Chinese President Hu Jintao called for inclusive development in Asia on Friday as he attended the opening ceremony of the 2011 annual meeting of the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA). As the second decade of…
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Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro highly praised former U.S. President Jimmy Carter for his “brave gesture” Thursday, saying Carter was the only U.S. president who had “enough courage” to address the troubled ties between the…
Brazil reassured FIFA on Monday it would be ready to stage a good World Cup in 2014 after president Sepp Blatter criticised delays in the country’s preparations. Blatter warned the South American giant that it…
Former US President Jimmy Carter is in Cuba for a three-day visit. He has made it clear that the trip, his first in nine years, is a private event. He adds that the primary purpose…
Crowds of people, gathered near Mexico City, while hot air balloons took to the sky, in a celebration, to mark the official arrival of a new season. That’s right Sunday set off the vernal equinox,…
U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday recognized that the history between Latin American and the U.S. has lived through difficult times but urged the people and its leaders to try to move on. Obama, speaking…
Israel Defense Minister Ehud Barak says his country will ask for another 20 billion dollars from the United States to modernize Israeli arsenals and maintain what he called its “qualitative progress” in military matters concerning…
Cuban pianist and composer Chucho Valdes won his fourth Grammy award to the Best Latin Jazz Album on the 53 annual awards ceremony of the American Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Valdes won the…
The Culture Ministry of Colombia said on Wednesday that 19 native languages in the country are at serious risk of extinction and five others are almost disappearing. The Tinigua is the most vulnerable language because…
The US government is setting the terrain for the 2012 presidential elections in Venezuela, soliciting funding to back anti-Chavez groups and help prepare a “candidate” to oppose Chavez. Republicans call for an “embargo” against the…