Topic: Caribbean
After the earthquake in Haiti , televangelist Pat Roberson claimed that Haiti was a cursed country that made a " " As Robertson made his comments about Haiti, a banner for "OB Disaster Relief Fund" was featured across the screen with an ...
We all agree that a tragedy of the magnitude of Haiti's calls for all the aid the world over. Telethons and concerts aired with artists performing and even manning the phones to use their status to get us to open up our ...
READ IT, LET ME KNOW IF YOU ARE THINKING WHAT I'M THINKING... When US President Barack Obama announced that one of the biggest relief efforts in US history would be heading for Haiti, he highlighted the close ties between the two nations. ...
A key US congressional panel has indefinitely postponed voting on legislation to end what amounts to a ban on US nationals traveling to Cuba, the committee's chairman said Tuesday.House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Howard Berman said he was putting off the vote, ...
Venezuelans voted Sunday in a key test for leftist President Hugo Chavez, with the main opposition poised for a strong return to the National Assembly after boycotting the last elections.Military trumpets blasted out at 6:00 am (1030 GMT) in a traditional voter ...
Platt Amendment, an enactment of the U.S. Congress in 1901 defining relations with Cuba, then under United States occupation following the Spanish-American War. Under pressure by the United States, the Cubans incorporated the amendment's provisions in their constitution of 1901.
Obama to host Dominican Republic President Leonal Fernandez at the White House on MondayPresident Barack Obama will meet with the president of the Dominican Republic at the White House on Monday.The White House says Obama and Leonel Fernandez will discuss a range ...
The year 1997 began on a positive note, with the economy showing significant gains, real gross domestic product growing 7.8% in 1996 despite the damage caused by Hurricane Lili in October 1996. Despite worldwide condemnation of the Helms-Burton legislation enacted in 1996, ...
The article reviews the book " REVIEWED BY GERALD J. LOFTUS It is 1953, and the voters of British Guiana have elected leftist Cheddi Jagan as leader of the colonial parlia- ment. In a turbulent period that would soon witness the overthrow ...
President Raul Castro and Communist Party leaders have joined Elian Gonzalez in celebrating the 10-year anniversary of his dramatic return to Cuba after a political tug-of-war with the United States.Gonzalez, now 16 and a Communist Party member, sat alongside his father Juan ...
