January 2009 – Page 5

By Oscar Avila CHICAGO TRIBUNE Tucson, Arizona | Published: 01.11.2009 MEXICO CITY — Few politicians step into the spotlight with

Blockade on Cuba Costs US Economy More

INVASOR, Cuba January 12, 2009 New evidence of losses caused to the US economy by Washington´s blockade on Cuba are

By IAN JAMES CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — President Hugo Chavez will keep donating heating oil for poor American families in

The following letter was sent by the Executive Director of Human Rights Watch, Kenneth Roth, in response to an open

Falling crude prices squeeze Chavez oil diplomacy By IAN JAMES and RACHEL JONES CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela’s slumping oil

1. How ‘hard’ are Venezuela’s approaching hard times? 2. A limited rapprochement between Cuba and the incoming Obama administration is