Calexico, January 30 (RHC)-- A segment of U.S. President Donald Trump’s signature border wall fell in California and onto some trees on the Mexican side amid high winds, according to area news agencies.  No one was injured in the incident at Calexico, California, about 100 miles east of San Diego.... More


Premier dancer and Director of the Cuban National Ballet Company Viengsay Valdéz. Photo: PL

Havana, January 30 (RHC) - The First Secretary of the Cuban Communist Party’s Central Committee, Raúl Castro, has congratulated premier dancer Viengsay Valdés for her recent appointment as Director of the Cuban National Ballet Company (BNC)... More


Geneva, January 30 (RHC)-- The World Health Organization says its Emergency Committee would reconvene behind closed doors on Thursday to decide whether the rapid spread of the new virus from China now constitutes a global emergency.... More


Petrobras plans to close the Parana Nitrogen Fertilizer plant and fire 396 workers.  (Photo: FUP)

Brasilia, January 30 (RHC)-- Workers at the Brazilian oil company Petrobras have approved a plan to go on an indefinite strike beginning Saturday, protesting a plan by the state-controlled company to close the Parana Nitrogen Fertilizer plant and fire its 396 workers.... More


Migrants wait in line for a meal outside the Human Repatriation office in Matamoros.  (Photo: File: Loren Elliott/Reuters)

Washington, January 30 (RHC)-- In the U.S., the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said that it has started sending Brazilians back into Mexico amid a surge of people from the South American country seeking refuge in the United States.... More


The coverage will increase from the current 1.2 children to 4.6 million in more than 25,000 schools.  (Photo: VTV)

Caracas, January 30 (RHC)-- Venezuela’s government has announced it will expand the coverage of the Nutrichicha, dietary supplement, to more than 4.6 million children across the country.... More


Bezos’ lavish party was an after-party for the exclusive Alfalfa Club annual dinner in Washington. (Photo: Reuters)

Washington, January 30 (RHC)-- Amazon CEO billionaire Jeff Bezos threw a huge party in Washington, D.C., attended by the most influential officials of President Donald Trump’s administration, along with billionaires, journalists and celebrities.... More


Brasilia, January 30 (RHC)-- The primary organization representing Brazil's 300 Indigenous tribes issued a joint statement that threatened to sue far-right President Jair Bolsonaro over his latest racist comments.... More


Trump praises Pompeo for shouting and cursing at NPR reporter

Washington, January 30 (RHC)-- During a news conference at the White House about the Middle East plan, President Dnoald Trump praised Secretary of State Mike Pompeo for shouting and cursing at NPR reporter Mary Louise Kelly after an NPR interview.... More


Havana, January 30 (RHC)--  Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel, regretted this Wednesday the death of three teen-aged girls, caused by a collapse in Old Havana.... More


Solidarity with Cuba in France

Paris, January 30 (RHC)-- Former French Senate President Jean-Pierre Bel advocated accompanying Cuba in its development, amidst an escalation of U.S. hostility, which he described as outrageous.... More


Havana, January 30 (RHC)-- Foreign investment in Cuba is showing a more solid scenario.... More


Havana, January 30 (RHC)-- The members of the Council of Ministers arrived in the province of Artemisa on Thursday in a new government visit led by President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez.... More


Havana, January  30 (RHC)-- President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez headed a meeting on Wednesday to evaluate the transformations audiovisual production requires to meet the Cuban society's needs.... More


Washington, January 29 (RHC)--The Pentagon says 50 American soldiers have been diagnosed with traumatic brain injury following Iran’s retaliatory strikes on US bases in Iraq earlier this month, 16 more than the military previously announced.... More


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