Havana, (RHC) - Cuba confirmed its membership on the Executive Committee of the Ibero-American Sports Council (CID), which has Alba Quesada, director of the Costa Rican Institute of Sport and Recreation, as its new president.... More


Havana, (RHC) – The right-handed pitcher Josimar Cousin will be the starter for Cuba this Friday, in the Cuban debut in Pool B of the U-23 Baseball Pre-World Cup tournament, that will begin in Honduras.... More


Havana, February 21 (RHC)--  The Cuban Minister of Foreign Trade and Foreign Investment, Rodrigo Malmierca, and the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Luanda-Bengo Special Economic Zone, Antonio Henriques Da Silva, ratified Thursday the historic friendship ties between Cuba and Angola.... More


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Barcelona, February 21 (PL)-- Lionel Messi, forward for Barcelona football club, explained why he reposted the statements of the team's manager, Erick Abidal, since he felt attacked.... More


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Havana, February 21 (PL)-- In search of cleaner and more honest sports, authorities from Cuba and Panama outlined in Havana interests in the anti-doping fight on the way to the 24th edition of the Central American and Caribbean Games.... More


The Minister of Communications of Cuba, Jorge Luis Perdomo Di-Lella. Cubadebate Photo

Havana,  February 21 (RHC)-- The Minister of Communications of Cuba, Jorge Luis Perdomo Di-Lella, says the Cuban people have a high political culture, and a high education to use information technologies for the development of the country.... More


Brasilia, February 21 (RHC)-- In Brazil, oil workers suspended their strike Thursday after 19 days, while state oil company Petrobras promised to start a round of negotiations with the unions.... More


Paris, February 21 (RHC)-- French unions carried out the tenth day of a general strike against the bill for the pension reform proposed by President Emmanuel Macron.  "We will not give up because we are convinced that we are right in our analysis.  This project will be a danger in the coming decades," the Labor Force (FO) secretary Yves Veyrier said.... More


Washington, February 21 (RHC)-- Donald Trump's longtime adviser Roger Stone was sentenced to 40 months in prison as part of a case that has roiled the Justice Department and drawn the U.S. president's anger.... More


Frankfurt, February 21 (RHC)-- In Germany, a gunman with a high-powered rifle opened fire on patrons at two shisha bars in the town of Hanau -- a suburb of Frankfurt -- killing 9 people.  The 43-year-old suspect then returned to his home and killed his mother before turning a gun on himself. ... More


Council of State meets in Havana

Havana, February 20 (RHC)--The Cuban Council of State met in Havana on Thursday.... More


Havana, February 20 (RHC)-- Modernizing production lines and manufacturing designs, increasing the export of goods and satisfying the demand of the domestic market were some of the challenges of the national industry identified on Thursday, during the annual stock-taking meeting of the Ministry of Industry.... More


Havana, February 20 (RHC)-- Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel participated on Thursday in the annual review of the foreign policy work during 2019 and the priorities for the island's Foreign Ministry for 2020.... More


La Paz, February 20 (RHC)-- The president of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal of Bolivia (TSE), Salvador Romero, has announced that former President Evo Morales will not be allowed to participate in the 2020 general elections, which will be held on May 3rd.... More


Moscow, February 20 (RHC)-- Russia has reiterated that Washington's sanctions against Rosneft Trading, S.A and its President Didier Casimiro are illegal from the point of international law and will not affect relations with Venezuela, the state news agency reported.... More


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