The Writing of 444 Days: The Hostages Remember and Guests of the Ayatollah The Writing of 444 Days: The Hostages Remember and Guests of the Ayatollah Five articles on the Digital Collections program at Duke University...
by a Catholic priest from Nicaragua, no less... Story by Aporrea: "President Chávez is right with his idea that we have to prepare ourselves for war," affirmed the ex-president of the General Assembly of the United Nations,...
When I finally got hold of an address for Gil Scott-Heron and went to his apartment to meet him, not only was he not living there, there was no apartment there, either. God knows, the so-called "Godfather of Rap" has led an...
BOGOTA - Colombia's police director says the son of notorious drug lord Pablo Escobar was directly involved in cartel business, even killings, rejecting the denials of a man whose reappearance is creating a sensation in...
Luis Jorge Garay. (Photo source and article text) The Colombian newsweekly Semana published this interview Sunday, translated below, with outspoken Colombian economist Luis Jorge Garay. Working the Fundación Método, Garay...
Given the acknowledgment in Sunday’s Washington Post editorial that the guidelines for asymmetrical warfare are lacking, there are two recent stories of note. The first is from the National that describes the American efforts...
2:07am UK, Tuesday November 17, 2009 Toby Muse, Colombia In a poor neighbourhood in the Colombian city of Cali, a tiger roars. A rescued lion puts its paws around Ana Julia Torres, owner of the sanctuary This is the Villa...
Other songs presciently addressed contemporary bogeys such as nuclear power (We Almost Lost Detroit) and the empty, sucking glamour of celebrity (Show Bizness). Such uncompromising messages were not always welcome: "We weren't...
Image: http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_U2rW-wZhS0Y/SeqcSkoF73I/AAAAAAAAABs/1iCK-ohM4kM/s400/chapo-guzman_fullblock.jpg Mexico City, Mexico (*CNN*) -- A reputed Mexican drug lord with a $5 million reward on his head has been named to...
Published Date: 15 November 2009 A COURT has found the Colombian government liable for the police killing of a construction worker during the botched rescue of a prominent journalist nearly 19 years ago. The Council of State...