Cuba has renewed its demand for compensation for damages and losses caused over nearly 60 years of U.S. blockade against the Caribbean state.... More


The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of France issued a press release in which it welcomes an agreement signed between the Ministry of Foreign Trade of Cuba and the French Development Agency (AFD) to finance projects on the island.... More


Members of the Latin American and Caribbean Solidarity Brigade, which arrived in Cuba Monday, said they came to participate alongside the Cuban people in celebrations on the 90th birthday of Revolution leader Fidel Castro. ... More


Lightning strikes have been listed as the main cause of death by natural phenomena in Cuba.... More


Just days before the Olympic Games begin, thousands of members of various Brazilian social movements took to the streets against coup-imposed President Michel Temer and the impeachment process against democratically-elected President Dilma Rousseff. ... More


Syrian army forces are pushing terrorists back in militant-controlled areas of Aleppo as part of a military operation aimed at fully liberating the embattled northwestern city from the grip of extremists. ... More


With more unemployed people than at any time in U.S. history, U.S. President Barack Obama is scheduled to sign the most lavish foreign aid package in the country's history – $3.1 billion in military assistance to Israel. And many political observers ask if the U.S. can truly afford such a gift package to Israel. ... More


Activists from the Black Lives Matter movement in the U.S. joined a protest in the Palestinian village of Bilin near Ramallah in the West Bank in an effort to put an international spotlight on the Israeli oppression, occupation and “genocide” of Palestinians. ... More


UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon says that despite efforts to combat the human trafficking, the international community must step up it’s efforts. The head of the UN urged all nations around the world to recognize their role in putting an end to the problem. ... More


U.S. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said he was taking the gloves off in his battle against Democrat Hillary Clinton in the race for the White House. ... More


In the United States, people are taking global warming more seriously than at any point in the past eight years, according to a Gallup poll which found that 64 percent of the population are worried about global warming -- marking an increase of 10 percent from last year. ... More


Authorities in Lima have launched an investigation into allegations that Peru’s police command operated a death squad that is responsible for the extrajudicial killings of more than two dozen civilians since 2011, a revelation that is reminiscent of the country’s brutal dirty war under its former dictator. ... More


An official from the Venezuelan Attorney General's Office stated unequivocally that the opposition-controlled National Assembly was acting outside the bounds of the Constitution when it reinstated three lawmakers who were suspended over fraud accusations in the December parliamentary vote. ... More


The Zapatistas have strongly criticized mainstream media over its coverage of the recent massacre in the Chiapas community of San Juan Chamula, accusing the “paid press” of focusing on the death of the town’s “corrupt” mayor while ignoring up to dozens of other victims of the bloody tragedy. ... More


The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights approved a special mechanism for monitoring the case of the 43 missing students in Ayotzinapa on Friday, urging the government to redouble its efforts in the investigation.... More


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