Posts Tagged ‘Cuba’
Hardin jail tries for detainees from Gitmo
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| Construction on Two Rivers Detention Facility has been completed.
The Detention Center has promises of providing approximately 110 jobs to the Hardin Community. It is their goal to hire on as many locals as possible to decrease the unemployment rate in the area. For more information about the Detention Facility or to schedule a tour, Please contact Greg Smith at edo@hardinmt.com or send written requests to 406 N. Cheyenne Ave., Hardin, MT 59034. |
| Hardin jail tries for detainees from Gitmo |
| Billings (MT) Gazette | Apr 23, 2009 | By BECKY SHAY |
| Economic development officials in Hardin are looking at the soon-to-close detention facility in Guantanamo Bay as a possible fix for the jail sitting empty in Hardin.
President Barack Obama signed an executive order Jan. 22 to close the Guantanamo detention facilities in Cuba where hundreds of enemy combatants have been held since 2002. The closure is to occur in a year, during which time remaining detainees must be returned to their home countries or detained elsewhere. |
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An iconic image of beatings at Guantanamo. |
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Hugo Chavez says Venezuela-U.S. relations will improve
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez (R) gives U.S. President Barack Obama a copy of “Las Venas Abiertas de America Latina” during a meeting at the Summit of the Americas in Port of Spain, Trinidad April 18, 2009. Chavez presented the U.S. president with a book, “The Open Veins of Latin America,” by left-wing Uruguayan writer Eduardo Galeano. Obama accepted the gift with a smile. |
| Hugo Chavez says Venezuela-U.S. relations will improve |
| Miami Herald | Apr 18, 2009 | BY FRANCES ROBLES |
| PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad — Closer relations between Venezuela and the United States are no doubt coming soon, President Hugo Chávez said Saturday, adding that the two countries may soon return each other’s ambassadors to their posts. read more |
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Pacifica Radio at 60: KPFA Remains a Sanctuary of Dissent Six Decades After Its Founding
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| KPFA founder Lewis Hill
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| Pacifica Radio at 60: KPFA Remains a Sanctuary of Dissent Six Decades After Its Founding |
| Democracy Now | Apr 15, 2009 | Amy Goodman, Veronica Selver, Sharon Wood, narrated by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Alice Walker |
| Today marks the sixtieth anniversary of Pacifica Radio. On April 15th, 1949 at 3:00 p.m., a charismatic conscientious objector named Lewis Hill sat before a microphone and said, “This is KPFA Berkeley.” With that, KPFA went on the air, and the first listener-supported radio station in the United States was born. Pacifica Radio is the oldest independent media network in the United States, and its sixtieth birthday comes as a deepening crisis engulfs mainstream media. To commemorate the sixtieth a read more |
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Fidel Castro to Congressional Black Caucus members: ‘How can we help President Obama?’
Rep. Bobby L. Rush (D-Ill.) speaks during a news conference in Havana today. Cuban President Raul Castro met with members of the Congressional Black Caucus for more than four hours, his first face-to-face discussions with U.S. leaders since he became Cuba’s leader last year. Back, from left to right, Reps. Emanuel Cleaver II, Barbara Lee and Marcia L. Fudge. (AP Photo / Javier Galeano)
Fidel Castro to Congressional Black Caucus members: ‘How can we help President Obama?’
LA Times – Top of the ticket | Apr 08, 2009 | Tony Pierce
The aging, ailing, cigar-smoking icon Fidel Castro had three members of Congress visit with him today in Havana, which resulted in the bearded one asking, “How can we help President Obama?” In an effort to improve the relationship between Cuba and the U.S., Reps. Barbara Lee (D-Oakland), Bobby L. Rush (D-Ill.) and Emanuel Cleaver II (D-Mo.) were the first U.S. officials to meet with the 82-year-old former dictator since his intestinal surgery in July 2006.. . . read more
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Russian leader embarks on defiant Latin America tour
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, pictured here on November 20, 2008, on Friday embarked on a four-nation Latin American tour seen as sending a defiant message to the United States at the close of the George W. Bush presidency. (Source: AFP)
Russian leader embarks on defiant Latin America tour
AFP, Nov 21 05:53 PM US/Eastern — Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Friday embarked on a four-nation Latin American tour seen as sending a defiant message to the United States at the close of the George W. Bush presidency.
…Meanwhile back home
‘MTV’ will stop broadcasting as its license expired this summer after 15 years, but its not the famous music channel experiencing problems. Malovereiskoe TV, a small broadcasting station in the heart of a Russian region. Its programming was mainly farming and local gossip and it only had around 600 viewers, but in terms of local TV it was a ratings success.
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20bn barrel oil discovery puts Cuba in the big league
A worker walks at an oil rig in Havana, Cuba. Photograph: Enrique De La Osa/Reuters
20bn barrel oil discovery puts Cuba in the big league
• Self-reliance beckons for communist state
• Estimate means reserves are on a par with US
Rory Carroll, Latin America correspondent The Guardian, Saturday October 18 2008 — Friends and foes have called Cuba many things – a progressive beacon, a quixotic underdog, an oppressive tyranny – but no one has called it lucky, until now.
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