USA

By Paul Krugman From The New York Times If you’re looking for a job right now, your prospects are terrible. There are six times as many Americans seeking work as there are job openings,…
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By Leonardo Padura Fuentes When in April 2009 at the Summit of the Americas in Trinidad he first tried out his presidency and the promise of rapprochement towards Latin America, and…
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By Mark Weisbrot From the Sacramento Bee A small group of rich people who own most of Honduras and its politicians enlist the military to kidnap the elected president at gunpoint and…
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By Nelson P. Valdés On Oct. 29, the Cuban magazine Temas held its monthly meeting/debate on what has been called "Last Thursday," because the event is held the last Thursday of every…
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By Bill Press NEW YORK ... This week, in the bars, restaurants, and subways of the city that never sleeps, one topic dominated all others. Not Sarah Palin, Afghanistan, or health care…
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By Max J. Castro What happens when a brutal recession strikes a nation that has been busy shredding its socioeconomic safety net for a quarter century? The result is an enormous toll of…
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By Saul Landau From my window in Alameda overlooking San Francisco Bay, I watch hundreds of men and women in white suits, some with masks, busily uprooting slimy sea plants and gently…
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It is estimated that there will be a total of 200,000 crossings by islanders to their homeland to meet with family this year By Gerardo Arreola From La Jornada A CubaNews…
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How Cuban American hard-liners influence Congress with campaign contributions A study conducted by Public Campaign Since the 2004 election cycle, a network of Cuban-American donors…
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By Richard G. Lugar and Howard L. Berman From The Miami Herald U.S. law lets American citizens travel to any country on earth, friend or foe -- with one exception: Cuba. It's time…
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