A Uruguayan worker reported today that, while stranded on the highway, he was picked up and given a lift by none other than the country’s president, Jose Mujica, and his wife, senator Lucia Topolanski.
Read MoreCuban medical doctor Felix Baez Sarria has kept his promise and returned to Africa to rejoin the battle against the Ebola outbreak.
Read MoreVenezuelan opposition leader Henrique Capriles declared today that Nicolas Maduro’s government is in a “terminal phase,” pinned against a corner by the severe drop in oil prices, DPA reported.
Read MoreThe US government said today that Cuba has completed the release of the 53 political prisoners agreed upon between Washington and Havana in December, but declined to give their names, reported dpa news.
Read MoreI preferred to take pictures of supermarkets in the less pretty side of Caracas, the side where, presumably, the majority are Chavistas; where people wouldn’t be swayed by false alarms of a national strike, much less join a call from the opposition to buy up everything you find in supermarkets. (18 photos)
Read MoreVenezuela entered the new year with long lines of buyers in search of basic food, hygiene and medical products, the mark of worsening shortages the country has been facing for two years and now involve police operatives mobilized to maintain public order.
Read MoreBelow, readers will find 12 highly important events that made headlines and had a significant impact on Cuba and Cubans during 2014. These were selected on the basis of their impact on the country’s political, economic and cultural spheres.
Read MoreHere’s a story some are calling “diplomaculate conception.” The wife of one of the Cuban Five, just released from prison after 16 years, is expecting a baby in just two weeks thanks to some unusual diplomatic moves. (Video)
Read MoreViolent incidents occurred today in an area of southern Nicaragua, where the army and police broke up a demonstration of farmers protesting against the construction of an interoceanic canal, unofficial sources told dpa news.
Read MoreCuban president Raul Castro spoke to the nation today at noon, the same time that Barack Obama was making an address from the White House. The two leaders were addressing, in their own way, a successful diplomatic effort that included the release of prisoners Alan Gross, the three remaining Cuban Five members and an unnamed US agent who was also jailed in Cuba.
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