Section: Latin America
Kremlin: Sessions uproar an impediment to fixing relations
A senior lawmaker called it “hysteria.” The Foreign Ministry said it was “media vandalism.” The Kremlin lamented the “emotional atmosphere” currently in Washington about Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ meetings with a Russian diplomat, saying it could thwart efforts to mend relations. The uproar is widely...
Russia-Backed Rebels Take Over Factories, Mines in Ukraine
MOSCOW — Russian-backed rebels are taking over scores of factories and mines in eastern Ukraine, many of them belonging to a tycoon whose foundation has been the largest provider of humanitarian aid to a war-battered population. The moves announced Wednesday by the rebels came after a weeks of blockade of the east by Ukrainian nationalists and...
Trump recommits to U.S. allies but says they must pay ‘fair share’
President Donald Trump on Tuesday reaffirmed support for the United States’ longstanding security alliances around the world but insisted that friends and partners from Europe to the Middle East to the Pacific must “pay their fair share of the cost.” In his first nationally televised speech to Congress since taking office on Jan. 20, Trump...
Russian Ruble to Be Currency of Ukraine’s Separatist Region of Luhansk
The self-proclaimed Luhansk People’s Republic in pro-Russian East Ukraine is to use the Russian ruble as its official currency, according to a separatist government statement. …read more Source: Latin American Herald...
US Condemns Attacks on Special Monitoring Mission in Eastern Ukraine
WASHINGTON – The United States on Sunday condemned an attack on special monitoring missions in eastern Ukraine and called on Russia and the separatist forces it backs to immediately observe the ceasefire under the Minsk agreements. ”We condemn Friday’s targeting of OSCE special monitoring mission (SMM) monitors and the seizure of a...
Svitolina Tops Wozniacki to Win Dubai Title
Ukraine’s Elina Svitolina defeated Denmark’s Caroline Wozniacki 6-4, 6-2 on Saturday to win the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships. …read more Source: Latin American Herald...
Ukrainian Lawmaker Visits Rebel East, Urges Prisoner Release
MOSCOW – A Ukrainian lawmaker visited the rebel-held east on Friday to meet with Ukrainian prisoners there, a trip that irked many in Ukraine. Nadiya Savchenko, a pilot who spent two years in a Russian prison before her release last year, visited a prison in the rebel-held city of Makiivka. Savchenko said on Facebook that her goal is to help free...
Ukrainian Nationalists Stage a Show of Force in the Capital Kiev
Smoke bombs, flares and nationalist imagery made for a highly charged demonstration in the Ukrainian capital on Wednesday as protesters turned out to oppose business dealings with the rebel-occupied east and voiced their support for government reform. …read more Source: Latin American Herald...
OSCE Head: Ukraine Ceasefire ‘Doesn’t Look Too Good’
UNITED NATIONS – The head of the OSCE said on Tuesday that a ceasefire in Ukraine was not looking “too good” and confirmation of the agreed removal of heavy artillery would have to wait until at least Wednesday. “It looks like activities are continuing. I don’t have a last-minute confirmation, but it doesn’t look too...
Trump lawyer denies NY Times claim he gave Ukrainian plan to White House
By Bill Hoffmann From Newsmax Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, told Newsmax on Monday that a New York Times article claiming he delivered a “sealed proposal” from a Ukrainian lawmaker to Trump’s national security adviser is a “fake news” story written as part of the newspaper’s ongoing plot to...
