Marc Frank
Monday, July 13, 2015 - 06:39
Colombia pledged on Sunday to de-escalate military action against leftist guerrillas if the rebels uphold their unilateral ceasefire, providing a breakthrough in peace talks that had been threatened by an escalation of battlefield violence.
Wednesday, March 26, 2014 - 00:00
Cuba is proposing a new Cuban foreign investment law that would cut the profits tax in half to 15 percent and exempt most investors from paying it for at least eight years.
Tuesday, January 14, 2014 - 00:00
After a three-week break, talks resumed with the FARC attacking the government's refusal to enter a ceasefire and President Juan Manuel Santos staking his reelection on reaching a peace deal in 2014.
Friday, January 10, 2014 - 00:00
The migration talks have often included other issues, such as Gross's detention and the fate of five Cuban intelligence officials arrested more than 15 years ago in Florida
Monday, July 29, 2013 - 00:00
"Many Colombians do not understand why we are in a dialogue when attacks by armed groups continue," Colombian former vice president and lead government negotiator, Humberto de la Calle, said.
Monday, July 8, 2013 - 00:00
"These actions demonstrate we live in a world in which the powerful feel they can violate international law, violate the national sovereignty of other states and trample on the rights of citizens."
Tuesday, July 2, 2013 - 00:00
Most of the first batch of cooperatives are former state-run produce markets with few employees now being leased to them as cooperative members.
Tuesday, January 15, 2013 - 00:00
In a dramatic reversal of fate, it is Fidel Castro who has been repeatedly at the 58-year-old Venezuelan president's bedside
Friday, December 7, 2012 - 00:00
FARC negotiator, Jesus Carvajalino, alias Andres Paris, told Reuters, "the raid was the government's Christmas present while we continue with the cease fire".
Tuesday, August 17, 2010 - 00:00
Cuba is opening stores in the countryside where farm supplies are being sold freely for the first time as the Communist government moves to reform.