Cuba has ended circulation of the US dollar in an attempt to resist a tightening US blockade.
Dollar transactions that have been allowed for the last 11 years were replaced by convertible Cuban pesos, which are worthless outside Cuba.
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BBC NEWS | World | Americas | Cuban US dollar ban takes effect
Tuesday, November 9, 2004
Monday, November 8, 2004
Sociocultural evolution: The Oil We Eat
The secret of great wealth with no obvious source is some forgotten crime, forgotten because it was done neatly.—Balzac
The journalist’s rule says: follow the money. This rule, however, is not really axiomatic but derivative, in that money, as even our vice president will tell you, is really a way of tracking energy. We’ll follow the energy.
Read more at the following link: The Oil We Eat (Harpers.org)
The journalist’s rule says: follow the money. This rule, however, is not really axiomatic but derivative, in that money, as even our vice president will tell you, is really a way of tracking energy. We’ll follow the energy.
Read more at the following link: The Oil We Eat (Harpers.org)
Saturday, November 6, 2004
War in Iraq: The Intelligence Chain
This is a very interesting piece of investigative journalism that documents the intelligence chain prior to the War in Iraq. Read it at the following link:
The Intelligence Chain
The Intelligence Chain
FAIR MEDIA ADVISORY: Defining Bush's "Mandate"
November 5, 2004
Winning 51 percent of the popular vote in Tuesday's election, Bush administration officials were quick to declare that the results constitute a "mandate" for Bush's second term. This interpretation of the election caught hold in the mainstream media-- a sign perhaps that White House spin was triumphing over the actual numbers recorded on Election Day.
Read more at the following link:
FAIR MEDIA ADVISORY: Defining Bush's "Mandate"
Winning 51 percent of the popular vote in Tuesday's election, Bush administration officials were quick to declare that the results constitute a "mandate" for Bush's second term. This interpretation of the election caught hold in the mainstream media-- a sign perhaps that White House spin was triumphing over the actual numbers recorded on Election Day.
Read more at the following link:
FAIR MEDIA ADVISORY: Defining Bush's "Mandate"
Lucky for some - part one: The mixed blessings of a lottery win
Each week we spend £90m on the national lottery and, in the 10 years since it began, 1,600 of us have hit the jackpot and become millionaires. Some winners have had their lives since portrayed as a horror story. What is it really like, Simon Hattenstone asks.
Read more at the following link:
Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | Lucky for some - part one: The mixed blessings of a lottery win
Read more at the following link:
Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | Lucky for some - part one: The mixed blessings of a lottery win
Friday, November 5, 2004
Culture and Capitalism: Wal-Mart owned store opens in Mexico despite protests
Associated Press
TEOTIHUACAN, Mexico - A Wal-Mart-owned discount store quietly opened its doors Thursday less than a mile from the ancient temples of Teotihuacan, despite months of protests claiming the sprawling complex was an insult to Mexican culture. Read more at this link: Wal-Mart-owned-store opens in Mexico despite protests - billingsgazette.com
TEOTIHUACAN, Mexico - A Wal-Mart-owned discount store quietly opened its doors Thursday less than a mile from the ancient temples of Teotihuacan, despite months of protests claiming the sprawling complex was an insult to Mexican culture. Read more at this link: Wal-Mart-owned-store opens in Mexico despite protests - billingsgazette.com
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