Has Nicolas Sarkozy’s handling of the Toulouse shooter ordeal put the incumbent back in the saddle, or will security issues abate in a presidential race where rising unemployment looms large? François Picard’s panel argues over the outcome of the election campaign in France.
Has Nicolas Sarkozy’s handling of the Toulouse shooter ordeal put the incumbent back in the saddle, or will security issues abate in a presidential race where rising unemployment looms large? François Picard’s panel argues over the outcome of the election campaign in France.
In today's pick of the international press, we look at what game Russia is playing in Syria, Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich's attacks on Fidel Castro (and whether voters care) and why François Hollande is making headlines in the UK.
The leader of Cuba’s dissident group Ladies in White, Laura Pollan, died Friday aged 63. The Ladies in White group has been at the centre of efforts to promote change in Cuba after five decades of singe-party communist rule.
An unsolved double murder in Brazil adds to a recent spike in crimes believed to be linked to disputes over the Amazon's vanishing forest. Pictures of Hugo Chavez are released by Venezuela and Cuba - an attempt to end feverish speculation about his health. Finally, a new Brazilian soap explores the dark past of the country’s military dictatorship.
Venezuela released new footage of President Hugo Chavez Tuesday, hailed by his supporters as evidence that he is recovering well following pelvic surgery in Cuba, although rumours remain that he may have cancer.
Cuban leader Raul Castro (pictured) and a hardline ally have been picked to preside over a sweeping reform of the Cuban economy designed to encourage private enterprise while remaining true to the country's socialist principles.
As Cuba marked the 50th anniversary of the Bay of Pigs victory on Friday, it was also opening the Communist Party's 6th Congress. It's the first time in 14 years that the event has been held and comes amid plans for reform by President Raul Castro. The Cuban government is making a major political shift in terms of its economic model and for many, the shake-up is not before time.
An exclusive report from Mexico shows how easy money continues to attract thousands of young women to the drug trade. We also head to Cuba where 50 years after the Bay of Pigs Invasion, Fidel Castro's loyal soldiers recount their victory against CIA-backed exiles. Finally, how a children’s toy is being used in Brazil to reconstruct Sao Paulo.
"The Cuban system no longer works for Cuba." These are Fidel Castro’s word to The Atlantic, an American newspaper. The last living symbol of the old Communist world doubts communism still works. At the age of 83, after illness and handing over the reigns of power to his brother Raúl, Fidel Castro has come to a conclusion that his faithful followers might find hard to take.
