Communist Party leader José Ramón Balaguer met with members of Cuban brigades working in El Salvador as part of existing cooperation programs.... More
Striking teachers held a meeting between Mexican officials and union leaders as an achievement of the popular movement, sparked by neo-liberal education reforms and harsh government repression against protests in the southern state of Oaxaca, that put pressure on authorities to agree to talks.... More
The Permanent Council of the Organization of American States, the OAS, debated Thursday whether to apply the so-called Democratic Charter to Venezuela, a move pushed by Secretary-General Luis Almagro. ... More
Various grassroots movements in Paraguay have submitted over 37,000 signatures to electoral authorities in that South American country as part of process meant to launch a referendum over a constitutional reform to improve the country's justice system.... More
A former Chilean military officer convicted of murdering famed folk singer and political activist Victor Jara in the early 1970s, immediately following the military coup that installed former dictator Augusto Pinochet, is expected to be sentenced on June 27 when the jury in his case reconvenes.... More
The recently-elected president of Peru, Pedro Pablo Kuczynski has been summoned by the country's anti-corruption body to defend himself in the Brazilian corruption case known as Operation Car Wash.... More
Fearing the effects of the Zika virus on their unborn children, more and more pregnant women in Latin America are reportedly seeking abortion pills online from a non-profit aid agency.... More
Britain has shocked the world by voting to leave the European Union, becoming the first major country to leave the regional bloc.... More
U.S. stocks fell sharply on Friday, with the Dow Jones industrial average dropping as much as 538 points, as Britain's vote to quit the European Union rocked global financial markets.... More
Several thousand Palestinian mourners have taken part in the funeral of a teenager shot dead by the Israeli military, which later claimed to have mistaken him for a stone-thrower amid simmering outrage over the crime.... More
U.S. military officials are considering a possible boost to the country’s current troop levels in Iraq, says a senior commander leading the U.S.-led military efforts against the Daesh (ISIL) Takfiri group.... More
Italy says a total of 4,500 refugees have been rescued from rubber dinghies in the Mediterranean with the help of humanitarian bodies before another boat tragedy happens in high seas.... More
In the United States, a blatantly racist billboard has been taken down after growing protests in the city of Benton, Tennessee. ... More
Seven films make up the German Film Festival set to start late this month in Havana’s 23 y 12 Movies Theater ... More
Cuban President Raul Castro said that his country will continue to contribute to negotiations and efforts to put a final end to the Colombian conflict “with modesty, discretion and respect for the position of the two sides.”... More
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