Left behind by the U.S., Honduras turns to Chavez
Tue Aug 26, 2008 12:12pm EDT
By Gustavo Palencia and Anahi Rama
TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - Honduras, a longtime ally of the United States in Central America, says a lack of international support to tackle chronic poverty has forced it to seek aid from Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez.
On Monday, Honduras joined the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas, or ALBA, an alliance of leftist leaders in Latin America headed by Chavez, a staunch U.S. foe.
President Manuel Zelaya, a logging magnate seen as a moderate liberal, told Reuters that oil-rich Venezuela’s offer to double international aid to the country, one of the poorest in
Marine Channels Near-Death Experience Into Helping Poor in Peru
Monday, August 25, 2008
By David Mac Dougall
Fox News
Marine Corps Staff Sergeant Todd Bowers knows the exact date and time an insurgent bullet embedded itself in his head: October 17, 2004 at 11:36 a.m.
At the time, Bowers was serving in Fallujah with a U.S. Marine Corps civil affairs unit. His job was to help Iraqi residents rebuild their lives — literally and figuratively — by repairing battle-damaged homes.
Then came the gunshot wound that changed his life.
“It’s funny. Everybody seems to think you’ll have an afterlife