As protests continue in Ferguson, activists are traveling to Missouri to join the movement in solidarity. We speak with one activist who has just arrived to Ferguson from Florida, Phillip Agnew, the executive director of Dream Defenders, a network of youth of color and their allies who engage in nonviolent civil disobedience and civic engagement to bring about social change.
Read MoreAs a new five days ceasefire took effect in Gaza this week, Israeli army violations were reported. In the meantime Israeli attacks in both the West Bank and Gaza left at least a dozen civilians killed.
Read MoreRepresentatives of Cuba and the European Union meet in Brussels on August 27 and 28 for the second round of negotiations for the signing of a new pact that will include aspects o fpolitical dialogue, cooperation and trade, said European authorities.
Read MoreGioconda Belli: “The dictatorship Daniel Ortega is reestablishing in Nicaragua is not like Somoza’s. What he is repeating is the formula that failed in the eighties, this time with a liberal economy and illusory freedom of the press enjoyed by only a few media.”
Read MoreFighting in Gaza has resumed after the expiration of a 72-hour truce expired. Israel said it launched airstrikes after Palestinians fired at least 18 rockets into southern Israel after the ceasefire ended.
Read MoreThe 72-hour ceasefire in Gaza has entered its final day. Talks are ongoing to extend the truce, but no agreement has been reached. Palestinian and Israeli officials are in Egypt, however have not held face-to-face negotiations on securing a lasting ceasefire.
Read MoreAfter a nearly month-long assault that left at least 1,865 Palestinians dead, Israel has pulled its ground forces from the Gaza Strip under the 72-hour ceasefire that went into effect earlier today.
Read MoreA covert US government program to send young Latin Americans to Cuba for purposes of political subversion was made public by Associated Press on Sunday. According to the news agency, the project by the US Agency for International Development (USAID) sent youth from Venezuela, Costa Rica and Peru starting in 2009 to Cuba “in the hope of encouraging a rebellion.”
Read MoreThree hundred rabbis asked President Barack Obama today to negotiate with the Cuban authorities for the “immediate release” of Alan Gross, the US agent sentenced in Cuba to 15 years in prison for endangering the island’s security.
Read MoreTropical Storm Bertha continued on its course to the west-northwest and is expected to touch ground or very close to the southwestern part of Puerto Rico on Saturday afternoon, reports the National Hurricane Center in Miami.
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