May 21st @ 2:46 PM GMT
Yahoo! A company that monitors global Internet traffic says another branch of the Venezuela-to-Cuba undersea fiber-optic cable has come online, connecting the island to nearby Jamaica. (Technology)
May 20th @ 10:26 PM GMT
Yahoo! The United States on Monday appointed a special envoy to monitor and combat anti-Semitism as a new State Department report warned about incidents in Venezuela, Egypt and Iran. Secretary of State John Kerry named Ira Forman, a long time director of the National Jewish Democratic Council, as special envoy citing a ''troubling trend'' of anti-Semitism around the world. Forman succeeds Hannah Rosenthal, who stepped down last year. The 2012 report on religious freedom said an increase worldw... (U.S. News)
May 22nd @ 6:35 PM GMT (5.5 hr ago)
Wall Street Journal At least nine Colombian soldiers were killed by leftist rebels in an ambush in a remote northern region near the Venezuelan border, officials said Wednesday. (World)
May 21st @ 3:38 AM GMT
Wall Street Journal The opposition released a recording of what it said was a telephone conversation between a popular television host and a senior Cuban official about infighting and corruption at the top of Venezuela's government. (World)
May 20th @ 3:00 AM GMT
Yahoo! Venezuela's recent designation of an acting head of its diplomatic mission in the United States shows the OPEC nation's desire to restore full diplomatic relations, the foreign minister said in an interview broadcast on Sunday. Disputes between Caracas and Washington were common during the 14-year-rule of late socialist leader Hugo Chavez, leaving both nations without ambassadors in each other's capitals. (World)
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