Venezuela's Chavez hosts World Social Forum
Leftist leaders are increasingly popular across Latin America, while Chavez's own "revolution" for the poor has become an inspiration for like-minded activists everywhere.
http://tinyurl.com/a4fdh


BECHTEL VS. BOLIVIA: THE PEOPLE WIN!
The Cochabamba water revolt – which began exactly six years ago this month – will end this morning when Bechtel, one of the world’s most powerful corporations, formally abandons its legal effort to take $50 million from the Bolivian people.
http://www.ww4report.com/node/1528


Castro offers eye care for US poor
Fidel Castro, the Cuban president, has offered free eye operations to impoverished Americans and asked the US government to let them travel to his country for treatment.
http://tinyurl.com/9bxqd