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Archives for November 2016

How Did Fidel Castro Hold On to Cuba for So Long?

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Kathy Gilsinan | Nov 26, 2016 | The Atlantic The combination of geography, charisma, and authoritarianism that helped the revolutionary outlast 10 American presidents ReutersFidel Castro’s death came more than a decade after the Cuban revolutionary and authoritarian first handed power to his brother Raul during a severe illness. Castro resigned permanently … [Read more...] about How Did Fidel Castro Hold On to Cuba for So Long?

The Tragic, Forgotten History of Black Military Veterans

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Peter C. Baker | 27 November 2016 | The New Yorker In the week after the election, the Equal Justice Initiative, of Montgomery, Alabama, released a new report—a fifty-three-page addendum to last year’s “Lynching in America,” an unprecedentedly thorough survey of American racial violence and terror between 1877 and 1950. Drawing on small-town newspaper and court … [Read more...] about The Tragic, Forgotten History of Black Military Veterans

The Lessons of Henry Kissinger

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Jeffrey Goldberg | December 2016 Issue | The Atlantic The legendary and controversial statesman criticizes the Obama Doctrine, talks about the main challenges for the next president, and explains how to avoid war with China. Author’s note (November 10, 2016): Over the past several months, I’ve interviewed Henry Kissinger, the former secretary of state, numerous times on the … [Read more...] about The Lessons of Henry Kissinger

Cuba’s decisive role in African liberation

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Shannon Ebrahim | 25 November 2016 | The Star It was the “most beautiful cause of mankind” that motivated Castro's intervention, writes Shannon Ebrahim. The myth that Cuba operated in Africa during the Cold War at the behest of the Soviet Union has finally been shattered. The declassification of CIA and US State Department documents and the memoirs of key foreign policy … [Read more...] about Cuba’s decisive role in African liberation

China says to boost military ties with strategic Djibouti

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Ben Blanchard | Thu Nov 24, 2016 | Reuters China will boost military ties with Djibouti, strategically located in the Horn of Africa, state media quoted a senior Chinese army officer as saying during a visit to a country where China is building its first overseas naval base. In February, China began construction in Djibouti of its first overseas military facility, a … [Read more...] about China says to boost military ties with strategic Djibouti

Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro dies aged 90

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 Marc Frank and Nelson Acosta | HAVANA | Sat Nov 26, 2016 | Reuters Fidel Castro, the Cuban revolutionary leader who built a communist state on the doorstep of the United States and for five decades defied U.S. efforts to topple him, died on Friday, his younger brother announced to the nation. He was 90. A towering figure of the second half of the 20th … [Read more...] about Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro dies aged 90

Ethiopian women face new threat of human trafficking as economic gains slow to trickle down

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Tom Gardner |Wed Nov 23, 2016 | Reuters ADDIS ABABA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Women in Ethiopia live under constant fear of violence, illness, hunger and poverty but they are now also facing a new threat - human trafficking, according to veteran women's rights campaigner Bogaletch Gebre. Although a state-led industrial drive has transformed Ethiopia into one of … [Read more...] about Ethiopian women face new threat of human trafficking as economic gains slow to trickle down

‘They got the wrong man,’ says people-smuggling suspect

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Lorenzo Tondo and Patrick Kingsley | Tuesday 22 November 2016 | The Guardian Exclusive: Private post from account of ‘Medhanie Yehdego’ adds to doubts over case against Eritrean in custody in Sicily A man believed to be one of the world’s most wanted people smugglers, whom British police claimed to have helped to arrest and extradite to Italy, seems to … [Read more...] about ‘They got the wrong man,’ says people-smuggling suspect