Latin America and the Caribbean - and Cuba in that region - have prepared to make substantial contributions to the European Union-CELAC summit meeting, scheduled for July 17-18 in Belgium.... More


The Amazon is in danger. Without urgent action it could reach a point of no return, putting at risk the survival of the native peoples that inhabit it, 10% of the world's known biodiversity and aggravating the climate crisis, which affects everyone.... More


The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) commemorated this week in Trinidad and Tobago its half-century of existence with the 45th meeting of heads of state and government of the bloc, who agreed on the need and importance of deepening the integration achieved to jointly overcome complex common challenges.... More


A lifesize bronze statue of him appeared in Parliament Square over the weekend but the real Julian Assange could very shortly be taken, handcuffed and protesting, from Belmarsh prison in London and flown off to a high security jail in the US.... More


The withdrawal of the Israeli military forces from the Jenin refugee camp, adjacent to the city of the same name, left a trail of destruction; but standing, almost astonishingly, there were still photos of the young Palestinians imprisoned or killed in the last months.... More


Dengue, transmitted by the Aedes Aegypti mosquito, has become an endemic disease in most Latin American and Caribbean nations, where the number of cases has been increasing every year.... More


Assange is facing extradition to the United States from the U.K., where he is currently in Belmarsh prison in south London, over charges related to dissemination of material leaked by Chelsea Manning and published by WikiLeaks and a coalition of five newspapers through 2010 and 2011. ... More


Together with the Cubans in this historic month of July, there will be friends from other nations, especially from Latin America and the Caribbean, to once again show their support for Cuba, for its struggle against the genocidal U.S. blockade and in defense of its right to live in peace.... More


 MERCOSUR, the Common Market of the South, continues to focus on a future agreement with the European Union.... More


An urgency of these times is solidarity and the coordination of joint projects from the South to increase resilience and reduce the vulnerability of less developed countries to the adverse effects of climate change.... More


Cubans see CARICOM, the Caribbean Community, as an integration mechanism resistant to economic adversities, climate fickleness and natural disasters.... More


Peruvians are preparing for a new massive protest demanding the resignation of Dina Boluarte, who became president of the country after last December's parliamentary coup against Pedro Castillo, democratically elected at the polls in 2021 by more than 50% of the electorate.... More


Uncertainty in Guatemala

A little more than a week has passed since the general elections were held in Guatemala, and the panorama is tense and uncertain in the Central American nation, where civil society organizations denounced that the results of the first round of elections are in danger, after the controversial ruling of the Constitutional Court, supported by the Supreme Electoral Tribunal.... More


As part of official visits, work visits or to attend international meetings, Bolivian President Luis Arce has arrived in Havana on several occasions, the last of them recently.... More


The urgent need to protect the sovereignty and integrity of the peoples of Latin America and the Caribbean and to fight against the negative effects of neoliberal policies in the region, which have increased poverty and inequality, were the focus of the debates of the Sao Paulo Forum, which met in Brasilia, the capital of Brazil.... More


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