YouTube – Fidel Castro Kicks US Interests Out of Cuba:
Fidel’s first priority in leading the Cuban Revolution is to sign the Agrarian Reform Act.
YouTube – Brasília em 1967: Plano Piloto e Cidades-Satélites:
Brasila in 1967 showing the stark contrast between the city and the place where the workers who built it live.
YouTube – President Obama’s Statement on Cuba at Americas Summit – 04/17/09:
President Obama’s Statement on Cuba at Americas Summit – 04/17/09
Oil Companies Reluctant to Follow Obama’s Green Lead – NYTimes.com:
The oil companies have frequently run advertisements expressing their interest in new forms of energy, but their actual investments have belied the marketing claims. The great bulk of their investments goes to traditional petroleum resources, including carbon-intensive energy sources like tar sands and natural gas from shale, while alternative investments account for a tiny fraction of their spending. So far, that has changed little under the Obama administration. “The scale of their alternative investments is so mind-numbingly small that it’s hard to find them,” said Nathanael Greene, a senior policy analyst at the Natural Resources Defense Council. “These companies don’t feel they have to be on the leading edge of this stuff.”
Barack Obama and Fidel Castro’s Cuba – To the Point on KCRW:
In Latin America and in Washington there’s pressure for changing the policy of isolating Fidel Castro’s Cuba. As President Obama prepares for the Summit of the Americas, how far is he willing to go? Will he insist that Cuba change its repressive ways? Also, a hijacked crew retakes its ship from Somali pirates, and the State of Nevada has a $3 billion budget shortfall. Will it bridge the gap by taxing prostitution where it’s legal?
Obama To Reverse At Least One “Secret” Privilege Invocation – The Atlantic Politics Channel:
Critics contend that the Bush administration, and now the Obama administration, are wielding the privilege to dismiss entire cases based solely on the assertion by the executive branch that the information disclosed would damage national security, thereby turning what had been an evidentiary privilege into a justiciability privilege. Bills in the House and Senate would qualify the state secrets privilege, preventing the government from using it to call for the dismissal of entire cases and assigning the responsibility for determining the degree of national security harm to either a panel of specially-cleared judges or other special masters.
China Outlines Plans for Making Electric Cars – NYTimes.com:
Zhang Shaochun, a vice minister of finance, said that the government wanted to let the market determine which electric vehicle models would become popular. So while the government is providing some research subsidies, the main step will be to provide very large subsidies for buyers of electric cars — already up to 60,000 yuan, or $8,800, for purchases by taxi fleets and local government agencies. “The fiscal subsidy gives voting rights to the consumer,” he said.
