US offers migration talks to Cuba
Washington has offered to resume talks on legal immigration by Cubans to the US, the US state department says.
It says the move aims to “reaffirm both sides’ commitment to safe, legal and orderly migration”.
The talks were halted in 2003 after Havana refused to give exit permits to people who had [...]
By Arthur Brice
CNN
(CNN) — The United Nations and the Organization of American States said Saturday they are worried over Venezuelan government statements about an independent TV station that has criticized President Hugo Chavez.
Guillermo Zuloaga, seen in 2008, is head of Venezuelan TV news network Globovision.
1 of 2 In a joint release, freedom of expression investigators [...]
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi is in a spot. The Speaker stated that she was not informed that water boarding had occurred, and she identifies water boarding as torture; furthermore, she supported a truth commission to punish those involved with water boarding. Mrs. Pelosi also accused the CIA of lying to American Congress .
“In [...]
The gunk that unleashed the dogs of law
HIDDEN behind a row of trees and a rusted barbed-wire fence on a rutted dirt road in the Ecuadorean jungle, Shushufindi 61, a pit in which oil waste is dumped, is hardly a beauty spot. But it has attracted a string of visitors ranging from Hollywood actresses to [...]
With the recent takeover of General Motors by the United States government, one might question how the new President Obama “business” venture will function. Sadly to say, I don’t believe GM will operate like a business at all; unfortunately, Government Motors will more likely resemble a government program.
The most important thing to realize about [...]
The Baseline ScenarioWhat happened to the global economy and what we can do about it
Financial Crisis for Beginners
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Simon Johnson (MIT)
We believe that everyone should be able to understand how the financial crisis came about, what it means for all of us, and what our options are for getting out of it. Unfortunately, the vast majority [...]
Obama’s Two-State Challenge
[Analysis] US commitment to Israel’s national security is embedded in the American psyche
Alon Ben-Meir (internews)
Published 2009-05-15 15:11 (KST)
President Obama’s May 18th meeting with Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will introduce a new dimension to the long standing American-Israeli alliance. The changing circumstances in the Middle East and the potentially diverging views each leader [...]
When times are tough, and they are, one would hope foreign financial aid would also be under close scrutiny. While we can understand the intention of foreign aid—economic/political security, humanitarian, development, etc., the United States should consider the needs of its own citizens first.
If the United States is borrowing money from China and other countries [...]
The following is a transcript, as provided by the White House, of President Obama’s commencement address to the University of Notre Dame: (Reprinted from FoxNews.com)
OBAMA: Well, first of all, congratulations, Class of 2009. (Applause.) Congratulations to all the parents, the cousins — (applause) — the aunts, the uncles — all the people who helped to bring [...]
May 12th 2009
From the Economist Intelligence Unit ViewsWire
Venezuela’s government takes over more of the oil and gas industry
In the latest episode in its drive to increase its control over Venezuela’s oil and gas industry, the government of President Hugo Chávez has announced its intention to seize the assets of 60 local and foreign oil-services companies. [...]
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