More details have emerged about the U.S. soldier accused in the massacre of 16 Afghan villagers. A U.S. official told the New York Times the soldier had been drinking alcohol and suffering stress related to his fourth military deployment.
Read MoreEcuadorian President Rafael Correa said today that he will be not attend the Americas Summit (April 14-15) in Cartagena, Colombia in protest of the Obama administration’s pressuring to exclude Cuba.
Read MoreThe musical group “David Calzado y su Charanga Habanera” will mark the 25th year since the band’s formation by beginning a tour of 17 US cities starting on March 23.
Read MoreFollowing a meeting with representatives of the 8-nation ALBA bloc, Bolivian President Evo Morales said on Sunday that those nations have not yet decided whether they will be attending the Summit of the Americas in Cartegena, Colombia.
Read MorePresident Hugo Chavez told Colombian president Juan Manuel Santos in Havana that he plans to return to Venezuela next week.
Read MoreThousands of women marched from the Square of the Unknown Soldier in Gaza City to the ‘occupation’ outside International Red Cross in Remal. (20 photos)
Read MoreCuba blamed the United States on Thursday for keeping it from attending next month’s Summit of the Americas.”There has been no surprise,” Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez told a press conference in Havana. “It’s been the chronicle of an exclusion foretold.”
Read MoreSeveral women’s organizations in Nicaragua have questioned Bishop Rolando Alvarez, who suggested Matagalpa pharmacies remove from their shelves “any medicine that may indirectly cause an abortion.”
Read MoreColombian President Juan Manuel Santos, a staunch ally of Washington, arrives in Havana on Wednesday to meet with Cuban President Raul Castro and the convalescing Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez.
Read MoreThe objectives of President Santos’ one-day visit to Havana are to talk with Raul Castro about the possible participation of Cuba in the upcoming Summit of the Americas and with Chavez about pending bilateral trade agreements.
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