U.S. and U.N. bashed at Cuba summit
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Washington's biggest enemies, from   communist Cuba to North Korea, called on developing nations on   Saturday to challenge U.S. dominance through a revived   Non-Aligned Movement labeled a Cold War relic by critics.
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U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice mildly chastised her ambassador to the United Nations on Wednesday for joining Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki in a panel debate in Davos last month.
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In an open letter to US President George W. Bush and his Democratic rival John Kerry, the leading Cuban-American lobby group called for tougher US policies against Cuba's communist government.
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Chicago Tribune - The top U.S. diplomat in Havana said Tuesday that Cuban officials have threatened to take retaliatory action unless he removes a large sign symbolizing Cuba's jailed dissidents from the front lawn of the U.S. diplomatic mission.
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, in his farewell address, criticized the Bush administration, warning that America must not sacrifice its Democratic ideals while waging war against terrorism.
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Convalescing Fidel Castro lambasted President Bush on Tuesday for opposing the European Union's goal for an agreement on carbon emissions at next week's Group of Eight summit.
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Leaders of the Non-Aligned Movement of   116 developing nations will meet in Cuba this week for a summit   that will gather some of the United States' fiercest critics   just 90 miles offshore.
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Five thousand Cuban students rallied outside the U.S. diplomatic mission in Havana on Monday, denouncing U.S. policy toward their country, Iraq and elsewhere.
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The State Department is accusing Cuba of training Colombian rebels and says it is troubled by a large presence of Cuban personnel in Venezuela, whose president, Hugo Chavez, is a close ally of Cuban President Fidel Castro.
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"But it is positive that we are talking about it. Surely, when we talk our positions will become more understandable."  Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Cuba was on the verge of a 'major transition,' and chided Spain on Friday for doing business with Fidel Castro while not working more to support dissidents in the communist island nation.Rice's one-day visit here was meant to smooth over a three-year downturn in relations between Washington and the government Madrid, but the disagreement over Cuba has threatened to wash away any growing good will. At issue is Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos's decision to snub Cuban dissidents on a visit to Havana in April. Read more
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A war of words flared yesterday when Cuban authorities displayed a giant swastika and pictures of abused Iraqi prisoners in front of the US mission in Havana.
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The Cuban government brought the proposal to the UN, asking the General assembly to reject the embargo, on human rights and fair trade grounds, but the USA urged the body to reject the proposal, saying that any hardship suffered by Cuban citizens is a
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Israeli and Arab diplomats  feuded bitterly on the U.N. General Assembly floor on Friday  after the United Nations approved a largely symbolic global  plan to combat terrorism three days before the fifth  anniversary of the September 11 attacks.
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Developing nations, including Iran,   North Korea, Venezuela and Cuba, moved to forged a anti-U.S.   alliance and support Tehran's right to nuclear technology at a   summit of Non-Aligned nations on Saturday.
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The US and China both criticise the value of each other's currencies at their economic summit.
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Iran, North Korea, Venezuela and Cuba   moved to cement an anti-U.S. alliance and support Tehran's   right to nuclear technology at a summit of Non-Aligned nations   on Saturday.
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Developing nations will denounce the   United States' role as global policeman at a summit in Havana   this week, Cuban Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque said on   Sunday.