A Spanish court has recommended that Catalonia's former leader be tried for staging a non-binding independence referendum in 2014 in breach of a legal order, potentially fueling separatist discontent in the wealthy northeastern region.... More


Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump promised to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement, or NAFTA, saying that it is damaging to the United States.... More


Director of the Pan American Health Organization, Carissa Etienne

The Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Carissa Etienne has praised Cuba’s contribution to training foreign health professionals and its medical missions worldwide.... More


Cuba and Finland have signed an Official Development Assistance (ODA) agreement to restructure Cuba's debt to the European Union.... More


Cuban Vice President Salvador Valdés Mesa

Vice President Salvador Valdés Mesa met Wednesday in Pyongyang with his counterpart in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea Choe Ryong Hae.... More


Margo McKnight, Vice President of Biological Resources at the Florida Aquarium in Tampa has described a trip to Cuba to advance a bi-national initiative for marine research and conservation in the Gulf of Mexico as a positive possibility.... More


Cuban Parliament President Esteban Lazo

Cuba and Serbia have confirmed their determination to further expand bilateral economic and scientific ties.... More


U.S. Chain Opens Hotel in Cuba

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. today announced a historic milestone with the opening of Four Points Havana—the company’s first hotel in Cuba.... More


Bolivian President Evo Morales accused the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) of having financed illegal activities by selling confiscated drug in Bolivia.... More


A second meeting between striking Mexican teachers and the government in Mexico City wrapped up on as authorities called on unions to end the blockades in the southern state of Oaxaca, the Mexican news agency Notimex reported.... More


The delegations of the Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia have met with representatives of Indigenous and Afro-Colombian communities to help ensure that their rights are protected and respected in the forthcoming peace agreement.... More


Children in Latin America are the best off out of children from developing regions, according to a newly-released UNICEF report. ... More


Bolivia secured a seat on the United Nations Security Council, after running unopposed and having the support of the region. ... More


Mexico’s police and military have routinely mistreated and sexually abused women during detention and interrogation, charging them with having links to drug cartels in a bid to boost drug-related arrests. ... More


At least 41 people have been killed and 147 more injured in a gun and bomb attack in Istanbul's Atatürk international airport.... More


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