U.S. Refuses To Invite Cuba To Summit Of The Americas In Los Angeles
The Biden administration plans to exclude Cuba from the upcoming Summit of the Americas, a major global meeting to be held in Los Angeles in June that typically welcomes all governments in the Western Hemisphere, a senior U.S. official told The Times. The summit, which is held every three or four years, is being convened …...
World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) Members Vote to Suspend Russia
The Russian Federation has been suspended from the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), losing with immediate effect its rights and privileges as part of the United Nations specialized agency. Meeting for a first extraordinary UNWTO General Assembly, Members debated the suspension of Russia from the Organization, as decided by the UNWTO...
Rodrigo Chaves Assumes Presidency of Costa Rica
The economist Rodrigo Chaves will assume this Sunday as president of Costa Rica for the period 2022-2026 in a ceremony of transfer of command that will be marked by austerity and because it will be held for the first time at the headquarters of the Legislative Assembly. “The celebration of the transfer of powers is …...
President Announces Measures Against Possible Food Shortages Worldwide
President Luis Abinader informed this Friday in Bonao, Monseñor Nouel province, that the priority of his administration is to promote family agriculture in view of the possibility of a worldwide food shortage caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. To this end, the head of State announced the creation of a program, with all government...
Mexican President Slams US On Tour Of Central America
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has started a five-day tour to four Central American countries and Cuba by lashing out at the U.S. government Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador started a five-day tour to four Central American countries and Cuba on Thursday by lashing out at the U.S. government. López Obrador...
Lopez Obrador Ratifies May Tour of Central America and Cuba
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador ratified on Monday that he will begin a tour of Central America and Cuba on May 5. He recalled that the famous Battle of Puebla took place on May 5, when Mexican troops bravely and honorably repelled an invading attack, only 41 years after its Independence, when it was …...
From Guatemala, AMLO Once Again Demands Investment from The United States in Central America
Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador kicked off his Central American tour in Guatemala on Thursday May 5, meeting his counterpart Alejandro Giamattei who was with him. Deal mainly, issues of migration and regional development. From that country, the Mexican president called on the United States to fund social programs he proposed to launch on...
El Salvador Extends Emergency Powers to Fight Gangs
El Salvador’s Congress on Sunday approved a month-long extension of emergency measures that rights groups say infringe civil liberties but which President Nayib Bukele has said are necessary after a surge of gang killings. The measures, which enact emergency powers to limit some constitutional rights, went into effect late last...
Dominican Diplomat Freed Four Days After Haiti Kidnap
A Dominican diplomat was kidnapped in Haiti and released after four days, the Dominican Republic’s foreign minister said on Monday, in an abduction that coincides with a spike in gang violence in the Caribbean country. Carlos Guillen, an attache for the Dominican embassy, went missing on Friday as he was driving from Port-au-Prince...
Cuban FM Grateful for Solidarity After Event at Saratoga Hotel
Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez expressed gratitude on Saturday for the solidarity with his country by governments, organizations and friends, after the tragic accident at the Saratoga Hotel in Havana. The foreign minister tweeted that messages of support for the Cuban people and the families of the victims at this time of...
