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Wed, 20 May 2026 23:18:00 GMT
Bolivia escalates internal conflict into diplomatic clash with Colombia and divided regional backing
The political and social crisis that has been shaking Bolivia for 15 days escalated on Wednesday into a regional diplomatic confrontation, with the government of Rodrigo Paz expelling the Colombian ambassador to La Paz, Elizabe...

Wed, 20 May 2026 18:29:00 GMT
United States indicts Raúl Castro over 1996 shootdown of Brothers to the Rescue aircraft
The US Department of Justice on Wednesday filed formal charges against former Cuban president Raúl Castro and five other Cuban military officers on counts of murder, conspiracy to murder US citizens, and destruction of aircraf...

Tue, 19 May 2026 12:10:00 GMT
Bolivia: miners' dynamite and peasants' siege reach the heart of power in La Paz
The center of La Paz turned on Monday into the stage of a more than three-hour pitched battle in which thousands of salaried miners and peasants clashed with police forces trying to prevent their entry to Plaza Murillo, the sea...

Tue, 19 May 2026 02:09:00 GMT
After CIA director's trip to Havana, Cuba warns of "bloodbath" in case of attack
Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel warned on Monday that a possible US military attack on the island "will provoke a bloodbath of incalculable consequences," in the most explicit hardening of Havana's discourse toward Washingto...

Tue, 19 May 2026 01:42:00 GMT
Chilean executive detained in Brazil for racist and homophobic insults to Latam flight attendant
Chilean executive Germán Naranjo Maldini has been held since Friday 15 May at the Guarulhos prison on the outskirts of São Paulo, charged with racial slur after directing racist and homophobic insults at a flight attendant of...

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