Buenos Aires, April 17 (teleSUR-RHC)-- A bank account opened by late attorney Alberto Nisman in the United States is under investigation by Argentinian authorities, Judge Rodolfo Canicoba Corral confirmed on Thursday during a radio interview. ... More
Caracas, April 17 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Nearly half of Venezuela's population will be living in free or low cost housing provided by the government by the end of the decade, planning minister Ricardo Menendez said on Wednesday. ... More
Cuban baseball players Alexei Bell, Ismel Jiménez, Yordan Manduley and Yunieski Gurriel signed contracts today with the Capitals Québec of the Canadian Pro Independent League, where they will play next season.... More
Cuba has called for a new economic, financial and monetary order, where the interests and needs of the countries to the south and the majorities are included as priorities.... More
Havana, April 16 (RHC)-- Cubans are today celebrating the 54th anniversary of the proclamation of the socialist character of the Revolution and Militia Day, in honor of the Cuban combatants killed in April 1961, while confronting U.S.-paid and trained mercenaries at Bay of Pigs.... More
La Paz, April 16 (RHC)-- Bolivian President Evo Morales said that Cuba is not a terrorist state, and therefore it should have never been included on any U.S. blacklist of countries that supposedly sponsor international terrorism. ... More
Sanaa, April 16 (RHC)-- At least twenty people have been killed in the latest Saudi air raids on Yemen’s Amran province. According to al-Massira television, dozens of people were also injured during the Wednesday night raid on the Houth region in the western central Amran province. ... More
Paris, April 16 (RHC)-- Cuba's Deputy Higher Education Minister Oberto Santin paid a working visit to France, during which he signed several agreements aimed at expanding and strengthening bilateral cooperation in the field.... More
Miami, April 16 (teleSUR-RHC)-- A U.S. court in Florida has agreed to hear a civil case against the alleged killer of famous Chilean musician Victor Jara. ... More
Washington, April 16 (RHC)-- Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has sharply criticized the Saudi-led bombing of Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen, escalating tensions between two key U.S. allies. ... More
Ramadi, April 16 (RHC)-- In Iraq, the self-proclaimed Islamic State has gained new ground, claiming several villages near Ramadi, the capital of Anbar province.... More
New York, April 16 (RHC)-- Standard & Poor’s (S&P) has cut Greece’s credit rating again, saying it expects the country’s debt to be “unsustainable." In a press release on Wednesday, S&P dropped the long- and short-term sovereign credit rating of Greece to CCC+/C from B-/B and described the outlook for the country’s full-year economic growth as “negative, given the risk of further worsening in liquidity for the sovereign, the banks, and the economy.” ... More
Bogota, April 16 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Colombia's Supreme Court of Justice has named former President Alvaro Uribe as the mastermind behind the bribery scandal that saw three of his former officials found guilty and ordered imprisoned. ... More
Washington, April 16 (RHC)-- A small helicopter has landed on the U.S. Capitol's West Lawn in Washington, DC, prompting a security lockdown at the area. Capitol Police Public Information Officer Lieutenant Kimberly Schneider said that the incident happened on Wednesday after 1:00 p.m. The gyrocopter appeared to be decorated with the logo of the United States Postal Service. ... More
Washington, April 16 (RHC)-- Low-wage workers in the United States have staged their largest action to date to demand a $15-an-hour minimum wage, with some 60,000 workers walking off the job in more than 200 cities. ... More
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