Section: Latin America
China Launches its First Domestically-Made Aircraft Carrier
BEIJING – China has launched its first aircraft carrier built entirely on its own, in a demonstration of the growing technical sophistication of its defense industries and determination to safeguard its maritime territorial claims and crucial trade routes. The 50,000-ton carrier was towed from its dockyard just after 9 a.m. Wednesday following a...
UEFA Charge Dynamo Kiev with Racist Behavior
In 2015, fans of the club were filmed attacking four black supporters during a home Champions League match with English Premier League side Chelsea. …read more Source:...
US Troops Reach Donbass, Supply Ukraine Govt With Instructors
The situation in the Donbass region that comprises of Donetsk and Luhansk regions of Ukraine has become worse in the past few days. …read more Source:...
OSCE to Launch Criminal Investigation after Worker Killed in East Ukraine
The secretary general of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe said on Tuesday that those responsible for the death of an OSCE worker in eastern Ukraine should be found and brought to justice. …read more Source: Latin American Herald...
Russia to Supply Power to Rebel-Controlled Eastern Ukraine
MOSCOW – In a move that further cements Russia’s control over parts of eastern Ukraine, Russian officials announced Tuesday they will begin supplying electricity to separatist-controlled areas in eastern Ukraine after the Ukrainian government cut off the power because of millions in unpaid bills. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov described...
American Monitor Killed in Ukraine When Mine Hits Vehicle
MOSCOW — An American member of the OSCE’s monitoring mission in eastern Ukraine died Sunday and two others were wounded when their vehicle was blown up by a mine in the separatist Luhansk region. The mission’s deputy head, Alexander Hug, said the member killed was from the U.S. and the two wounded are from Germany and the Czech...
Pope Francis Calls on World Leaders to Prevent Conflict, End Arms Trade
Pope Francis called for an end to all conflict as he gave his traditional Easter Sunday speech from St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, touching upon recent outbreaks of violence in the Middle East, Africa and Ukraine. …read more Source: Latin American Herald...
Pope Decries ‘Vile’ Attack on Syrians in Easter Address
VATICAN CITY — On Christianity’s most joyful day, Pope Francis lamented the horrors generated by war and hatred, delivering an Easter Sunday message that also decried the “latest vile” attack on civilians in Syria. Both in his impromptu homily during Mass in St. Peter’s Square and later in his formal “Urbi et...
Pope decries ‘vile’ attack on Syrians in Easter address
On Christianity’s most joyful day, Pope Francis lamented the horrors generated by war and hatred, delivering an Easter Sunday message that also decried the “latest vile” attack on civilians in Syria. Both in his impromptu homily during Mass in St. Peter’s Square and later in his formal “Urbi et Orbi” Easter...
Russia reset redux? Trump tries where predecessors failed
It’s a familiar refrain: A new American president seeks improved relations with Russia. And like his predecessors, Donald Trump is running into a thicket of obstacles, new and old, to even maintaining a functioning relationship with Moscow. For Trump, the grievances inherited from Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama have been...
