Tag: Diplomacy
Harris meets virtually with Guatemalan president
WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris told Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei Monday that the U.S. is planning to increase relief to the Northern Triangle...
Rights group cites abuses by Venezuelan forces near Colombia
MEXICO CITY — Venezuelan security forces operating against Colombian rebels along the nations’ shared border have executed peasants, tortured and arbitrarily arrested people, and...
UN faces tough task to get Cyprus peace talks restarted
NICOSIA, Cyprus — Normally, trying to get the two sides on ethnically divided Cyprus to sit down for yet another round of talks is...
Morocco scolds Spain over virus help for independence leader
RABAT, Morocco — Morocco’s Foreign Affairs Ministry summoned the Spanish ambassador Sunday to convey the government’s “regret” over Spain’s decision to receive for medical...
Chocolate chip diplomacy: Biden courts Congress with gusto
WASHINGTON — The pictures always make it look so presidential: Joe Biden sitting in a tall-back chair, surrounded by the arrayed members of Congress...
Albania’s president lambasts US ambassador on TV talk show
TIRANA, Albania — Albania's president has accused the U.S. ambassador of intervening in the small European country’s internal affairs by supporting its prime minister...
From scarcity to abundance: US faces calls to share vaccines
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Victor Guevara knows people his age have been vaccinated against COVID-19 in many countries. His own relatives in Houston have been...
Putin: ‘Unfriendly’ embassies may face Russian hiring bans
MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree allowing the country to limit the number of Russians employed at embassies of countries...
Albania heads to polls after a bitter political fight
TIRANA, Albania — Albania holds parliamentary elections on Sunday amid the virus pandemic and a bitter political rivalry between the country’s two largest political...
German diplomat says time is right for Serbia-Kosovo talks
BELGRADE, Serbia — Germany’s foreign minister called Friday for the resumption of negotiations between Serbia and Kosovo on normalizing the relations between the former...
