Q. What do the following recent events have in common? The President of the United States has prostrated himself for the second time in five months before the King of Saudi Arabia, pleading for more oil. Despite Mr. Bush’s inducements – an array of advanced, offensive arms; the promise of nuclear technology with which the …
Due to his illness, Fidel Castro appointed his brother, Raul Castro acting president of Cuba in July, 2006. On February 24, 2008, Cuba’s highest governing body, The Council of State, made this appointment permanent. Though characterized as a better and more pragmatic manager, Raul, who has been Defense Minister for the past forty nine years, …
Due to his illness, Fidel Castro appointed his brother, Raul Castro acting president of Cuba in July, 2006. On February 24, 2008, Cuba’s highest governing body, The Council of State, made this appointment permanent. Though characterized as a better and more pragmatic manager, Raul, who has been Defense Minister for the past forty nine years, …
Due to his illness, Fidel Castro appointed his brother, Raul Castro acting president of Cuba in July, 2006. On February 24, 2008, Cuba’s highest governing body, The Council of State, made this appointment permanent. Though characterized as a better and more pragmatic manager, Raul, who has been Defense Minister for the past forty nine years, …
Cuban Excerpt from the Testimony before the Committee on Foreign affairs. Sub-committee on the Western Hemisphere. United States House of Representatives. Submitted by: Nancy Menges*, Luis Fleischman*, and Nicole Ferrand.* Due to his illness, Fidel Castro appointed his brother, Raul Castro acting president of Cuba in July, 2006. On February 24, 2008, Cuba’s highest governing …
Cuban Excerpt from the Testimony before the Committee on Foreign affairs. Sub-committee on the Western Hemisphere. United States House of Representatives. Submitted by: Nancy Menges*, Luis Fleischman*, and Nicole Ferrand.* Due to his illness, Fidel Castro appointed his brother, Raul Castro acting president of Cuba in July, 2006. On February 24, 2008, Cuba’s highest governing …
Cuban Excerpt from the Testimony before the Committee on Foreign affairs. Sub-committee on the Western Hemisphere. United States House of Representatives. Submitted by: Nancy Menges*, Luis Fleischman*, and Nicole Ferrand.* Due to his illness, Fidel Castro appointed his brother, Raul Castro acting president of Cuba in July, 2006. On February 24, 2008, Cuba’s highest governing …
Flexible fuel vehicles mean freedom from oil dependence.The last days of this session of Congress will feature, among other legislative spectacles, an effort to thrash out a bill that purports, at long last, to address what is arguably our nation’s most serious single problem: energy insecurity. Unfortunately, the product seems certain to be more of …
United States Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson, Jr., joined Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice today in announcing new U.S. sanctions against Iran in response to Iran’s continued support of global terrorist organizations and its refusal to abandon its nuclear weapons program. Today’s actions include the designation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and its …
In a recent election for the mayoralty of the city of Buenos Aires, the candidate of Argentinean president, Nestor Kirchner, was defeated by a huge margin of sixty one to thirty four percent. The Peronist party, to which Kirchner belongs, was also defeated in the southern province of Tierra del Fuego. Mauricio Macri, a …