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After two years of asylum inside the Ecuadorian embassy in London, journalist and computing specialist Julian Assange spoke to the press today along with Ecuadorian Foreign Minister Ricardo Patiño.»

Ecuador’s President Rafael Correa said that Cuba is a champion of international collaboration. Cuban Health Cooperation with Ecuador Increases»

Gladys Bejerano, Vice President of the Council of State of the Republic of Cuba, arrived in Bogota leading the island’s delegation that attends the inauguration of Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos.»

The meeting brings together the presidents of Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, Brazil and Venezuela who will aim to sign a resolution for the establishment of a complementary economic zone.»

First Vice President Miguel Diaz-Canel stressed in Caracas how Hugo Chavez changed for good the history of Venezuela and that of all our America.»

The UN Security Council will hold an emergency meeting on Gaza, where Israeli air strikes have left so far more than 500 Palestinians dead.»

Russian Ambassador to the UN, Vitaly Churkin, said in the Security Council that Ukraine is responsible for the downing of a Malaysian plane for maintaining its airspace opened in a combat area.»

The plane was carrying 280 passengers and 15 crew members, according to Malaysian Airlines»

Brazilian and Chinese Presidents Dilma Rousseff and Xi Jinping, respectively, began official talks this Thursday aimed at strengthening trade, investments, and the strategic alliance between the two nations.»

The presidents of the country members of BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) began its Sixth Summit, to design new financial structures: a Development Bank and a Reserve Fund.»