Worried about the failure of “free trade” deals for workers and farmers, U.S. and South Korean unions are joining forces to oppose the proposed Korean-U.S. Free Trade Agreement. 
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July 22, 2006
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CHICAGO — The VII Gay Games Sports and Cultural Festival began on July 15 and continued to rock this city through the week until July 22, with over 12,000 athletes, gay and straight, from more than 70 countries competing in 30 different sports.
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Demand rises for cease-fire in Middle East crisis. Calls for an immediate cease-fire, pullback of Israeli troops from Lebanon and Gaza, and an end to the bloodshed in the Middle East gathered momentum last week as the danger of a widening war continued to loom.
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Muchos piensan que la legislación migratoria fue matado por los republicanos en la Cámara, pero quizás, para parafrasear a Mark Twain, los reportes de su muerte son exagerados. Si el atasco entre la Cámara y el Senado se desvanece pronto, el movimiento pro derechos de inmigrantes tendrá que aumentar sus actividades.
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El Partido Comunista EEUU fuertemente condena a las más recientes agresiones de parte del gobierno israelí contra el pueblo palestino.
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A pesar de las creciente protestas mundiales contra los ataque del gobierno israelí contra la Franja de Gaza la semana pasada, las fuerzas armadas israelí siguió con su ofensiva que parece tener la meta de derrocar el gobierno de Hamas y paralizar la infraestructura de Gaza por años.
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The World Health Organization (WHO) has reported that Iraq, with a population of about 26 million, in the year 2000 had a total of 195,374 new cases of cancer and 126,677 cancer deaths, most of them children.
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The 2006 World Cup has ended. Italy is world champion, France is second and Germany is third. No other world sporting event is truly an international tournament like soccer’s World Cup.
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Following up on a May 2004 report, the “U.S. Commission for Assistance to a Free Cuba” issued an update that appeared on the State Department web site on June 20, but was not unveiled publicly until July 10. The commission, headed by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, is but the latest incarnation of U.S. government’s longstanding campaign to overthrow the island’s socialist government.
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MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s Federal Electoral Institute has declared Felipe Calderon of the National Action Party (PAN) winner of the July 2 presidential election by the narrowest of margins. However, evidence is mounting that the election commission and Calderon’s party rigged the vote to ensure that he prevailed over his rival, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, candidate of the left-oriented Coalition for the Good of All.
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