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'The disappointment is huge:' Cuban women's volleyball team denied US visa to compete in Puerto Rico
Read full article: 'The disappointment is huge:' Cuban women's volleyball team denied US visa to compete in Puerto RicoThe Cuban women’s national volleyball team was denied a chance to play in a tournament in Puerto Rico following the new visa restrictions imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump.
Colombia extends cease-fire with National Liberation Army as rebels promise to stop kidnappings
Read full article: Colombia extends cease-fire with National Liberation Army as rebels promise to stop kidnappingsColombia’s government and the nation’s largest remaining guerrilla group have reached a last-minute deal to extend a cease-fire that began last year by six months.
A Molotov cocktail is thrown at the Cuban Embassy in Washington, but there's no significant damage
Read full article: A Molotov cocktail is thrown at the Cuban Embassy in Washington, but there's no significant damageAt least one Molotov cocktail has been thrown at the Cuban Embassy in Washington, but there was no significant damage and no one was injured.
Colombian rebels say they freed 6 soldiers ahead of talks
Read full article: Colombian rebels say they freed 6 soldiers ahead of talksA Colombian guerrilla group says it has freed six captive soldiers in a goodwill gesture ahead of planned peace talks with the government of new President Gustavo Petro.
Firefighters rescue 'Cinder' the elk calf from fire's ashes
Read full article: Firefighters rescue 'Cinder' the elk calf from fire's ashesFirefighters have rescued an abandoned newborn elk calf from the ashes of the nation’s largest wildfire as calving season approaches its peak in early June and fires rage across the American Southwest.
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GOP: Biden not doing enough to help Cubans access internet
Read full article: GOP: Biden not doing enough to help Cubans access internetHouse Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy and fellow GOP politicians are accusing President Joe Biden of not doing more to help establish internet access for Cubans on the island.
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At UN, nations urge overdue reckoning with colonial crimes
Read full article: At UN, nations urge overdue reckoning with colonial crimesIn this photo provided by the United Nations, Bob Loughman, prime minister of Vanuatu, speaks in a pre-recorded message which was played during the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Saturday, Sept. 26, 2020, at U.N. headquarters. Sierre Leone’s vice president gave world nations a 10-year deadline to wrap up the colonial era, once and for all. Since the birth of the United Nations 75 years ago, its ranks have mushroomed from 51 members to 193, as territory after territory shed old-world rulers and proclaimed independence. “If we are to remain true to the fundamental principles of the United Nations that is fit for purpose, then it becomes absolutely necessary to relegate the chapter of colonialism to history within the period 2021-2030,” he said. The prime minister of Mauritius spoke in front of a map that included the Britain-controlled Chagos Archipelago as part of its territory.