Chávez, Assailed on Many Fronts, Is Riveted by 19th-Century Idol
By Juan Forero Washington Post Foreign Service Saturday, February 23, 2008; Page A10 CARACAS, Venezuela — President Hugo Chávez begins
Read MoreBy Juan Forero Washington Post Foreign Service Saturday, February 23, 2008; Page A10 CARACAS, Venezuela — President Hugo Chávez begins
Read MoreAfter months of almost hermetic exclusion from the U.S. presidential campaign, brief references to U.S.-Latin America relations – particularly revolving
Read MoreBy CARMEN GENTILE UPI Energy Correspondent MIAMI, Feb. 20 (UPI) — With Fidel Castro deciding to not pursue another term
Read MoreAs the January 20th Cuban national elections came to an end, after which Fidel Castro predictably announced his future status as a civilian with only his self-assigned responsibilities, Washington flat out rejected the results of the elections, claiming that, like all of Cuba’s post-1959 ballots, were illegitimate.
With the enactment of the Cuban Democracy Act of 1992, the United States defiantly declared that the Cuban communist government does not “encourage free and fair elections to determine Cuba’s political future,” and that, “the Cuban people have demonstrated their yearning for freedom and their increasing opposition to the Castro government by risking their lives in organizing independent, democratic activities.”
With yesterday’s news that President Castro is immediately stepping down from his office and will not be a candidate to succeed himself, the Bush administration has not eased up on its contentions that the Cuban elections are rigged by the Cuban Communist Party and that Cubans do not elect their own representatives in an entirely open manner. Despite these claims, party officials and many ordinary Cubans remind their critics that the Constitution of the Republic of Cuba in 1992 declares that “all citizens, with the legal capacity to do so, have the right to take part in the leadership of the state. This can be either manifested directly or through their elected representatives” in the chambers of the “People’s Power, and to participate as prescribed by law in the periodic elections and people’s referendums through free, equal and secret vote.”
Read MoreWashington – Cuban leader Fidel Castro’s resignation provides an opportunity for the United States to take a fresh look at
Read MoreTo Our Readers This press memorandum is a follow-up to COHA’s December 5th, 2007 ‘Bolsa Família at Risk’ article on
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