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  • The origin of wars
    18 July 2010 par (Open-Publishing)

    REFLECTIONS OF FIDEL The origin of wars
    (Taken from CubaDebate) Havana. July 12, 2010
    I affirmed on July 4 that neither the United States nor Iran would give in; "one, due to the pride of the powerful, and the other, out of resistance to the yoke and the capacity to fight, as has occurred so many times in the history of humanity…"
    In almost all wars, one of the parties wishes to avoid them, and sometimes, both. On this occasion, it would come about even though one of the parties does (…)

  • Gulf BP catastrophe reaches Mexico
    14 July 2010 par (Open-Publishing)

    The elite will need to find another vacation spot. Cancun will be affected soon. New Satellite Images of Gulf: Oil reaches Mexico’s Yucatan, near Cancun (PHOTOS)
    Envisat Wide Swath VV, University of Miami, CSTARS, July 11, 2010:
    July 11 (CSTARS, U. of Miami)
    Analysis of Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Area, Roffer’s Ocean Fishing Forecasting System, July 12, 2010:
    The water south of the Deepwater Horizon site now appears to be moving more southward toward 88°00-90°30’W between 28°30’N (…)

  • letter of july to Obama
    1 July 2010 par (Open-Publishing)

    Mister President Obama July 1st 2010 The White House
    1600 Pennsylvania Avenue N.W.
    Washington DC 20500
    Mister President,
    I had just sent you the letter for June when we found out that an important new element had been discovered that shows that the Cuban Five (René González, Ramón Labañino, Gerardo Hernández, Fernando González and Antonio Guerrero), who (…)

  • KNOWING THE TRUTH TIMELY
    29 June 2010 par (Open-Publishing)

    As I was writing every one of my previous Reflections, and a catastrophe was quickly zeroing in on humanity, my major concern was to fulfill the primary duty to inform our people.
    Today, I feel more relax than 26 days ago. As the situation evolves, I can reiterate and expand on the information to the national and international public.
    Obama has committed to attend the quarterfinals match on July 2, if his country’s team makes it to that stage. He supposedly knows better than anyone that (…)

  • Media Disinformation: The Demonization of Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez
    23 June 2010 par (Open-Publishing)

    Media Disinformation: The Demonization of Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez
    by Sean Fenley
    Global Research, June 23, 2010
    “We were always cautious about the triumph of President Obama. Early on, we began to take note of the truth, that the empire is here, alive and more threatening than ever.”- Hugo Chavez Frias It is said when you can’t beat ‘em, that you might as well make common cause with them, but in the case of President Hugo Chavez and the government of Venezuela this doesn’t (…)

  • A Blow Waiting to Happen (Fidel Castro)
    14 June 2010 par (Open-Publishing)

    On Tuesday, June 8 at noon, I wrote the Reflection “On the Threshold of Tragedy” Later, I watched Randy Alonso’s TV program, Roundtable, usually aired at 6:30 pm.
    That day, outstanding and prestigious Cuban intellectuals taking part in the program answered pointed questions raised by the moderator with eloquent words that showed great respect for my views, but they did not think there was any reason for Iran to reject the likely decision – already known- that would be adopted by the (…)

  • letter of june to Obama
    3 June 2010 par (Open-Publishing)

    June 1st, 2010
    Mister President Obama The White House
    1600 Pennsylvania Avenue N.W.
    Washington DC 20500
    Mister President,
    Since your election, every month, in the name of the friends of the Cuban Five from Monein, I write you asking you to liberate the five Cubans - Gerardo Hernandez, Antonio Guerrero, Fernando Gonzalez, Ramon Labañino, and René Gonzalez – prisoners in your country.
    Each day that passes (…)

  • Venezuela is the second largest economy in South America
    28 May 2010 par (Open-Publishing)
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    South America: Venezuela the second largest economy in the region
    Attilio Folliero and Cecilia Laya, Caracas 10/05/2005 - Updated 13/05/2010 and 21/05/2010
    First published in
    It’s official: in 2009 the GDP of Venezuela has overtaken Argentina. According to data recently published by International Monetary Fund (1), in 2009 the GDP of Venezuela was 337.30 billon dollars, compared with 310.07 billion dollars of GDP in Argentina. It ’s the first time that Venezuela over Argentina and is (…)

  • letter of may to the president Obama
    3 May 2010 par (Open-Publishing)

    May 2nd, 2010
    Mister President Obama The White House
    1600 Pennsylvania Avenue N.W.
    Washington DC 20500
    Mister President,
    More than a year after your election, we sincerely thought that we would not be having to write you again to ask you to free the Cuban Five – René González, Ramón Labañino, Gerardo Hernández, Fernando González and Antonio Guerrero, who have been political prisoners (…)

  • Video: Antigua, Guatemala: Easter (Father Stanley Rother, RIP)
    7 April 2010 par (Open-Publishing)

    Video: Antigua, Guatemala: Easter (Father Stanley Rother, RIP)
    On Easter Sunday, April 4, 2010, the Iglesia de Hermano Pedro staged its annual Easter Procession, in Antigua, Guatemala. Antigua is an ancient town, once the capital of the country during the heyday of Spanish colonial rule in Central America.
    This video is dedicated to the memory of Father Stanley Rother. He was killed on July 28, 1981, at age 46, by the “Death Squads,” in the rectory of the St. James the Apostle Church, (…)