Diplomat Jose Ramon Cabañas Rodriguez handed President Barack Obama his credentials as Cuba’s ambassador to the United States at an official ceremony that took place on Thursday at the Oval Office.
Read MoreA report released on Tuesday appears to confirm Bolivian president EvoMorales’ long-standing suspicion that the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, or DEA, has sought to undermine his government.
Read MoreThe governments of Cuba and the United States agreed today on an agenda of issues to address in the coming months. These include: areas of mutual interest and cooperation, areas where the two countries maintain strong differences, and lastly, the issue of compensation for properties confiscated by Cuba and damages caused by the US embargo to the island’s economy.
Read MoreOn Thursday, Venezuela’s Voluntad Popular party announced that opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez was found guilty of instigating the government protests of last year and sentenced to 13 years, nine months and seven days in prison.
Read MoreThirty years ago, French secret service blew up Greenpeace’s flagship Rainbow Warrior ship in Auckland, New Zealand, killing a Portuguese photographer, as the ship was preparing to head to sea to protest against French nuclear bomb tests in the South Pacific.
Read MoreLast week we brought you “The Archaeological Damage Posed by the Nicaragua Canal Project,” as the topic of the US $50 billion mega-project has proven to be of much interest to readers on our mainly Cuba oriented website. Today we bring you another article on the canal, the result of an extensive study by the “Network for Democracy and Local Development,” first published by Envio magazine.
Read MoreAfter a massive public uprising, Guatemalan President Otto Pérez Molina has resigned. His resignation came just hours after a judge approved the attorney general’s arrest warrant for him.
Read MoreIn Guatemala, the Legislature voted unanimously to strip President Otto Pérez Molina of immunity from prosecution, clearing the way for his arrest. The ruling echoes the decision by the country’s Supreme Court last week and makes it possible to prosecute Pérez Molina as part of a corruption investigation that has sparked protests calling for his resignation.
Read MoreThe mega project to build an inter-oceanic canal in Nicaragua is being touted by the government of Daniel Ortega as the answer to development for the Central American country. At the same time warning signals come not only from environmentalists, social activists, farmers and economists, but also archeologists.
Read MoreThe center of Tropical Storm Erika altered its route slightly on Friday and is now expected to reach land in Guantanamo, Santiago de Cuba or Granma province by sometime Saturday morning.
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