Santo Domingo, September 14 (Telesur/RHC) – The Venezuelan government continues to hold what it has described as "definitive" talks with the opposition after the beginning a new dialogue in the Dominican Republic.... More
New York, September 14 (RHC) – Although rejected by the international community, the US blockade against Cuba remains in force, causing untold damage, a statement by the island's UN Mission in New York said.... More
Port-au-Prince, September 14 (Telesur/RHC) – The agriculture ministry in Haiti has estimated that the subsistence food crops of roughly 18,000 family farms located in the Caribbean island's northern region were destroyed during the passage of Hurricane Irma.... More
Havana, September 14 (RHC/Telesur) – Over 70 percent of Cuba’s electrical power has been restored in the wake of Hurricane Irma, Cuba's Prensa Latina has reported. ... More
Santiago de Chile, September 14 (Telesur/RHC) – A proposed law presented by Chilean parliament member Karol Cariola, of the Communist Party, and endorsed by several other members of parliament, would remove all monuments and dedications to members of Augusto Pinochet's military dictatorship, which violently ruled Chile from 1973 to 1990.... More
Havana, September 13 (RHC)-- Venezuela became the first country to send humanitarian aid to Cuba, in the wake of the devastation caused by Hurricane Irma.... More
Havana, September 13 (RHC-ACN)-- Cuba's Civil Aviation Company announced that as of 12:00 p.m. (local time) on Tuesday, September 12, national and international air operations were reestablished at Havana's José Martí International Airport. ... More
Holguin, September 13 (RHC-ACN)-- Cuban Tourism Minister Manuel Marrero said in Holguin that despite the impact of Hurricane Irma on the country's tourism infrastructure, the sector will be ready to welcome foreign vacationers during the high season. ... More
Havana, September 13 (RHC)-- Cuba's National Electoral Commission issued a communique announcing that neighborhood meetings to nominate candidates to People’s Power bodies will resume gradually across the country, as soon as conditions in each territory allow for it.... More
St. John's, September 13 (RHC)-- The Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda Gaston Browne has thanked Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro for his "timely intervention" during Hurricane Irma. In an exclusive interview with teleSUR, Browne said: "If it wasn’t for the availability of the military aircraft from Venezuela, we would not have been able to evacuate the Barbudans" ahead of Hurricane Jose. And he added: "Venezuela has gone above and beyond the call of duty." ... More
Miami, September 13 (RHC)-- Hurricanes Harvey and Irma might have caused up to $200 billion in damage to the U.S. states of Texas and Florida, similar to the costs from Hurricane Katrina that devastated New Orleans in 2005, according to an estimate from Moody's Analytics. ... More
St. John's, September 13 (RHC)-- In the Caribbean, residents of islands devastated by Hurricane Irma’s Category 5 winds say they’re running out of food and water. ... More
Brasilia, September 13 (RHC)-- More than 6,000 people of Brazil's Movement of Homeless Workers, MTST, have occupied a park in Sao Bernardo do Campo to demand access to decent housing. ... More
Buenos Aires, September 13 (RHC)-- Pro-Palestinian demonstrators in Argentina held a rally in the capital, Buenos Aires, ahead of Benjamin Netanyahu’s arrival, to condemn the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories and crimes against Palestinian people. They carried images depicting Netanyahu as Hitler and reading “Get out Zionists from Palestine. Get out Netanyahu.” ... More
Havana, September 12 (RHC)-- Restoring electrical service, reestablishing regular water supplies and reopening schools are priorities for Cuban authorities, according to officials at the seventh meeting of the National Defense Council for Disaster Reduction, held Monday in Havana. ... More
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