New US Measures on Cuba Have Limited Scope

October 17, 2016

The Blockade Remains Intact

The new presidential directive towards Cuba announced Friday by the White House includes steps by the departments of Trade and the Treasury to favor bilateral scientific collaboration, the import of Cuban products by US citizens allowed visiting the island and scholarships. (more…)

The Ethical Rot of Wells Fargo, From the Top Down

The bosses’ sales culture turned employees into a syndicate of bank robbers.

By Jim Hightower on October 16, 2016

Just when you thought Big Banker greed surely bottomed out with 2008’s Wall Street crash and bailout, along comes Wells Fargo, burrowing even deeper into the ethical slime to reach a previously unimaginable level of corporate depravity. (more…)

The Hypocrisy of Awarding a Nobel Peace Prize to Juan Manuel Santos

By Carlos Aznárez on October 7, 2016

“This is an acknowledgment of all the hard work and the important initiative of President Santos”, the spokeswoman of the Nobel Peace Prize Committee, when announcing this year’s winner of the prize, which is becoming more and more meaningless with each edition. (more…)