A Russian tanker docked today at the Cuban port of Matanzas with 730,000 barrels of oil, the first time in three months that an oil tanker reached the island in the midst of a de facto U.S. blockade. Experts say the shipment could produce about 180,000 barrels of diesel, enough to feed Cuba’s daily demand for nine or 10 days, reports the

The United States Coast Guard is allowing a Russian tanker full of crude oil to reach Cuba, which is in desperate need of fuel after three months of a de facto U.S. blockade. The tanker, which is carrying an estimated 730,000 barrels of oil and is owned by the Russian government, reports the

The U.S. is considering adding Brazilian transnational criminal organizations, the First Capital Command and the Red Command, as terrorist groups. The move responds to intense lobbying by two sons of jailed former President Jair Bolsonaro, a close ally of U.S. President Donald Trump. One of them, Flavio Bolsonaro, is running for president in this year’s election, and has accu...

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Chilean President José Antonio Kast withdrew Santiago’s support for two-term former president Michelle Bachelet as candidate for the post of UN secretary general. She had been backed by Kast’s predecessor, Gabriel Boric, in February. Brazil and Mexico are also supporting her attempt to become the first woman to head the United Nations. (