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  • President Obama in the United Nations President Obama Speaks on Climate Change at the UN

    President Obama said September 22 at the UN General Assembly that in confronting climate change "All of us will face doubts and difficulties. But difficulty is no excuse for complacency."

  • Charles Shapiro, The State Department's Senior Advisor at the Office of Regional Economic Policy and Summit Coordination Expert explains Inter-American Protection Network

    The Senior Advisor to the Department of State's Office of Regional Economic Policy and Summit Coordination, Charles Shapiro spoke about the Inter-American Social Protection Network (IASPN). "The idea is the exchange of ideas, contributions, successes and failures of all countries."

  • El Presidente de EE. UU. Barack Obama Proclamation for National Hispanic Heritage Month

    The story of Hispanics in America is the story of America itself. The Hispanic community’s values -- love of family, a deep and abiding faith, and a strong work ethic -- are America’s values.

     
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Washington News
U.S. Congress Studying Current Restrictions on ...
Legislation was introduced in both chambers of Congress this year to abolish travel restrictions to Cuba

U.S. Congress Studying Current Restrictions on ...

U.S. Welcomes Armed Repulsion of Pirate Attack
Gortney believes this is the first time a private security team has repulsed a pirate attack in the region

U.S. Welcomes Armed Repulsion of Pirate Attack

U.S. PEPFAR Program Helps Millions with AIDS in...
Effort larger than the Marshall Plan, says PEPFAR head

U.S. PEPFAR Program Helps Millions with AIDS in...

Food Security Now at Center of Global Development
African and Angolan agriculture reviewed at Angola forum


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President Carter and Dominican Public Health Minister, Dr. Bautista Rojas Gómez

President Carter Visits DR, Haiti to Fight Malaria, Lymphatic Filariasis
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and Mrs. Carter toured the Dominican Republic Oct. 6-8 to promote the launch of a binational plan sponsored by the Carter Center-sponsored to wipe out Malaria and Lymphatic Filariasis (aka Elephantiasis) from the Dominican Republic and Haiti.

U. S. Embassy Chargé d'Affaires, Christopher Lambert, with children from Accion Callejera, in Santiago

Chargé d'Affaires Visits USAID Supported Project Helping Street Kids
Chargé d'Affaires Christopher Lambert visited a USAID-sponsored project Acción Callejera September 18 during his trip to Santiago. During his visit, Chargé Lambert also met the President of the Dominican Chamber of Deputies, Dr. Julio Cesar Valentín.

Embassy Condemns Coup in Honduras, Supports Return to Constitutional Order

Embassy Condemns Coup in Honduras, Supports Return to Constitutional Order
Speaking on September 17 before the nation’s largest university, the UASD, Economics/Political Counselor Alexander Margulies stressed the U.S. Government’s condemnation of the coup d’etat against Honduran President Zelaya, the concrete steps that the U.S. has taken against the de facto government.

Secretary of State Hillary R. Clinton

Women’s Equality Day and Secretary Clinton’s Comments on Violence Against Women
August 26 is Women’s Equality Day in the USA in honor of the passage of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution on August 26, 1920, which gave women the right to vote. In a recent speech, Secretary of State Clinton addressed the important issue of violence against women, one of the remaining barriers to full equality for women around the world