Today marks seven years since President Obama signed an executive order calling for the closure of Guantánamo Bay prison within one year. But Guantánamo remains open, and now Obama only has one year left…
Read MoreThe Zika virus has been raising serious concerns in several Latin American countries over the past few months, not only due to its easy transmission but also because of the irreversible damage it can cause adults and babies whose mothers become infected, dpa news reported.
Read MoreThe operation to transfer thousands of Cuban migrants who are stranded in Costa Rica will resume on February 4, as agreed upon today by representatives of several Central American countries and Mexico meeting in Guatemala.
Read MoreThe spokesman of the Commission for the Grand Canal of Nicaragua, Telemaco Talavera, assured the governing party website today that pre-construction work on the megaproject continues forward “with all the saftey and rigor that the case merits.”
Read MoreIn a Democracy Now! and Pacifica Radio Archives exclusive, we air a newly discovered recording of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. On December 7, 1964, days before he received the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, King gave a major address in London on segregation, the fight for civil rights and his support for Nelson Mandela and the anti-apartheid struggle in South Africa.
Read MoreThe Venezuelan government declared a 60-day economic emergency today that will include measures to speed up the import and distribution of food, consumer goods and medicines, announced the newly appointed Economy Minister, Luis Salas.
Read MoreToday, as though the past had returned like a boomerang, it would again seem that Venezuelans see no other way forward but intolerance. The adversaries, though brothers, are quite different: Chavistas and the opposition.
Read MoreTo pave the way to the resumption of legislative activity, the leadership of Venezuela’s National Assembly said today that it will abide by a Supreme Court (TSJ) ruling, withdrawing the credentials of three legislators who were sworn in despite the court ordering their suspension.
Read MoreLast night began the transfer of 8,000 Cubans from Costa Rica to the United States with a “Pilot Plan” flight carrying 180 of them by air to El Salvador. From there they were put on buses for the journey to Guatemala and Mexico, from where they can travel on to the US border. (7 photos)
Read MoreCosta Rica begins tonight an air bridge to El Salvador to transfer a first group of 180 Cubans of a total of around 8,000 stranded in the country. The initial air lift on a chartered plane is considered a pilot plan agreed on by several Central American countries and Mexico to search for a solution to the crisis.
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