Bogotá, October 7 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Political developments are heating up in Colombia as the country prepares for another election, with at least seven candidates killed and 30 municipalities uncovering cases of electoral fraud.... More


Lima, October 7 (teleSUR-RHC)-- The government of Peru announced on Tuesday that it has reached an agreement on changes to the controversial Las Bambas mining project after meeting with mayors whose constituents have raised concerns over its environmental impacts.... More


Montevideo, October 7 (teleSUR-RHC)-- The Uruguayan government reaffirmed Tuesday their commitment to make progress on the political and social recognition of Afro-Uruguayan people, who represent about 10 percent of the national population, while the greatest concentration of this ethnic group is located in Montevideo. ... More


Brasilia, October 7 (teleSUR-RHC)-- The government of Switzerland confirmed on Tuesday that it has frozen the bank accounts and assets of Eduardo Cunha, the speaker of Brazilian lower house of congress, for suspected money laundering that could link him to the corruption scandal surrounding the state-owned oil giant Petrobras. ... More


Viña del Mar, October 6 (RHC-AFP)-- U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Monday that the United States and Cuba are discussing a joint maritime reserve in waters between the two countries.... More


Havana, October 6 (RHC)-- Cubans are today paying homage to the victims of the mid-air sabotage bombing of Cubana airlines Flight 455 off the coast of Barbados, on October 6th, 1976.... More


Havana, October 6 (RHC)-- Visiting Foreign Minister of the United Arab Emirates Abdullah Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan signed a cooperation agreement on air services with his Cuban counterpart, Bruno Rodriguez.... More


Havana, October 6 (RHC)-- Cuban President Raúl Castro met Monday with the visiting Prime Minister of East Timor, Rui María de Araujo, at the Revolution Palace.... More


La Paz, October 6 (RHC)-- “History will condemn those responsible for the terrorist crime in Barbados,” said Cuban hero René González, on occasion of the 39th anniversary this October 6th of the horrendous attack.... More


Havana, October 6 (RHC)-- As part of the process aimed at normalizing bilateral relations between Washington and Havana, U.S. Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker is paying an official visit to the island beginning Tuesday.... More


Viña del Mar, October 6 (RHC)-- U.S. government officials have pointed to the favorable environment to boost cooperation with Cuba and expressed their hope to reach an ocean-protection accord as they spoke at the 2nd International Conference Our Ocean, underway in Chile.... More


Havana, October 6 (RHC)-- United Arab Emirates Foreign Minister Abdullah Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan opened an embassy in Havana on Monday during his official visit to the island.... More


Havana, October 6 (RHC)-- Over 30 companies from 26 countries are displaying their products at a Havana international fair, which is part of the 13th International Congress on Sugar and Derivatives.... More


La Paz, October 6 (RHC)-- The Cuban Five and Colonel Orlando Cardoso, an internationalist fighter who was jailed in Somalia for 11 years, visited the archaeological city of Tiwanaco, in Bolivia.... More


Bogota, October 6 (RHC)-- The Colombian social and political movement Marcha Patriótica (Patriotic March) affirmed that Latin America and the Caribbean will not achieve peace unless the U.S. blockade against Cuba ends.... More


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