HAVANA/BOGOTA — Colombia’s government and Marxist guerrillas went back to the drawing board in Havana Tuesday after a peace deal they painstakingly negotiated over four years was rejected in a referendum result. In a vote, which confounded opinion polls and was a disaster for President Juan Manuel Santos, Colombians narrowly rebuffed the pact Sunday as too […]readmore
BOGOTA — It was always very personal. Since stepping down as president six years ago, Alvaro Uribe has relentlessly condemned the policies of his handpicked successor-turned-foe and chiseled away at support for his biggest goal: ending the war with Marxist rebels. On Sunday, the hardline senator scored his biggest victory yet against President Juan Manuel Santos, […]readmore
LPR News Podcast The Rhode Island Foundation awarded $160,000 in grants to launch the initiative at Rhode Island College and the University of Rhode Island. “Our goal is to support this initiative to improve the literacy skills, bilingual capability and academic success of English Learners across the state. Their educational success depends on closing gaps […]readmore
Iran opened a military theme park this week, designed to educate children as young as eight-years-old on how to fight in a war and fire weapons at its perceived Western enemies. Located in a western suburb of the city of Mashad, the “Park of the Revolution’s Children” marks “Sacred Defense Week,» an annual commemoration of […]readmore
VOA News Syrian and rebel forces continued to clash Saturday in the besieged city of Aleppo, where some 250,000 people, including many children, remain trapped. Syrian forces have been moving to retake parts of Aleppo run by rebels, who fire on government-controlled sections of the city. Casualties continue to mount on both sides. The World […]readmore
A popular refugee destination it is not, but South America may soon host a fresh wave of refugees under a U.S.-sponsored plan aimed at getting more countries to share in sheltering the world’s growing migrant population. In recent years, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia and Uruguay have all received refugees from Syria, but the numbers have […]readmore
Victor Vladimirov VOA News MOSCOW — The Russian air force’s bombing campaign in Syria marked its first anniversary Friday, with Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov saying there was no «time frame» for the operation. The Kremlin has officially declared the main objectives of its air campaign in Syria to be eliminating radical Islamic extremists in Syria and […]readmore
BOGOTA — Pope Francis will visit Colombia in the first quarter of next year, President Juan Manuel Santos said on Thursday, days after signing a peace deal with Marxist rebels which the pontiff has actively backed. Santos and the leader of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, rebels signed a peace accord on Monday […]readmore
VOA News ORANJESTAD, ARUBA — A strengthening Hurricane Matthew whipped at Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao early Friday as it passed north of the islands on a rare track through a part of the Caribbean that rarely sees such storms. Authorities on the Dutch Caribbean islands had urged residents to reinforce their homes and stock up on […]readmore
VOA News North Korea may be building a submarine designed to launch missiles, according to a U.S. site that monitors North Korean weapons development. 38North posted commercial satellite images that it says indicate a naval construction program is underway, but it could not confirm that they show a submarine. If the hull the satellite images […]readmore