Sports News Roundup April 13

The Cuban duo of José Antonio Guerra and Jeinkler Aguirre won the bronze medal in the synchronized platform during the final day of the third stop of the Gatineau Grand Prix, in Canada.... More


New York artist, Duke Riley, is scheduled to “install” an ice skating rink at Havana’s Seaside Drive during Havana’s 22nd Art Biennial set to kick off on May 24th... More


Panama City, Apr 11, (RHC), -- The first official meeting between Cuban President Raul Castro and U.S. President Barack Obama has been “productive”, according to Cuba’s Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez, who addressed reporters shortly after the landmark talks.... More


Panama City, Apr 11, (RHC), -- The presidents of Venezuela and the United States, Niclas Maduro and Barack Obama, respectively, held a closed-door meeting beside the official program of the Summit of the Americas, to discuss the escalation of tensions between the two countries.... More


Panama City, Apr 11, (RHC), -- Participants at the People’s Summit in Panama issued a joint statement on Saturday rejecting U.S. intervention in the affairs of Latin America and the Caribbean, and declaring the region a “Zone of Peace.”... More


Panama City, Apr 11, (RHC), -- Venezuela’s president Nicolas Maduro gave an impassioned speech at the seventh Summit of the Americas, in which he said he “extends an open hand to president Obama” in order to resolve their differences, but without interfering in each other’s internal affairs.... More


Panama City, Apr 11, (RHC) -- ,Argentina’s president Cristina Fernandez defended both Cuba and Venezuela, adding however that she valued Obama’s willingness to begin new relations with Cuba, the multinational news channel TeleSur reported.... More


Panama City, Apr 11, (RHC), -- Cuban President Raul Castro held talks on Satuday with his US counterpart, Barack Obama, in the first time the two nations' leaders have sat down for substantive discussions in more than 50 years.... More


Panama City, April 11 (teleSUR-RHC) The heads of state of the member countries of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of America (ALBA) met early Saturday in Panama, where regional leaders have gathered in order to participate in the Summit of the Americas. ... More


Panama City, April 11 (teleSUR-RHC) Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa said on Friday the Summit of the Americas should serve as an opportunity for regional leaders to prevent foreign interference in the domestic affairs of the countries of the hemisphere. ... More


GAZA, April 11 (Xinhua) -- Although Palestinians are deeply concerned over the ongoing fighting in the Palestinian refugee camp of Yarmouk, south of the Syrian capital Damascus, they reject resorting to a military option to solve the crisis there, Xinhua news agency reports.... More


Panama City, April 11 (teleSUR-RHC) U.S. President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro are expected to meet on Saturday at the Summit of the Americas meeting, the White House confirmed on Friday. ... More


Rome, Apr 11, (RHC), – Italian ships have rescued almost 1,000 migrants from three overcrowded skiffs near the coast of Libya.... More


Panama City, April 11 (teleSUR-RHC) Prime Minister of Trinidad & Tobago, Kamla Persad-Bissessar, said she was happy that the United States has agreed to a Caribbean Security Summit which could be held as early as June at a venue to be decided. ... More


Quito, April 11 (teleSUR-RHC) The Ecuadorean National Secretary of Communication rejected on Friday the statement by the SIP urging the Latin-American heads of states “not to be indifferent” before the alleged violations of human rights committed under the governments of Raul Castro (Cuba), Rafael Correa (Ecuador) and Nicolas Maduro (Venezuela). ... More


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