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Causing brain damage in babies and a rare neurological ailment in adults, the Zika virus is also linked to paralysis-causing myelitis.

• 09 марта 2016, 00:53

With crazy costumes, pulsating music the Rio Carnival's top performers swatted aside Zika worries to get down for the world's biggest party

• 08 февраля 2016, 15:22

Rap superstar Eminem will headline three Latin American editions of the Lollapalooza festival in 2016 after spending a year away from the stage.

• 07 октября 2015, 16:04

Cuban singer Isaac Real and Kazakhstan-based Aldaspan ethnic rock band have recorded a video for their version of a well-known Kazakh folk song Kara Zhorga.

• 08 июля 2015, 01:39

Kazakhstan and Mexico will strengthen the bilateral cooperation.

• 25 июня 2015, 16:46

US President Barack Obama zinged Latin American leaders who have not moved beyond the economic dogma that defined the Cold War era.

• 11 апреля 2015, 12:39

The undefeated Astana Arlans of Kazakhstan travelled to Caracas to face Venezuela Caciques on March 7.

• 10 марта 2015, 13:18

Kazakhstan is expanding cooperation with Venezuela as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the latter visits Astana.

• 20 января 2015, 16:39

Kazakhstan’s Secretary of State Adilbek Dzhaksybekov has received letters of credence from ambassadors of 11 countries.

• 08 октября 2014, 12:16

Gustavo Cerati, who became a megastar in Latin America with his brand of showy, arena-friendly rock 'n' roll, died at 55 after four years in a coma.

• 05 сентября 2014, 12:00

Supporters of Venezuela's former president Hugo Chavez celebrated what would have been his 60th birthday Monday with fireworks, a gun salute -- and the unveiling of a computer font based on the late leader's handwriting.

• 29 июля 2014, 11:10

A Venezuelan ex-military intelligence chief arrested by Aruba at the United States' request on drug trafficking charges was freed Sunday and quickly returned home to Caracas, authorities said.

• 28 июля 2014, 10:15

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe struck a series of energy deals with Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto at the start of a five-country Latin American tour.

• 26 июля 2014, 13:59

Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived Sunday in Venezuela, the third leg of a Latin American tour aimed at bolstering trade with the region and sealing energy deals.

• 21 июля 2014, 11:25

President Vladimir Putin visited Russia's Cold War ally Cuba on Friday, launching a tour that will see him cozy up to Latin America amid newly frayed relations with the West.

• 12 июля 2014, 13:14

Dance festival Evolution Summer FEST 2014 starts at Astana Opera from June 21.

• 19 июня 2014, 19:45

Argentina's former president Carlos Menem has been ordered to testify at a new inquiry into the 1995 death of his son in a helicopter crash, judicial sources said.

• 14 июня 2014, 14:58

Four people were killed while trying to leave Cuba illegally by sea and six suspects have been arrested, authorities said.

• 12 июня 2014, 12:19

A group of eight dancers with Cuba's prestigious National Ballet defected to the United States after an event in Puerto Rico, the father of one of the dancers said.

• 11 июня 2014, 10:29

El Salvador on Monday announced it has joined Petrocaribe, the Venezuelan energy subsidy program that gives access to cut-rate oil.

• 03 июня 2014, 13:40