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Chile's communists want Neruda's death probed
Submitted by Judith Robles U... on Thu, 07/28/2011 - 17:18
Chile's Communist Party wants a formal investigation into the death of the country's revered poet Pablo Neruda, who officially died of cancer only days after the 1973 coup toppled his close friend, President Salvador Allende.
Several witnesses have raised doubts about his death recently, including Neruda's driver, who says he was poisoned by government agents.
Humala facing a new challenge
Submitted by Judith Robles U... on Fri, 07/08/2011 - 10:40
In his first, failed run to be Peru's president, Ollanta Humala projected the image of a radical leftist in Hugo Chavez's mold. This time, he called the Venezuelan leader's socialist-oriented economic model flawed, and sought moderate allies and courted Washington.
The tail end of the Cuban Socialism
Submitted by Judith Robles U... on Thu, 06/09/2011 - 11:53
Cuba made official what had been rumored for weeks: It is legalizing the sale of real estate and cars and expanding the ranks of private cooperatives that could serve as engines for the sputtering economy, among other major changes.
The Communist Party's newly released economic guidelines also say the government will study the possibility of letting Cubans travel abroad as tourists, a long-time promise of Cuba's leaders that has yet to be fulfilled.
Human rights sore spot for Peru runoff candidates
Submitted by Special to Eco ... on Thu, 04/28/2011 - 14:44
Peru found itself facing the very scenario many Peruvians dreaded: The two presidential candidates whose democratic credentials are most questioned — the daughter of jailed former President Alberto Fujimori and leftist military man Ollanta Humala — are headed for a runoff election.
The doubts begin with the fact that both have close relatives in jail for human rights violations which resulted in multiple deaths and are heightened by concerns that the issue has been barely raised by either candidate.
Cuba intensifies campaign against dissidents
Submitted by Special to Eco ... on Mon, 04/04/2011 - 16:51
Cuba stepped up its campaign against the island's small dissident community with pro-government demonstrators screaming insults at the "Ladies in White" opposition group a day after state-television aired a program denouncing them as agents of Washington.
About 100 pro-government demonstrators surrounded the Ladies as they marched in Havana's Vedado neighborhood, shouting slogans like "Down with the Worms!" and "This Street Belongs to Fidel!".
Cuba intensifies campaign against dissidents
Submitted by Judith Robles U... on Tue, 03/01/2011 - 20:22
Cuba stepped up its campaign against the island's small dissident community with pro-government demonstrators screaming insults at the "Ladies in White" opposition group a day after state-television aired a program denouncing them as agents of Washington.
About 100 pro-government demonstrators surrounded the Ladies as they marched in Havana's Vedado neighborhood, shouting slogans like "Down with the Worms!" and "This Street Belongs to Fidel!".
