Search

The deadly plane attack at the centre of Castro's indictment

sanctions against his brother Fidel Castro's regime, and dashed any immediate possibility of dialogue between Cuba and US President Bill Clinton's administration. Raúl Castro - Fidel Castro's brother - formally relinquished the presidency

The war on Iran will likely end in American retreat

Venezuela, historically, technologically, culturally, geographically, militarily, demographically, or geopolitically. Whatever happened in Caracas had little relation to what would take place in Tehran. The Iranian government did not fracture. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC

‘Homeland or death’: How Cuba would defend itself against a US attack

explained, is attached to martyrdom. The country’s official motto is “Patria o muerte, venceremos”, she said, which translates to “Homeland or death, we will prevail”. “I cannot see the abduction of Raul (Castro

UN human rights leader calls for Cuba sanctions to be ‘lifted immediately’

Venezuela. Then, on January 29, Trump issued an executive order declaring Cuba to be an “unusual and extraordinary threat” to US national security. As such, he said, any country that supplied it with oil would

Could Brazilian oil emerge as one of the big winners of the Iran war?

sanctions, Asian buyers are scrambling for crude from suppliers seen as safer and more reliable. Brazil, which is already one of the world’s biggest oil exporters, has emerged as one of the clearest beneficiaries

US indicts Cuba’s former leader Raul Castro: Why it matters

sanctions, but it stopped short of filing criminal charges against either Castro brother. In 2003, the Justice Department charged three Cuban military officers over the incident, though none was extradited. The International Civil Aviation Organization