By Arnold August on July 18, 2015
Embassies in Havana and Washington on July 20
The re-establishment of diplomatic relations between Cuba and the US and the opening of embassies in Havana and Washington, DC is a victory for Cuba. Negotiations between the two countries had been taking place secretly for 18 months before being made public on December 17, 2014. (more…)
Thousands gather to hear the historic sentencing for crimes against humanity outside the federal court in Cordoba, Argentina.
August 25, 2016
An Argentine court sentenced former General Luciano Benjamin Menendez to life in prison Thursday for crimes against humanity committed at secret Dirty War-era detention centers in the late 1970s, making a landmark step in the struggle for justice for human rights abuses during one of the darkest chapters in the South American country’s history. (more…)