Sports News Roundup October 02

Panama and Cuba soccer game ended in a 1-1 draw on Thursday afternoon at Sporting Park in Kansas City, Kansas, to open Olympic qualifying.... More


Quito, October 2 (teleSUR-RHC)-- The Community of Latin American and Caribbean States, known as CELAC, signed an agreement with the Russian Federation to create a permanent mechanism for political dialogue and cooperation aimed at promoting trade, investment and sustainable development.... More


Bogotá, October 2 (teleSUR-RHC)-- In yet another sign rebels in Colombia are preparing for peace, the leftist Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) will no longer undergo combat training and will instead focus on political and cultural education, the head of the insurgent group announced via his Twitter account Wednesday.... More


New York, October 2 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Nicaraguan Vice President Moses Omar Halleslevens Acevedo rejected powerful nations interfering in the internal politics of progressive countries of Latin America, during his speech before the U.N. General Assembly on Thursday. ... More


Buenos Aires, October 2 (MERCOPRESS-RHC)-- Argentina has launched the ARSAT-2 spacecraft from a site in French Guyana, with the goal of providing telecommunication services across much of the Western hemisphere. ... More


Mexico City, October 2 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Thousands of Mexicans will march in Mexico City on Friday to commemorate the anniversary of the 1968 massacre of students by the state in Tlatelolco Plaza, in the heart of the capital.... More


Renewed Protests Hit Honduras

Tegucigalpa, October 2 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Honduran activists were preparing on Thursday for nationwide protests amid a growing government scandal.... More


Portland, October 1 (RHC)-- At least 15 people have been killed and 20 others wounded in a shooting at a community college in the U.S. state of Oregon after a gunman opened fire, RT reports.... More


Miami, October 1 (RHC)-- Hurricane Joaquin, a powerful, Category 4 storm with sustained winds of 210 kilometers an hour, is lashing the central zone of the Bahama Islands. According to the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami, Florida, the hurricane has intensified in recent hours.... More


Havana, October 1 (RHC)- The President of the People's Democratic Republic of Laos Choummaly Sayasone began Thursday an official visit to Cuba, aimed at expanding and strengthening friendship and cooperation ties between the two countries.... More


Havana, October 1 (RHC)-- President of the Republic of Nauru, Baron Divavesi Waqa, arrives in Havana on Friday for an official visit during which he will hold talks with President Raúl Castro.... More


Havana, October 1 (RHC)-- Visiting Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, toured the Havana-based Pedro Kurí Tropical Medicine Institute (IPK), where she met with members of the Cuban health brigades that fought the deadly Ebola virus in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea.... More


Caracas, October 1 (RHC)-- Cuban friends in Venezuela have demanded the lifting of the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed and maintained by the United States against Cuba for over half a century.... More


Sports News Roundup October 01

Former baseball player Victor Mesa was appointed on Wednesday as the Cuban manager for the upcoming “Premier 12” Tournament to take place from November 8th-21st in Taiwan and Japan, confirmed Heriberto Suarez, national commissioner of the discipline.... More


Damascus, October 1 (RHC)-- The Syrian government has confirmed that President Bashar al-Assad requested military assistance from Russia, as Moscow gets the parliamentary approval for military presence in Syria.... More


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