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Thu, 02 Jun 2022 09:43:00 GMT
US lifts restrictions on air services to and from Cuba
The US Government of President Joseph Biden Wednesday lifted a series of restrictions on flights to and from Cuba stemming from the Donald Trump era, the Transportation Department announced.

Thu, 02 Jun 2022 09:34:00 GMT
Former Cali Cartel capo dies in US prison
Wednesday's death at a US prison of former Cali Cartel capo Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela, aka El Ajedrecista (The Chessman), who used to wage his own war against rival trafficker Pablo Escobar of the Medellín Cartel, has reviv...

Thu, 02 Jun 2022 07:25:00 GMT
Agatha leaves at least 11 dead at Mexican Pacific resorts
After entering history books as the most powerful hurricane to make landfall in Mexico's Pacific coasts during May, Wednesday's reports from the area mention at least 11 fatalities and at least 33 others missing, according to O...

Wed, 01 Jun 2022 20:48:00 GMT
Colombia: Survey shows Hernández two points ahead of Petro
Colombia's surprising runner-up in last Sunday's elections Rodolfo Hernández is poised to become the country's next president, according to a survey conducted by the Centro Nacional de Consultoría.

Wed, 01 Jun 2022 09:48:00 GMT
Colombia: Coal miner dies, other 14 trapped inside after explosion
Miner Fabio Cáceres García died Tuesday as a result of "an explosion of methane and coal dust" in El Zulia in eastern Colombia, while 14 other workers remained trapped, it was reported.

Wed, 01 Jun 2022 09:45:00 GMT
Nicaragua's Parliament bans Language Academy and 82 other NGOs
Nicaragua's legal assembly has approved with no debate Sandinista Deputy Filiberto Rodríguez's bill to outlaw the Language Academy and 82 other NGOs which, according to the Ministry of the Interior (Mingob), have failed to com...

Wed, 01 Jun 2022 09:35:00 GMT
IAPA concerned over Judiciary deployment in Costa Rican newspaper case
Inter-American Press Association (IAPA) President Jorge Canahuati urged Costa Rica's judiciary to handle the process with transparency and to observe the due process of law as legal action has been taken involving Diario Extra.

Tue, 31 May 2022 10:55:00 GMT
“Colombian Trump” now 3 weeks from being elected
Non-leftwing voters have all their eggs now in Rodolfo Hernandez's basket, after the candidate many dub the “Colombian Trump” made it to the second round against all forecasts, to face off former M19 guerrilla leader and c...

Tue, 31 May 2022 10:04:00 GMT
Hurricane Agatha makes landfall in Mexican state of Oaxaca
Agatha Monday made landfall in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca as a Class 2 hurricane, according to reports from the National Meteorological Service (SMN).

Tue, 31 May 2022 09:49:00 GMT
WHO says tobacco industry poisoning the planet, and sponsors "polluter pays principle" and banning cigarette filters
The World Health Organization (WHO) revealed on Tuesday new information on the extent to which tobacco damages both the environment and human health, calling for steps to make the industry more accountable for the destruction i...



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