After over five years held up at the Ecuadorean Embassy in London, British authorities rejected Thursday a bid to allow Julian Assange safe passage in London, after Ecuador’s foreign minister said she’d granted Assange citizenship.
Read MoreThe Costa Rican Attorney General’s Office informed on Tuesday that it opened an investigation against the president of the Supreme Electoral Council of Nicaragua, Roberto Rivas, for what it considers the possible crime of money laundering.
Read MoreThe days will continue to be relatively cool, with some isolated showers during the day. The maximum temperatures will be between 21 and 27° C (70 and 81 F) while the lows will be between 16 and 19° C (61 and 66 F).
Read MoreThe Canadian Police investigating the possible causes of the ailments that eight Canadian embassy personnel in Cuba suffered in 2017 and have been qualified as “sonic attacks” by some media, are still considered a mystery.
Read MoreA total of 4,577 Cuban citizens entered Uruguay in 2017, the majority between October and December. Channel 10 of Uruguayan television reported that some 200 Cubans decided to settle in the small rural town of Santa Rosa, in the department of Canelones, near Montevideo.
Read MoreThe Trump administration continues to issue measures that hurt the immigrant communities in the United States. The latest blow was felt this week by 250,000 Salvadorans in the US under the now rescinded Temporary Protection Status (TPS).
Read MoreThe Cuban government questioned today the validity of the hearing held in the United States Senate on Tuesday over the alleged acoustic attacks on US diplomats in Havana, and restated its denial of having any responsibility in the events.
Read MoreThe president of the Venezuelan Episcopal Conference, Diego Padron, warned today that the protests taking place around the country for a lack of food could generate a very strong social upheaval.
Read MoreThe socialist María Alejandra Vicuña was elected today by the National Assembly as the new constitutional vice president of Ecuador to replace the imprisoned Jorge Glas, convicted of corruption.
Read MoreIn just 15 days Cubans will know if president Raul Castro, 86, will be on the ballot for elections to the National Assembly of Popular Power or will in effect retire from power, at least from the one that emanates from the State Council. He may remain as the top figure of the Communist Party, the real source of power and decision making.
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