OBAMA TO HONOR CLINTON, OPRAH WITH FREEDOM MEDAL
By JOSH LEDERMAN FILE – In this May 30, 2013 file photo, Oprah Winfrey speaks during Harvard University’s commencement ceremonies in Cambridge, Mass. President Barack Obama will bestow the nation’s…
Caribbean
FIDEL CASTRO: ‘SLANDER’ OVER CASE OF SEIZED ARMS
In this photo released by Miraflores Press Office through the twitter account of Information Minister Ernesto Villegas, Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro, right, speaks with Cuba’s former President Fidel Castro about…
100 PRISONERS NOW ON HUNGER STRIKE AT GUANTANAMO
FILE – In this Dec. 4, 2006 file photo reviewed by a U.S. Dept of Defense official, a detainee shields his face as he peers out through the so-called “bean…
THE BUSH AND CLINTON FAMILIES, ON STAGE IN TEXAS
By KEN THOMAS FILE – In this Jan. 16, 2010, file photo, former President Bill Clinton listens to former President George W. Bush speak in the Rose Garden of the…
VENEZUELA WRESTLES OVER TRUTH OF BOMBING CLAIMS
By VIVIAN SEQUERA and MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN FILE – In this June 3, 2012 file photo, Iris Varela, Venezuela’s Minister of Prisons, right, speaks to Wilmer Apostol, Venezuela’s Director of Prisons,…
BEYONCE, JAY-Z TURN HEADS IN HAVANA
By ANDREA RODRIGUEZ U.S. singer Beyonce poses for photos with school children as she tours Old Havana, Cuba, Thursday, April 4, 2013. Beyonce is in Havana with her husband, rapper…
IN MIAMI, CUBAN DISSIDENT BLOGGER CALLS FOR UNITY
By CHRISTINE ARMARIO Blogger and activist Yoani Sanchez, of Cuba, speaks at the Freedom Tower of Miami Dade College, Monday, April 1, 2013, in Miami. Sanchez has gained thousands of…
YEMENIS DEMAND RELEASE OF GUANTANAMO DETAINEES
By AHMED AL-HAJ Yemeni women hold photos of their relatives detained in Guantanamo Bay prison during a demonstration in front of the U.S. embassy demanding their release, in Sanaa, Yemen,…