Monday, August 07, 2006

Today at ACN, the Cuban News Agency

The following item about Bolivia sounds ominous:

Evo Morales: We Are Talking about Re-founding Bolivia:
President Evo Morales acknowledged Sunday that the Constituent Assembly is the maximum authority in Bolivia and called upon all popular sectors represented in that forum to re-found the country.

In his speech at the Constituent Assembly installation ceremony held in Sucre, Morales dismissed the idea that the forum is only to make reforms saying "it must have all powers," above the president, the parliament, the judicial power or any other entity, Granma newspaper reported.

Morales brought to the forefront the subject that is likely to become the big issue for the debate of the 255 delegates elected last July 2: if the Assembly should be originating and have full powers, or if it should be limited to modifying the country's constitution without substantial changes.

"We are not talking about a simple reform; we are talking about the re-foundation of Bolivia," said Morales, when he noted that for a simple reform, it would have been enough for a legislative decision and would have not been necessary to elect a constituent assembly."
Right Wing Frenzy among Cuban Americans in Miami:
Right wing Cuban Americans based in Miami are choking in vein with illusions while the US government openly increases its intervention in Cuba's internal affairs, concluded panelists on Thursday's TV and radio Round Table program.

The analysts from Cuban TV, Granma and Juventud Rebelde newspapers pointed to the hate emanating from Cuban born terrorists who depend on the Bush administration and its new aggressive plans against the Cuban people for their livelihood.
Cuba Condemns Israeli Attacks on Lebanon:
The Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs released a statement on Friday expressing its most energetic condemnation of the "cowardly, despicable and criminal Israeli attack on July 30 against the Lebanese village of Qana," which resulted in at least 60 civilian casualties.

The Foreign Ministry statement, published by Granma newspaper, says that the barbaric act of state terrorism, in which 34 children including 15 with mental and physical disabilities were killed, is part of the aggression launched by Israel against Lebanon over the last 23 days . . .

The document explains that Israeli attacks against Lebanon has also targeted electric plants, food industries, communication centers, thoroughfares including almost all bridges, radar systems in Lebanese harbors, fuel reserves and Beirut's International Airport. It also adds that United Nations observers were deliberately attacked despite countless warnings by that organization.

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