And finally, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has weighed in on the Bush administration’s controversial plan for intervention in Cuba. The Commission for Assistance to a Free Cuba released a report Monday calling on the US to spend millions of dollars supporting opponents of Fidel Castro.

• Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez: “From here, I say to the North American empire that instead of thinking about a transition plan for the Cuban revolution or for the Venezuelan revolution, they should be elaborating on a transition plan for themselves because this century the North American empire is going to end.”