Five years after the ethnic civil war in Sri Lanka was won by the Sinhalese government, with thousands of Tamil civilians killed in the final weeks, the UN Human Rights Council authorized its High Commissioner to investigate if human rights abuse occurred. Cuba was in the minority opposing the investigation.
Read MoreJosue Colome Vazquez, son of Cuban Vice President and Interior Minister Gen. Abelardo Colome Ibarra, arrived recently in Miami after crossing the Mexican border and seeking refuge from the US authorities.
Read MoreFollowing declarations by Nicolas Maduro alleging that three Air Force generals had attempted to stage a coup the Venezuelan Armed Forces declared on Wednesday that they remain strongly united, DPA reported.
Read MoreRain is expected early Saturday and isolated showers on Sunday and Monday with the entry of a very weak cold front. The other days we’ll have generally pleasant weather with partly cloudy skies.
Read MoreA cruise ship rescued 41 Cubans on a small boat who were trying to reach the United States, informed the US Coast Guard Service in Miami, reported dpa. The Cubans will most likely be returned to the island.
Read MoreA briefing to journalists by Cuban government officials on the proposed changes to the Foreign Investment Law was held Tuesday at the National Assembly building, where the bill will be brought up for approval on Saturday (March 29).
Read MoreThe Guantánamo detainees accepted by Uruguay “are not dangerous,” the nation’s Interior Minister, Eduardo Bonomi, told reporters in Montevideo on Monday (March 24), referring to the five Syrians and one Palestinian that President José Mujica agreed to take in as refugees.
Read MoreThe Venezuelan government put in practice today a new currency exchange rate that represents significant de-facto devaluation; the largest in history, analysts told dpa news. The rate was pegged at 51.86 Bolivars to the US dollar.
Read MoreA new weekly direct flight between the eastern Caribbean island of Martinique and Cuba was opened on Thursday, which will be “an excellent opportunity” to develop multi-destination travel within the Caribbean, said a statement from the Ministry of Tourism.
Read MoreThe Camagüey Ranger Corp declared an Alarm phase on Sunday in the eastern Cuban province, owing to “the strength and ability to spread” of a new fire that broke out on Friday in San Felipe Plateau, reported Juventud Rebelde.
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