The Cuban weather service (Insmet) reported this morning that Hurricane Maria remains a highly dangerous system with maximum sustained winds of 260 km/h as it heads for the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. A chilling report from the Dominica Prime Minister indicates disaster was widespread on that island as Maria passed over it on Monday night.
Read MoreHurricane Maria is now a maximum Cateogry 5 storm with sustained winds of 160 mph (260 kph), after having intensified greatly in the course of the day. At 8:00 PM Cuba time (EDT) the eye of the potentially catastrophic storm is approaching the island of Dominica, reports the National Hurricane Center (NHC).
Read MoreSeveral hurricane warnings and watches are in effect for the Eastern Caribbean as hurricane Maria churns west and is expected to pass over or near several island countries starting Monday afternoon. Whether Maria will effect Cuba and possibly Florida will be the subject of reports in the coming days.
Read MoreA new tropical storm, dubbed Maria, predicted to soon be a hurricane, has suddenly appeared on Saturday. The storm threatens the same and other neighboring countries affected by Hurricane Irma which left severe damage and despair behind on several Caribbean Islands including Cuba, and also in Florida, reports the National Hurricane Center.
Read MoreThe president of the Dominican Republic, Danilo Medina, met on Wednesday with the delegations from the Venezuelan Government and opposition in order to set the stage for a negotiation agreement which will allow the South American country to overcome its crisis
Read MorePope Francis bid farewell to Colombia on Sunday after his four-day exclusive visit with a message urging the Colombian people to continue down the path to peace and reconciliation without leaving the truth, justice and reparations aside, and he also took the opportunity to pray for Venezuela.
Read MoreDawn broke in the Mexican state of Chiapas on Friday, September 8th and its 5 million inhabitants hadn’t fully taken in the fright they had experienced at nearly midnight, when they were surprised by the most powerful earthquake to strike in the last 100 years.
Read MoreThe earthquake which struck on Thursday night – with its epicenter in the Pacific – shook southern and central Mexico. The quake took place at the same time hurricane Irma was smashing the eastern Caribbean Islands and approaching Cuba where it would also do major damage.
Read MorePope Francis asked Colombia today not to give up on its efforts to find peace at a time when the country is moving through the final part of an armed conflict that has bled the country dry for more than five decades.
Read MoreThe German sociologist Heinz Dieterich still has a red beret that Hugo Chavez gave him in 1999. They were times of a close relationship between the promoter of “21st century socialism” and the former Venezuelan president, who adopted this idea as the stamp of his leadership. Today, Dieterich is a strong critic of President Nicolas Maduro and he predicts a “catastrophic course” for Venezuela.
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