Dec 7, 2002

George W. Bush’s decision to appoint Henry A. Kissinger to chair the commission investigating the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks has drawn sharp criticism, including angry charges that it is an “insult” to the families of the 3,000 people who died.

Mientras los equipos de la ONU continúan sus inspecciones de armas sin impedimentos y sin encontrar armas de destrucción masiva en Irak, Bush y otros oficiales de su administración ponen las cosas al revés diciendo que los resultados “no son alentadores” y poniendo dudas sobre todo el proceso de inspecciones.

The White House is saying that the election results give a green light to its political and legislative agenda. Although the evidence to prove this is threadbare, there are ample reasons to be alarmed, as Bush and gang have never allowed facts to interfere with their spin on events.

Opinion


It has become a cliche that every election is a "critical" one, but the election of 2002 showed that that is indeed the case. This country is led by an administration that stole the 2000 election, has enacted numerous laws to benefit the rich and hurt working people, and is poised to start a war for oil.

Fernandes speaks on ‘Lula’ victory
See itinerary below


The people of Brazil are still celebrating the landslide election of union metalworker Luis Inacio “Lula” da Silva, as president of Brazil Oct. 27, Luis Fernandes, a political scientist directly involved in the Lula campaign told the World in a telephone interview from his home in Rio de Janeiro.

Opinion


The Bush administration is preparing for war on Iraq regardless of the success of disarming Iraq – perhaps only in the event that Iraq is disarmed.

Itinerario de Luis Fernándes
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Luis Fernándes, profesor de ciencias políticas y miembro de la Comisión Internacional del Partido Comunista de Brasil, estará de gira por varias ciudades de Estados Unidos para hablar de la situación en Brasil especialmente sobre qué significa la elección del candidato del Partido del Trabajo, Luis Inacio da Silva mejor conocido como Lula. La gira de Fernandes, que esté auspiciada por el People’s Weekly World/Nuestro Mundo será del 9 hasta el 15 de diciembre.

HAVANA – "Another America is possible" was the theme of the Second Hemispheric Meeting against the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA), which closed Nov. 28 here with a rousing call to action and struggle against the FTAA throughout the Americas.

LA HABANA – “Otra América es Posible” fue tema del Segundo Encuentro Hemisférico de Lucha contra el ALCA (Acuerdo de Libre Comercio de las Américas), que se concluyó el 28 de noviembre, con una llamada emocionante a la acción y a la lucha por todas las Américas contra el ALCA.

The Central Committee of AKEL (the Communist Party of Cyprus) discussed UN Secretary General Kofi Annan’s plan and developments concerning Cyprus, Nov. 27.