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Monday, April 13th 2015 - 08:48 UTC
Hillary Clinton launches presidential bid as 'champion for regular US citizens”

Hillary Clinton has promised to be a champion for regular US citizens as she kicked off a long-awaited second run for the White House as the commanding Democratic front runner. Clinton, who lost a bruising Democratic nominating battle to Barack Obama in 2008, was expected to travel soon to Iowa, the state that holds the kickoff nominating contest in early 2016.
Sunday, April 12th 2015 - 10:55 UTC
Castro and Obama make history: 'we have agreed we can disagree with respect and civility'

President Barack Obama and Cuba's Raul Castro sat down together on Saturday in the first formal meeting of the two country's leaders in over a half-century, pledging to reach for the kind of peaceful relationship that has eluded their nations for generations.
Sunday, April 12th 2015 - 08:55 UTC
Obama praised the 'new beginning' in the bilateral relation with Cuba

United States President Barack Obama addressed American leaders in the meeting currently taking place in the City of Panama praising the diplomatic rapprochement between Washington and Cuba which he called “a new beginning” in the bilateral relation.
Sunday, April 12th 2015 - 08:46 UTC
Castro calls for a 'civilized relationship'; apologizes to Obama and condemns ten previous US presidents

Cuban President Raul Castro was received with a standing ovation as he readied to address the VII Summit of the Americas, held in Panama City, in a historic presentation. The Caribbean leader stressed the importance of the rapprochement with the United States but questioned the US policy towards Venezuela.
Saturday, April 11th 2015 - 06:25 UTC
Obama and Raul Castro shook hands at opening of the Americas summit in Panama

US President Barack Obama and Cuba's Raul Castro on Friday shook hands and sat near each other at the historic Panama Summit of the Americas, a new milestone in efforts to shed decades of animosity. Obama and Castro greeted each other as UN chief Ban Ki-moon looked on, before taking their seats with other regional leaders at a Panama City convention center.
Saturday, April 11th 2015 - 05:38 UTC
Uruguayan president meets Obama; UNHCR will provide Guantanamo detainees with homes

The United Nations refugee agency, UNHCR, will provide homes to six former detainees of the US military prison in Guantanamo who have struggled to resettle in Uruguay, the country`s President said on Friday.
Friday, April 10th 2015 - 07:14 UTC
Cuba and US hold historic meeting at highest level in Panama

US Secretary of State John Kerry and Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez have held talks, in the highest level meeting between the two countries in more than half a century. The two were involved in closed-door discussions after arriving in Panama for a summit.
Thursday, April 9th 2015 - 07:01 UTC
U.S. should back the Falkland Islanders’ Right of Self-Determination at the Summit of the Americas

By Luke Coffey and Nile Gardiner, Ph. D. (*)

The Organization of American States (OAS) will hold the seventh Summit of the Americas in Panama City, Panama, on April 10–11, 2015. In the past, Canada has been alone in supporting the Falkland Islanders’ right of self-determination in the OAS.
Wednesday, April 8th 2015 - 17:40 UTC
Obama/Castro in Panama: 'grip and grin” photo or historic head-to-head sit down?

President Barack Obama will attend a Summit of the Americas in Panama this week, a gathering that could see the first substantive meeting between US and Cuban leaders in half a century.
Friday, April 3rd 2015 - 08:04 UTC
US warning to vacation and business travellers about the advance of Chikungunya

The Tennessee Department of Health (TDH) is warning vacation and business travelers to the Caribbean about the importance of protecting themselves from mosquitoes that may transmit Chikungunya virus and other mosquito-borne illnesses like dengue.