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Donald J. Trump’s third State of the Union Address

by Donald Trump

Washington D. C. (États-Unis) | 4 February 2020

Madam Speaker, Mr. Vice President, Members of Congress, the First Lady of the United States, and my fellow citizens:
Three years ago, we launched the great American comeback. Tonight, I stand before you to share the incredible results. Jobs are booming, incomes are soaring, poverty is (…)

URGENT: Mr. Hollande, stop supporting terrorism! Free Yara!

Damascus (Syria) | 11 August 2012

Negotiations are currently underway which could lead to an agreement. Your support is needed.
If you want to help save Yara al Saleh-Abbas, please send this letter to the chief advisors of French President François Hollande:
Pierre-Rene.Lemas@elysee.fr (Secretary General of the Elysée) (…)

The harsh reality of the "Free World"

The New Life of Cuban Dissidents in Spain

by Salim Lamrani

22 July 2012

For three months, former Cuban "political prisoners" have been staging a sit-in outside ... the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Salim Lamrani analyzes this protest - to which the mainstream media have devoted very little coverage - in light of the Spanish promises that fueled the dreams and (…)

UNICEF: Cuba is an example in children protection

by Marcos Alfonso

Havana (Cuba) | 17 June 2010

It is a never ending story. The US authorities don’t know what else to
come up with in their efforts against Cuba.

March 11, 2004 in Madrid: Was it really an Islamist attack?

by Mathieu Miquel

28 November 2009

A series of bombings plunged Madrid into mourning five years ago. The Spanish legal system concluded that this operation, attributed first to ETA and then to Al Qaeda, was Islamist inspired, though not linked with international networks. The Spanish press, led by the newspaper El Mundo, today (…)

Resolution 1803 adopted by the UN Security Council

New York (USA) | 3 March 2008

Ambassador Mohammad Khazaee (Iran)
The Security Council,
Recalling the Statement of its President, S/PRST/2006/15, of 29 March 2006, and its resolution 1696 (2006) of 31 July 2006, its resolution 1737 (2006) of 23 December 2006 and its resolution 1747 (2007) of 24 March 2007, and (…)

“Interview With a Surviving Uzbek Rebel From Akramiva”

by Rustam

24 June 2005

Our organization has always defended non-violent methods, we fight against the regime’s tyranny and the lack of rights. We have nothing against the state and there is no radicalism at all in the book written by our leader Akram Yuldashev. The authorities try to scare the whole world with that (…)

Venezuelan Authorities Honor Colombian Extradition Request

by Sarah Wagner

Caracas (Venezuela) | 18 May 2005

The Venezuelan Ministry of Interior and Justice and Venezuela’s investigative police, DISIP, handed over José Martínez Vegas, alias "El Chiguiro," to Colombian officials. Martínez, one of the leaders of the 16th Front of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), was apprehended on (…)

Venezuela’s Supreme Court Approves Extradition of Colombian Rebel Kidnapper

by Gregory Wilpert

Caracas (Venezuela) | 13 April 2005

Juan José Martínez Vega
Venezuela’s penal chamber of the Supreme Court decided to approve Colombia’s request to extradite Juan José Martínez Vega, a.k.a. "El Chigüiro." Martinez Vega had been arrested on a ranch in Venezuela last March for the kidnapping of the mother of Major League (…)

The Generals’ putsch: 21 april 1961

When the Stay-Behind wanted to replace de Gaulle

by Thierry Meyssan

Paris (France) | 10 September 2001

Public opinion expects that de Gaulle’s first move will be
re-establishing peace in Algeria. “The” General is implicitly engaged
in splitting up other colonies to maintain the status of his French
department. He must quickly become disillusioned. Despite the sheer scale
of the military (…)