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The Cuban government has summoned the US ambassador, Benjamin Ziff, to its foreign ministry, accusing Washington of stoking a protest which saw hundreds of people take to the streets in the island’s second city of Santiago de Cuba. The demonstration late on Sunday was a rare public show of disenchantment against Cuba’s communist government, and was apparently led by parents struggling to feed their children in the face of a worsening food crisis. The protesters reportedly chanted: “Without electricity and food, the people get hot.” Power cuts of up to 18 hours a day have meant that as the island...

Colombia: Dressed up as Hamas terrorists riding in a van at the Halloween celebrations_br> ... "People got into the van to take pictures And they made one big 'fun' out of it" N12| Published 04.11.23. ...For anyone who came near them they made a scene where they seemed to shoot him...

Western embassies in Colombia have roundly condemned the graffiti. However, Colombian President, Gustavo Petro, has yet to say anything.

BOGOTA, Colombia -- Suspected leftist rebels posing as tourists planted two bombs that ripped through hotel rooms late on Tuesday in the coastal Colombian city of Santa Marta, killing one person and injuring five others, police said. The first bomb exploded in a hotel room in the city center, about 620 miles (1,000km) north of Bogota. That blast injured four people. Another hotel attack followed on Santa Marta's outskirts, killing one person and injuring another. Police said that in both cases the bombers checked into hotel rooms as tourists, planted the explosives and exited the buildings before the bombs detonated,...