Although Benjamin Netanyahu lost the recent parliamentary elections in Israel with his Likud Party, that nation’s president, Reuven Rivlin, has asked him to form a new government, despite the difficulties posed by the political fragmentation in that country.... More


Trump against the ropes... again!

Nancy Pelosi, speaker of the US House speaker of Representatives, warned that official investigations are being conducted to bring President Donald Trump to trial for allegedly violating the US Constitution and also endangering the National Security of the United States.... More


Leaders and representatives from some fifty nations attended the UN Climate Change Action Summit, which called for action in view of the acceleration of climate change with its negative effects on our planet, although some insist on denying this very negative process.... More


The World Health Organization and the United Nations Children's Fund, UNICEF, have just issued separate reports that show appalling figures of maternal and children mortality in the world, a scourge that, even if it shows a slight reduction, continues to punish the less developed nations.... More


Given the inability of the Spanish Socialist Workers Party to form a new Government headed by its leader, Pedro Sánchez, general elections have been convened for November 10th to seek a solution to the prolonged political crisis afflicting that European nation.... More


As the disappearance of forty three high school students from the Mexican Ayotzinapa Teachers School, in the State of Guerrero, is about to record its fifth year, the indignation of parents and other relatives, as well as of the community has risen to new heights following the decision of a local judge to set free a group of twenty four suspects.... More


Serious political and economic tension is affecting a major part of our Planet Earth following the recent attack by groups of drones against oil installations in Saudi Arabia, including the largest oil refinery in the world.... More


High power economic groups, which include some officials in the Trump Administration, could be conducting a conspiracy to depose Pope Francis and achieve the election of a new Pontiff closer to their interests.... More


Bolton fired! What gives?

Here in Cuba, we are surprised by the news of the firing of National Security Advisor John Bolton by Donald Trump. We ask, what does it mean?... More


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The first day of school in Cuba

Today is the first day of school in Cuba. Here in Havana, near the studios of Havana Radio Cuba, a multitude of children could be seen, walking to their schools in their school uniforms, new book bags in hand, accompanied by their parents and grandparents.... More


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anberra, Aug 21 (PL) Australia will be part of the U.S.-led mission in the Strait of Hormuz, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said Wednesday.... More


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