Expect mostly cloudy days from the morning, with the presence of scattered showers. There will be a decrease in temperatures, the highs will be between 18 and 23° C (64 and 73 F) while the lows will be between 14 and 18° C (57 and 64 F). The sea surface temperature will be 26° C (79 F).
Read MoreLess than two weeks after Honduran presidential candidate Salvador Nasralla said he was going to withdraw from the struggle, he and other opposition leaders have called for an uprising against incumbent President Juan Orlando Hernandez, saying the November 26 presidential election was stolen, reports Democracy Now.
Read MoreIn Hollywood, more than 1,000 prominent actresses, writers and directors have launched a project called the “Time’s Up” campaign aimed at combating sexual abuse and harassment in the film industry, reports Democracy Now on Tuesday.
Read MoreTorture and murder 43 years ago catches up on 4 ex-officials in Pinochet’s Chilean Army. The victim’s families and friends don’t forget. Read all of today’s international news briefs from Democracy Now.
Read MorePeruvian President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski pardoned former president Alberto Fujimori on Monday and protests erupted immediately, reports Democracy Now. Many saw the pardon as a tradeoff between the current president and the opposition legislators.
Read MoreThe United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced on Friday the temporary suspension of its operations in Havana, a sign of the further deteriorating US-Cuba relations. The USCIS gave no date for a possible resumption of services and noted that “its field office in Mexico City will assume Havana’s jurisdiction.”
Read MoreThe #Me Too movement to disclose long buried or recent sexual abuse and harassment continues to take its toll of politicians, Hollywood and media personalities and executives either fired or who choose to step down from their posts/jobs rather than face up to the charges. The cases cross all economic, racial and political lines.
Read MoreA day after the Organization of American States OAS endorsed the results of the disputed municipal elections in Nicaragua, President Donald Trump, included Roberto Rivas, president of the Supreme Electoral Council, on a list of “people involved in serious human rights abuses or corruption “, based on the Magnitsky Global Law, within the framework of the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC, for its acronym in English).
Read MoreThe Cuban government announced Thursday that the national economy grew 1.6 percent in 2017, leaving behind the recession of minus 0.9 percent with which it closed 2016. What that will mean for ordinary Cubans was not stated.
Read MoreRaul Castro will stay in office as president until at least mid-April, the Cuban Parliament announced today in extending its legislative period, scheduled to end in February. The decision to postpone the departure of Castro was taken over “the exceptional situation” caused by the passage of Hurricane Irma last September.
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