Leavenworth, August 19 (RHC)-- Imprisoned U.S. Army whistleblower Chelsea Manning has been spared the punishment of indefinite solitary confinement after more than 100,000 people signed a petition calling on military prison authorities to drop the charges of possession of unauthorized reading material and other minor infractions. ... More
New York, August 19 (RHC)-- In news from upstate New York, an autopsy report obtained by The New York Times determined that the death of a prisoner from the Fishkill Correctional Facility four months ago was a homicide caused by a "physical altercation with corrections officers." ... More
San Francisco, August 19 (RHC)-- A shocking video shows a group of police officers in the U.S. city of San Francisco in California violently detaining a half-naked Black man with a prosthetic leg after mistaking his crutches for guns. ... More
Washington, August 19 (RHC)-- The U.S. administration is working with Havana to sign an accord before the year's end, allowing U.S. tourists to travel to Cuba on commercial flights, according to the Wall Street Journal.... More
Rome, August 19 (RHC) -- Pope Francis has no plans to meet with representatives of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) during his visit to Cuba in September, a Vatican source reported today.... More
Fort Worth, August 19 (RHC)-- American Airlines and Cuba Travel Services plan to operate the first charter flights between Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) and Jose Marti International Airport (HAV) in Havana later this year, the Associated Press reported on Tuesday.... More
Pinar del Rio, August 19 (RHC) -– The tobacco harvest in the western province of Pinar del Rio will conclude with an additional 3,400 tons over those collected in the previous campaign.... More
Caracas, August 19 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro revealed a video Tuesday that shows links between leading figures of the country's right wing opposition and alleged para-military groups.... More
Montevideo, August 19 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Following a period of drought, Uruguay has been hit by two weeks of heavy rains causing floods that have forced more than 5,000 to evacuate their homes. ... More
Guatemala City, August 19 (teleSUR-RHC)-- A Guatemalan court postponed deciding on whether former Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt was fit to stand trial, a few hours after his lawyers handed in a medical report claiming the former dictator suffered from dementia.... More
La Paz, August 19 (teleSUR-RHC)-- A police officer has died and 10 others have been injured after local residents clashed with police over a gold mine dispute taking place north of La Paz, the government reported on Tuesday. ... More
Santiago de Chile, August 19 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Chile has created a unit within the army designated to aid the investigation into abuses committed by late dictator Augusto Pinochet's regime and break the decades-long pacts of silence. ... More
Mexico City, August 19 (teleSUR-RHC)-- A federal court sentenced a sub lieutenant to prison on Tuesday over his role in the forced disappearance of a civilian in a northern border state, marking a legal milestone in a country where authorities have faced heavy national and international criticism for lacking the political will to prosecute security forces. ... More
American a Capella music group Take 6 will perform in Havana in late September as part of a music festival called Les voix humaines, sponsored by Leo Brouwer... More
Cuba's main event this year will be the FIBA America Pre-Olympic Tournament in Mexico. It is going to be an extremely tough tournament for those who have barely seen playing time since the Central American Games.... More
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