Colombia protest: Thousands march for peace after cadet killings
Thousands of people across Colombia have taken to the streets demanding peace and chanting “no to terrorism”. The protests were in response to the death of 20 police cadets in…
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Death toll in Colombia bombing rises to 21 as threats linger
Colombian authorities were scrambling to identify who was behind a brazen car bombing at a police academy in Bogota that has rattled residents and raised tough questions about lingering security…
CIA Director Gina Haspel may have run ‘black site’ at Guantánamo Bay, court docs reveal
CIA Director Gina Haspel, confirmed by the Senate last year amid accusations of involvement in torture, may have run a so-called ‘black site’ at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. Haspel did not…
‘Cuban crickets, not weapon, heard by US diplomats’
In November 2016, US diplomats in Cuba complained of persistent, high-pitched sounds followed by a range of symptoms, including headaches, nausea and hearing loss. Exams of nearly two dozen of…
Buzzer-beating KOs & rare submissions
From Khabib Nurmagomedov’s spectacular submission of Conor McGregor, to Alexander Volkov’s knockout of MMA heavyweight great Fabricio Werdum, 2018 was another bumper year in the UFC history books. Here, RT…
Raul Castro blasts United States on 60th anniversary of revolution
On the 60th anniversary of Cuba’s revolution, ruling Communist Party leader Raul Castro blasted the Trump administration for returning to an outdated path of confrontation with the island nation and…
Brazil’s Bolsonaro assumes office amid big hopes and fears
Jair Bolsonaro was sworn in as Brazil’s president Tuesday, taking the reins of Latin America’s largest and most populous nation with promises to overhaul myriad aspects of daily life and…
Ilham Aliyev congratulates President of Cuba’s Council of State and Council of Ministers
President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev congratulated Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermudez, President of the Council of State and Council of Ministers of the Republic of Cuba. “On behalf of…
Cuba around the world: 60 years of weapons and white coats
As its revolution turns 60, Cuba is still reaching out all over the world to spread the socialist ideology that carried Fidel Castro to power in 1959. Soldiers, doctors and…
60 years on, Miami’s Cubans have brought Caribbean flair
Underpinning Miami, Florida, is 60 years of Castroism in Cuba: The island’s diaspora has transformed the city into a towering skyline, where smells of fried “croquetas” and sounds of Spanish…