Yes, this made international headlines. Reuters headline tells us that “Famous Venezuelan ice-cream store closes over milk shortage” For a long time…
Andrew Cawthorne of Reuters wrote that “Foreign foes of the Maduro government, particularly U.S. Republican politicians, say Venezuela should never have been awarded…
RE Israeli family suffer burns after West Bank acid attack To: Chris Elliott and Peter Beaumont As explained here the Washington Post…
The US government constantly proclaims who the good guys and bad guys are in the world, often in complete defiance of facts and common decency
Owen Jones lists many of Cuba’s astonishing achievements in this piece but then insists that “opponents of the embargo need to talk a…
Media Fantasies about Obama’s Gesture Towards Cuba
A Reuter’s Caracas based correspondent, Andrew Cawthorne, who was once based in Cuba, wrote a piece entitled “U.S.-Cuba rapprochement exposes Venezuela’s Maduro”.…
In this article, Bloomberg (Ye Xie, Katia Porzecanski and Pietro D. Pitts) wonder who will seize Venezuelan assets if the government defaults.…
Massive quantities of illegal drugs are produced in Colombia and consumed in the EU and the USA, but to Reuters it’s obvious…
Cuba’s CO2 emissions are about half the global level on a per capita basis
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