VOA News/Joyce Huang In China, 2018 has been a year that rights defenders worldwide say was extremely repressive, particularly when it comes to religious persecution. China’s communist party leadership has strongly defended its actions amid growing calls that its actions may constitute crimes against humanity. Those actions include the internment of hundreds of thousands – […]readmore
CRANSTON- Reynaldo Almonte, CEO, President and General Manager of Latino Public Radio (LPR) is making a direct appeal to Elected Officials in Rhode Island to support the station’s efforts to stay on the air at 1290 AM. The station is slated to go off the air on the radio after negotiations with Rhode Island Public […]readmore
Incumbent Democratic Governor Gina Raimondo is eligible to run for reelection to a second term. Podcasts: LPR LATINO PUBLIC RADIO ANNUAL POLITICAL BARBECUE “BARBACOA POLITICA” Raimondo re-election campaign announcement in 2018. About Gina A lifelong Rhode Islander, committed to its success Gina Raimondo grew up in Smithfield in a tight-knit Italian-American family, the youngest of […]readmore
Cranston, RI – On Saturday October 28, Latino Public Radio will once again host their popular Barbacoa Politica (Political BBQ) an event that attracts Rhode Island Politicos from both sides of the aisle! Whether you are a Republican, Democrat, Moderate or Independent, LPR is the place to get your information out to our Latino community. […]readmore
Luis Ramirez/VOA News LONDON — U.S. Secretary State Rex Tillerson arrived in Moscow Tuesday with less ammunition than Washington and London had hoped he would have in his bid to convince Russia to abandon Syrian President Bashar al Assad. But he had a tough ultimatum in hand, following reports quoting unidentified senior U.S. officials as saying […]readmore
NEW YORK – BTS Towers (“BTS”) anunció que ha obtenido compromisos de más de 100 millones de dólares para construir y operar Soluciones de Infraestructura de Telecomunicaciones para operadores móviles en Centro y Sur América. BTS fue creado por el equipo directivo fundador de Network Management Services (“NMS”). BTS actualmente opera en Perú y se […]readmore
VOA NEWS ISTANBUL — Rather than uniting Turkey, the so-called Islamic State attack on an Istanbul nightclub, which killed 39 on New Year’s Day, appears to have only deepened societal divisions. Some social media posts have supported the attack, denigrating the revelers as decadent and anti-Islamic and therefore having gotten what they deserved. One theologian declared […]readmore
VOA News Cubans lined up Monday to pay their respects to Fidel Castro at Revolution Square in Havana as the country begins a week-long goodbye to the island’s revolutionary leader, a man many loved and many loathed. Memorial services began early Monday after 21-gun salutes sounded simultaneously in the capital and in the eastern city […]readmore
VOA News/Ayaz Gul ISLAMABAD —Pakistan’s military says intense clashes with India along the disputed Kashmir frontier Monday killed at least four Pakistani civilians and wounded 10 others. The army’s media wing, in a statement said, “effective retaliatory fire» killed six Indian soldiers. It did not cite sources for the Indian casualty toll and there has […]readmore
Haitians are awaiting preliminary results from Sunday’s long-delayed presidential election, which took place after balloting in October of last year was annulled due to allegations of fraud. Six million people were eligible to vote for one of 27 presidential candidates, as well as for some members of both houses of parliament. Reports have suggested that […]readmore