Former Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva arrived Monday in Havana as an envoy of the government of Dilma Rousseff, to meet with Cuban President Raul Castro, said Café Fuerte.
Read MorePaco de Lucía was not only a reference for flamenco in Spain, he was a legend of world music long before his death in Mexico today. Composer and master guitarist, he renewed flamenco, gave a special feeling to classical pieces and made an important contribution to Jazz.
Read MoreThe United States expelled three Venezuelan diplomats on Monday in reaction to a similar measure the previous week by Caracas against three officials of the US embassy, confirmed Jennifer Psaki, a State Department spokeswoman.
Read MoreMore details have come to light showing the U.S. military infiltrated and spied on a community of antiwar activists in the state of Washington and beyond.
Read MoreThe fascist cancer has again metastasized in the land of Bolivar and Chavez, but the people of Venezuela will not allow it to ruin what they have accomplished and will again come out victorious.
Read MoreUkraine is in a state of crisis two days after the country’s democratically elected president was ousted following months of street protests that left at least 82 people dead. On Saturday, Ukraine’s Parliament voted to remove President Viktor Yanukovych, a move Yanukovych described as a coup.
Read MorePopular Panamanian recording artist and politician Ruben Blades has had an exchange of words with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on the situation facing this South American country. Here is the latest, Blades’ response to Maduro, and below, Maduro’s remarks to Blades in a video.
Read MoreWe bring you part two of our interview with Isidro Estrada, a Cuban who has spent the last 15 years living in China. He gives us insight on the country often looked on as a model by the Cuban government, trying to kick-start a stagnated economy while at the same time maintain power.
Read MoreWelcome to this Week in Palestine, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for February 15th to the 21st, 2014. As deadlock in the peace talks between Palestinians and Israelis continues, Israeli attacks targeting Palestinians this week leave 12 injured civilians.
Read MoreIn Venezuela, at least six people have died in recent days during a series of anti-government protests. The latest casualty was a local beauty queen died of a gunshot wound. The protests come less than a year after the death of Hugo Chávez and present the biggest challenge to Venezuela’s new president Nicolás Maduro.
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