Hugo Chavez has defended the alleged terrorist mastermind Carlos the Jackal , saying the Venezuelan imprisoned in France was an important "revolutionary fighter" who supported the cause of the Palestinians. The Venezuelan president praised...

In this article: Hugo Chavez, Carlos the Jackal, Paris, Idi Amin, Toulouse, Gaza Strip, Europe, Venezuela, and Shimon Peres

CARACAS : Hugo Chavez is defending alleged terrorist mastermind Carlos the Jackal , saying the Venezuelan imprisoned in France was a "revolutionary fighter'' rather than a terrorist. The Venezuelan president praised Carlos -- whose real...

In this article: Carlos the Jackal, Hugo Chavez, Paris, France, Toulouse, Europe, Caracas, and Sudan

...of a peasant, who clasped a pen "as if it were an axe handle" and liked to feed chickens when he wasn't writing. Trotsky 's optimism a while he was in exile and under death threats a leads Shepherd to marvel: "Does a man become a revolutionary...

In this article: Leon Trotsky, Diego Rivera, Frida Kahlo, Barbara Kingsolver, Mexico, and North Carolina

...sector. Such warnings are especially unnerving to Cubans who endured the worst years of the post-Soviet era, which Fidel Castro euphemistically dubbed "The Special Period. " When Moscow 's generous oil shipments to the island abruptly...

In this article: Cuba, Fidel Castro, Havana, Jet fuel, Revenue, Ernesto "Che" Guevara, and Hugo Chavez

...3," was inspired by the artist's memories of Trotsky , whom he encountered in Mexico as a child, and by Trotsky 's horrible demise. The print shows Trotsky 's office in chaos, with papers, shoes and a desk flying through the air. It is an...

In this article: Leon Trotsky, The St. Petersburg Times, Civil War, The Communist Party, Mexico, Communism, and Permanent revolution

...called the White House "the great white jail." John F. Kennedy conceded that the job was a lot tougher than he had expected. Thomas Jefferson described the presidency as "a place of splendid misery." Last spring , as he moved to end the...

In this article: Barack Obama, David Axelrod, Thomas Jefferson, White House, GOP, John F. Kennedy, Harry Truman, Chicago, and Afghanistan

The Lacuna, her sixth novel and her first since 2000, spans 30 years, two countries and 500 pages, and is once more controversial. Trotsky 's greatness and America 's xenophobia are two of the discussion topics coming soon to a book club near...

In this article: Barbara Kingsolver, Leon Trotsky, The Poisonwood Bible, Socialism, United States, Mexico, Xenophobia, and McCarthyism

...fall * "Capitalist" methodology unfair for socialist Venezuela (Adds details, quotes) By Andrew Cawthorne Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said on Wednesday the South American oil producer's economic slide was largely due to its...

In this article: Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, OPEC, Socialism, Recession, United Socialist Party of Venezuela, Central Bank, and Ali Rodriguez

...is considering lifting a ban on U.S. travel to the Communist-run island 90 miles from Florida. Fidel Castro temporarily ceded power to his younger brother Raul in July, 2006 and formally stepped aside as president last year because of...

In this article: Raul Castro, Fidel Castro, Human Rights Watch, Cuba, United States, Barack Obama, Havana, and Capitalism

...told WNYC radio. "I think he wants to be a martyr, so I think he's going to use the trial as propaganda ... and I think he wants to be Che Guevara or something like that. He's going to try to be a hero to the Muslim world." Kean , a former...

In this article: Eric Holder, Thomas Kean, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, New York City, Defendant, David Paterson, Che Guevara, and Rudy Giuliani

...his time in office. Mr. Zelaya denies any such intention. Nicaragua joined the fray with a Supreme Court ruling giving President Daniel Ortega the right to seek re-election as many times as he wants. Opponents, calling it an illegal...

In this article: Hugo Chavez, Manuel Zelaya, Democracy, Inter-American Dialogue, Supreme Court, Daniel Ortega, Central America, and Washington

...in Nicaragua. Honduras , however, is no longer the only Central American nation with growing turmoil. In neighboring Nicaragua , President Daniel Ortega is blatantly manipulating the nation's weak and highly-politicized democratic...

In this article: Daniel Ortega, Manuel Zelaya, Nicaragua, Supreme Court, Roberto Micheletti, Honduras, and United States

...editorials are those things printed on the left hand side of the editorial page, beneath the picture of Jefferson 's statue, beneath a Jefferson quote about reason and truth and error, and beneath a list of The Cavalier Daily's leaders. The...

In this article: Thomas Jefferson, The Cavalier Daily, United States, Virginia Military Institute, Thomas Jackson, Virginia, and The Wall Street Journal

...and bare-legged as I zip along side-saddle behind Long, the motorbike taxi-man of the morning. We're on our way to see Ho. Ho is Ho Chi Minh , the father of Communist Vietnam. He looks much as when I last visited him here, in 1994. Waxen...

In this article: Venetians, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam, Gonaives, Grand Canal, La Fenice, and Florida

...the big anniversary party there is also the 35th anniversary of the liberation of South Vietnam on April 30, the 120th birthday of Ho Chi Minh and the 65th anniversary of the August Revolution. Smart Traveller doesn't often make a fuss of...

In this article: MS Volendam, Mount Fuji, Holland America Line, Hokkaido, Hanoi, Benjamin Christie, HIV, Vietnam Airlines, and Ho Chi Minh

...the guerrilla movement was divided or did not win the overwhelming support of the local populace. In the case of the Filipino insurgency, Emilio Aguinaldo , the guerrilla leader, never really had the support of most of the Filipino population.

In this article: United States, Taliban, Iraq, Afghanistan, Suicide, Taliban insurgents, Philippine-American War, and Somalia

...to bag a free flight to Europe to film his part. The moviemaker asked Damon to appear in the biopic, about Latino revolutionary Che Guevara , and he was quick to sign up to the picture. But the shoot clashed with overseas promo work for...

In this article: Che Guevara, Matt Damon, Europe, The Bourne Ultimatum, Steven Soderbergh, Bourne, Total Film, and Britain

...combat from the first moment," he said. Almeida , born and raised in a humble Havana neighborhood, met Fidel Castro in 1952 and participated in the Castro -led July 26, 1953, attack on the Moncada military barracks in the eastern city of...

In this article: Juan Almeida, Fidel Castro, Raul Castro, Cuban Revolution, Communist Party, Cuba, Granma, and Surgery