Cuba and Panama have begun negotiations towards a migration agreement to control the flow of migrants and fight against the trafficking in people and other related crimes.... More


Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos has said that talks aimed at ending hostilities with the country's second largest guerrilla group, the National Liberation Army (ELN), could start as early as next week if the rebel group agrees to hand over hostages.... More


Cuba ratified Thursday in Geneva its willingness to support the international struggle against racism, discrimination, xenophobia and all forms and manifestations of intolerance.... More


Peru's Former Spy Chief, Vladimiro Montesinos

A court in Peru has sentenced the country's former spy chief, Vladimiro Montesinos, to 22 years in jail for the forced disappearance of a professor and two students in 1993.... More


China and Latin America are cooperating in order to make the world a more balanced and peaceful place, a senior Chinese state official said Tuesday in Ecuador.... More


Nearly 600 more U.S. troops will be dispatched to Iraq in coming weeks to reinforce Iraqi government forces to take back the city of Mosul from the extreme Islam State (the IS.... More


Cuban President Raúl Castro and the delegation that accompanied him on his Colombia trip returned home Tuesday. ... More


President of Guinea-Bissau José Mário Vaz

President of Guinea-Bissau José Mário Vaz begins Wednesday an official visit to Cuba, during which he will hold talks with his Cuban counterpart, President Raúl Castro.... More


The Cuban Ministry of Health issued an official statement Tuesday evening, saying that the country will continue its participation in the Mais Médicos (More Doctors) program with the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) in Brazil, 'as long as the guarantees offered by the current Brazilian authorities are in place.'... More


The Syrian military intensified its airstrikes on rebel positions in the northern city of Aleppo on Wednesday, a military source said on condition of anonymity.... More


The 27th International Congress of Orthopedics and Traumatology began sessions Tuesday at the Plaza América Convention Center in Cuba's famous Varadero beach resort.... More


Bolivian President Evo Morales on Tuesday called the TV debate between U.S. presidential candidates "only a show" and said the November elections would not affect Bolivia-U.S. ties.... More


Former Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli

Panama has submitted a formal request with the U.S. Department of State for the extradition of former Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli to face Panamanian justice, the country’s foreign ministry said Tuesday.... More


Shimon Peres, Israel's former president and its eldest statesman, passed away in a hospital outside Tel Aviv Wednesday morning, two weeks after he suffered a stroke, a spokesperson for the hospital confirmed.... More


The Cuban Attorney General´s Office said the meeting here in Havana of Cuban and U.S. prosecutors signals both countries' interest in boosting bilateral exchanges, which by no means entails compromising Cuba's national sovereignty and independence.... More


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