Washington, November 20 (RHC)-- U.S. President Joe Biden has created discord within the White House over his “horrific” Israel policy amid the ongoing genocide of Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip. The U.S. "Leahy Laws" prohibit supplying military aid to Washington’s allies if they are committing human rights violations and blocking aid to war victims.... More
Brasilia, November 20 (RHC)-- Five people have been arrested in Brazil for their suspected involvement in an alleged attempt to assassinate then President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and his vice president in December 2022, according to police. The police said in a statement on Tuesday that most of those investigated in the alleged coup attempt are military personnel with special forces training.... More
Caracas, November 19 (RHC)-- Vemezuelan Foreign Minister Yvan Gil has issued a strong statement following the departure of Josep Borrell from his position as High Representative of the European Union. Gil harshly criticized Borrell’s work during his tenure, asserting that it was marked by attempts to “lie and harm Venezuela,” as well as being “inspired by his old colonialist thinking.”... More
Panama City, Nov 19 (PL) The Panama national team secured its place in the Final Four of the CONCACAF Nations League after tying Costa Rica 2-2, but with a 3-2 aggregate score.... More
Baku, November 19 (RHC)-- "Cuba is the victim of the longest economic, commercial and financial blockade ever imposed by the U.S. government on any nation in history," denounced Armando Rodríguez Batista, Cuban Minister of Science, Technology and Environment (Citma).... More
Havana, Nov 19 (ACN) Cuban Luis Ernesto Quesada could not close with a win and said goodbye far from the prizes in the International and National Chess Tournament Revolution Cup 2024, led by Colombian Sebastian Felipe Sanchez.... More
Santiago de Cuba, Nov 19 (RHC) - The Cuban national soccer team qualified for the preliminaries of the Gold Cup 2025, after defeating its similar team from St. Kitts and Nevis at the Antonio Maceo Stadium in Santiago de Cuba.... More
Managua, November 19 (RHC)-- Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega has offered China the proposal to construct an interoceanic canal through the Central American country, this time with a new route. Instead of crossing the Great Lake, or Lake Cocibolca, the canal would pass through Lake Xolotlan, also known as Lake Managua.... More
Washington, November 19 (RHC)-- U.S. senators will vote Wednesday on whether the U.S. should halt $20 billion of arms sales to Israel. Bernie Sanders introduced the Joint Resolutions of Disapproval as the Biden administration has continued to violate U.S. laws that prohibit the transfer of weapons to governments committing human rights violations.... More
Gaza City, November 19 (RHC)-- In northern Gaza, at least 17 Palestinians were killed when Israel’s military bombed a home near the Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahia. The dead were members of the family of Dr. Hani Badran, one of the few remaining medical workers at Kamal Adwan. ... More
United Nations, November 19 (RHC)-- The United Nations’ special coordinator for the Middle East peace process has warned the Security Council that conditions in Gaza are “among the worst we’ve seen during the entire war and are not set to improve.” ... More
Havana, Nov 19 (RHC) Cuban artist Emilio Wong Ramírez, representing the island, delivered a lecture at a local elementary school in China today, as part of a cultural exchange program organized by the Cuba Cultural Exchange Center of the China-Latin America Industrial Park.... More
Havana, Nov 19 (RHC) The Cuban Minister of Science, Technology, and Environment, Armando Rodríguez, met with the Azerbaijani Minister of Science and Education, Emin Amrullayev.... More
Beirut, November 19 (RHC)-- Israeli strikes on densely populated central Beirut have killed at least five people in the third attack in two days in the middle of Lebanon’s capital, the Ministry of Public Health says. “The Israeli enemy strike on Zuqaq al-Blat in Beirut killed five people and injured 24,” a ministry statement said about Monday’s attack.... More
Rio de Janeiro, November 19 (RHC)-- Leaders of the Group of 20 major economies have called for “comprehensive” ceasefires in Gaza and Lebanon, while also stressing the need for cooperation on climate change, poverty reduction, and taxing the ultrarich.... More
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