La Paz, August 28 (RHC)-- Bolivia’s President Evo Morales has announced that the sale of land will be banned in regions affected by the Amazon fires, in order to stop ranchers and agro-capitalists from profiting off the fires once they recede, and so that those areas can be reforested rather than exploited. Morales also announced that fires in one forest area of Bolivia’s Amazon region have been entirely extinguished thanks to the work of the ‘Supertanker.’ ... More
Miami, August 28 (RHC)-- Dorian strengthened into a Category 1 hurricane Wednesday as it blew through Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands and heads toward the U.S. Southeast coast, where it is scheduled to arrive by the weekend.... More
Mexico City, August 28 (RHC)-- African and Haitian migrants repeated Tuesday the peaceful demonstrations they have been holding for a week outside the Siglo XXI migration post in Tapachula in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas.... More
Buenos Aires, August 28 (RHC)-- The Argentinian presidential candidate Alberto Fernandez received on Monday a mission from the International Monetary Fund (MFI) headed by Roberto Cardarelli and Alejandro Werner, the director of the IMF’s Western Hemisphere Department. After a meeting held in Buenos Aires, the "Front for All" (FT) leader publicly established that he is distancing himself from the structural adjustment policies.... More
United Nations, August 28 (RHC)-- The head of a United Nations agency supporting Palestinian refugees, which is under a corruption investigation, said it still needed $150 million in donations to keep it operating until the end of this year.... More
Havana, August 28 (RHC) – Pan-Am champion, Cuban Maylin del Toro, may win this Wednesday the first medal for Cuba in the Judo World Championship that takes place in Tokyo, Japan, until next August 31.... More
Havana, August 28 (RHC) – A total of 10 World Championship medalist will represent Cuba in the next World Wrestling Championship to be celebrated in Nur Sultan, Kazakhstan, from September 14 to September 22. ... More
Lima, August 28 (RHC) – Cuban athlete Leonardo Diaz got disqualified from the Discus Throw competition in the category F54-56 (Wheel Chair), when a reclamation was filed by the Mexican delegation and it was accepted by the International Officials in the event.... More
Havana, August 28 (RHC)— Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez announced he is meeting Wednesday with his Canadian counterpart, the Honorable Chrystia Freeland, who is on a working visit on the island.... More
Washington, August 28 (RHC)—Five new lawsuits were filed Tuesday in the United States against Royal Caribbean, Norwegian Cruise and MSC Cruises lines under Title III of the controversial Helms-Burton Law against Cuba.... More
Havana, August 28 (RHC)-- Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel continued his systematic review of the implementation of programs to preserve libraries and historical sites in Cuba. He also met with experts in the areas of climate change and efforts to address problems in the sugar agroindustry.... More
San Juan, August 28 (RHC)-- Puerto Rico is under a state of emergency, ordered by its colonial power in Washington, as Tropical Storm Dorian makes its way through the Caribbean. Forecasters warn heavy rain could cause landslides, heavy flooding and power outages on the island still recovering from Hurricane Maria almost two years ago.... More
Baghdad, August 28 (RHC)-- Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi says his country’s armed forces are fully prepared to respond firmly to any act of aggression launched either from outside or inside Iraq.... More
Washington, August 28 (RHC)-- The United States has approved an estimated $3.3 billion sale of anti-ballistic missiles to Japan, a Pentagon agency says, as North Korea expands its defensive missile capabilities viewed as a threat to the U.S. ally.... More
Beirut, August 28 (RHC)-- Lebanon’s Higher Defense Council has stated that the Lebanese nation reserves the right to defend the country “by any means necessary” in the wake of an Israeli drone attack on the southern part of the capital Beirut at the weekend.... More
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