Bogotá, December 2 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Colombian Gen. Luis Eduardo Martinez, accused of maintaining drug trafficking connections while heading a manhunt for one of the country’s top drug lords, may still be slated for a promotion despite the alleged illicit ties, Colombian media reported Tuesday.... More


Caracas, December 2 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said Tuesday officials will investigate whether the directors of U.S. food company Kraft Heinz are deliberately “sabotaging” the country’s economy.... More


Santiago de Chile, December 2 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Over 300 whale carcasses have been found washed ashore on Chile's southern coast, between the Gulf of Penas and Puerto Natales.... More


Paris, December 1 (RHC-PL) -- Cuban First Vice President Miguel Díaz-Canel said in Paris that a lasting solution to global warming inevitably entails poverty eradication and a new, more equitable world economic order.... More


Washington, December 1 (RHC) -- Cuba has reiterated its commitment to a legal, orderly and safe migration and that it will continue guaranteeing the right of Cuban citizens to travel, emigrate and return to the country, in accordance with the migration legislation currently in force.... More


Hanoi, December 1 (RHC)-- Vietnamese authorities sent Cuban President Raúl Castro a congratulatory message on the 55th anniversary of bilateral diplomatic ties, celebrated on December 2nd. ... More


Washington, December 1 (RHC) -– Cuba has reiterated its concerns over Washington's politicization of the migration issue. The issue was raised in the context of a new round of bilateral talks on the issue held Monday in Washington between high-ranking delegations from the United States and Cuba.... More


Havana, December 1 (RHC)-- The governor from the U.S. state of Texas, Greg Abbott, is currently in Cuba, heading a business delegation. The three-day visit by the Republican governor is aimed at evaluating business opportunities in the framework of re-established diplomatic ties between the United States and Cuba.... More


Washington, December 1 (RHC) -- Government representatives from Cuba and the United States are holding a technical meeting on the fight against drug trafficking, with both sides expressing their interest in boosting bilateral cooperation on the issue.... More


Niamey, December 1 (RHC)-- Boko Haram Takfiri militants have attacked a village in southeast Niger, killing at least four people and burning some 50 homes. Local authorities said on Monday that the latest assault took place in the country’s southeastern Diffa region, located on the border with Nigeria. ... More


La Paz, December 1 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Bolivian President Evo Morales is set to meet with social movement leaders on Tuesday upon his return from COP 21 climate summit in Paris.... More


Sports News Roundup December 01

The Colombian baseball club Tigres de Cartagena is negotiating the possible acquisition of Cuban pitcher Freddy Asiel Alvarez, and according to Ernesto Ruiz, a baseball official in the Cuban province of Villa Clara, where Alvarez plays, negotiations are in progress.... More


Paris, December 1 (RHC)-- Russian President Vladimir Putin has accused Turkey of downing a Russian warplane last week because it wanted to protect the flow of oil from ISIL-controlled territories in Iraq and Syria. ... More


Berlin, December 1 (RHC)-- The Daesh Takfiris wreaking hovic in Iraq and Syria were created due to the United States' erroneous policies that included the 2003 Iraq War, says a former US military chief. ... More


Washington, December 1 (RHC)-- The U.S. is to send special groups known as "foreign fighter surge teams" overseas in an attempt to prevent terrorists from traveling. According to a statement released by the White House: “The Departments of Homeland Security and State, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and US intelligence community elements will deploy Foreign Fighter Surge Teams to work with countries to counter terrorist travel.” ... More


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