Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Sep 3, 2008	A NUCLEAR STRIKE
Reflections of Fidel: IT is not an overstatement. This is the general expression of many compatriots. It was the impression of the Revolutionary Armed Forces Chief of Staff Major General Alvaro Lopez Miera, an experienced soldier, when he saw the twisted steel towers, the shattered houses...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Aug 22, 2008	A limp iron fist in a velvet glove: Czechoslovakia 40 years ago
MOSCOW. (Anatoly Korolev for RIA Novosti) - Forty years on, the world is remembering the invasion of Czechoslovakia by Warsaw Pact troops. This is what the Pravda, the most influential Soviet newspaper, wrote at the time: "They have come to do their internationalist duty to the fraternal...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Aug 17, 2008	Background to conflict: independent streak of breakaway republics
Both South Ossetia and Abkhazia fought wars of independence with Georgia in the early 90s - and won de facto sovereignty. But the roots of the conflict between Georgia and its breakaway regions can be traced back much further. Both breakaway republics are striving for a future that is...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Aug 16, 2008	Chronicle of the Georgian-Ossetian conflict: Fact sheet
In the Soviet times South Ossetia was an autonomous area within Georgia. In 1991 Georgia's first president, Zviad Gamsakhurdia, abolished the autonomy. The South Ossetian authorities rejected that decision and put up an armed resistance to the Georgians. In January 1991 open warfare broke...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Aug 13, 2008	Cannon fodder for the market
Reflections of Fidel: PERHAPS some governments are unaware of the concrete facts, and so for that reason Raúl’s message setting Cuba’s position seemed to us to be very timely. I shall be generous in the aspects that cannot be dealt with in a brief and precise official statement. ...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Aug 8, 2008	"We must not misuse our freedom..."
Freedom: By KARAN MINNIS, Guardian Lifestyles Reporter - Nassau, Bahamas: Freedom is intended by God for all human beings says Christ Church Cathedral Dean and Rector, Reverend Patrick Adderley, as Bahamians celebrate 174 years of emancipation from slavery. Explaining that the most...... [view]

Posted By:  ReillyY Posted On:  Jul 2, 2008	Gratitude on Canada Day
Paul Scott , winner of the Booker Prize (UK/1977) for his novel, Staying On , about the dying days of the British Raj also wrote four books on the same period in history: The Raj Quartet. One of his characters explains the “ ma/baap ” concept - the idea that England,...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Jun 29, 2008	The United States, Europe and Human Rights
Reflections of Fidel: The discredited way in which the European Union suspended its sanctions on Cuba on June 19 has been reported in 16 international press dispatches. It has absolutely no economic effect on our country. On the contrary, the United States' extraterritorial laws and, thus,...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Jun 7, 2008	The empire’s hypocritical politics
Reflections of Fidel: IT would be dishonest of me to remain silent after hearing the speech Obama delivered on the afternoon of May 23 at the Cuban American National Foundation created by Ronald Reagan. I listened to his speech, as I did McCain’s and Bush’s. I feel no resentment towards...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  May 25, 2008	Martí’s Immortal Ideas
Reflections of Fidel: JUST a few days ago, a friend of mine sent me the text of a report from Gallup, the well-known U.S. opinion pollster. I started to leaf through the material with the natural lack of confidence given the lying and hypocritical information usually used against our...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  May 21, 2008	Two hungry wolves and a Little Red Riding Hood
Reflections of Fidel: ONE basic idea has been occupying my mind since my old days as a utopian socialist. It came from nowhere, with the simple notions of good and evil inculcated in everybody by the society in which they are born, full of instincts and lacking in values that parents,...... [view]