Opinion Forum

Update: Agent Orange’s Toxic Trail

January 28th, 2013

By Jan Barry In the seaside city of Da Nang, Vietnam, a clean-up is underway to remove dioxin-contaminated soil at a former U.S. military air base. Some 8,500 miles to the east, another clean-up is underway to remove dioxin hot spots along the Passaic River in Newark, NJ and upstream, where tides and floods have […]

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Tags: Agent Orange, birth defects, clean-up, illness, U.S., veterans, Vietnam
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Chávez Returns to Venezuela

July 5th, 2011

By Dan Miller El Presidente Chávez returned early [Monday] morning to Venezuela surprising most Venezuelans. He appeared to be in good spirits. (Reuters) – Venezuela’s ever-theatrical President Hugo Chavez made a surprise homecoming from Cuba on Monday and declared himself “fine” despite speculation his cancer may still require lengthy treatment. “I’m happy … I’m going […]

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Tags: 2012, cancer, Chavez, Cuba, elections, illness, return
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The Latest on el Thugo Chávez

July 2nd, 2011

By Dan Miller There was a Spanish language report in the Venezuelan newspaper el Universal [on June 30], summarized at Fausta’s Blog here, highlighting some of the stories flitting around about el Presidente Chávez and his acknowledgment on June 30th that he is recuperating from cancer treatment — which had previously been denounced as a […]

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Tags: cancer, Castro, Chavez, Cuba, illness, succession, surgery, Venezuela
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Silence of Hugo Chávez Fuels Speculation and Rumors

June 27th, 2011

By Dan Miller What would a future with a diminished or dead Chávez mean for the rest of Latin America and for the United States? There have been many articles on the medical condition of Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez. However, beyond reporting that he was hospitalized soon after his arrival in Cuba on June 8 […]

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Tags: Chavez, Cuba, death, illness, Jaua, prostate cancer, rumors, Venezuela
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El Thugo Continues to Recover in Cuba?

June 22nd, 2011

By Dan Miller Venezuelan President Hugh Chávez, who extended his visit to Cuba on June 8 for surgery there, is still there despite claims that he would return in a “few days.” Since June 8, his cadenas — lengthy, frequent and mandatory broadcasts on all Venezuelan media — have ceased and he made only one […]

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Tags: Castro, Chavez, Cuba, illness, medical, succession, surgery, Venezuela
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