In a wide-ranging speech at the Council on Foreign Relations today, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton outlined how the Obama adminstration’s foreign policy aims to reshape the U.S. role in the world.

EDITORIAL Climate change: Taking responsibility, aiding the vulnerable

July 16, 2009

As negotiations continue on worldwide goals and timetables to cut emissions of greenhouse gases, it is increasingly clear that industrially developed countries must take responsibility for the great bulk of the pollution that has caused global...

Ending the blockade of Cuba

July 15, 2009

Speculation is rife as to prospects under the Obama administration for a changed U.S. approach toward Cuba. Firmly in place since 1962, economic embargo remains the centerpiece of U.S. Cuban policies. Along the way, the embargo...