Havana, February 10 (RHC)--The 12th International Congress University 2020 is opening on Monday in the Karl Marx Theatre under the theme "The University and the Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development."... More


The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Principality of Andorra, Maria Ubach Font.

Havana, February 10 (RHC)-- The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Principality of Andorra, Maria Ubach Font, is beginning a visit to Cuba on Monday, the island's Foreign Ministry announced. ... More


The National Electric System was favored from August 2017 to date, with about 34 thousand megawatt-hours of renewable energy produced by the three photovoltaic parks operating in the central province of Ciego de Avila. ... More


Havana, February 10 (RHC)--The president of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel, evaluated in Havana the progress of the educational programs in the country.... More


Addis Ababa, February 10 (RHC)-- United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has praised China's response to curb the novel coronavirus outbreak, calling it "remarkable."  He also warned of stigmatization against China.... More


San Salvador, February 10 (RHC)-- The Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN) expressed through a resolution issued Sunday its rejection towards the recent constitutional violations committed by President Nayib Bukele.... More


Ramallah, February 10 (RHC)-- Israel has escalated a trade war with the Palestinians by blocking their exports to world markets through Jordan, Palestinian Agriculture Minister Riyal al-Attari says.... More


The fire engulfed seven buildings located in the industrial area of the city.  (Photo: @DrodriguezVen)

Caracas, February 9 (RHC)-- The Venezuelan government denounced Sunday a terrorist attack on a warehouse of the National Telephone Company of Venezuela (Cantv) and its affiliate Movilnet in the northern state of Carabobo, causing total loss of strategic telecommunications equipment.... More


Santa Clara, February 9 (RHC)-- Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez met on Saturday with relatives of Dr. Landy Rodríguez Hernández, one of the two Cuban medical doctors kidnapped in Kenya, in April last year.... More


, Edward Kiwanuka Ssekandi

Havana, February 9 (RHC)-- The Vice President of the Republic of Uganda, Edward Kiwanuka Ssekandi, is starting an official visit to Cuba this Sunday.... More


Santiago de Chile, February 9 (RHC)-- Thousands have gathered at Dignity Square in Santiago de Chile to reject a recent decision of the Chilean Senate, which did not dismiss Santiago Metropolitan Mayor Felipe Guevara, a right-wing politician who had been provisionally removed from office as a result of legal charges against him.... More


Moscow, February 9 (RHC)-- Russia's Ministry of Emergencies sent Saturday an airplane with medicines and equipment to China to support local authorities in their fight against the coronavirus pneumonia.  The Russian envoy consists of a humanitarian aid shipment of 183 cubic meters, which weighs 23 tons and includes 2 million masks, as reported by the Ministry of Industry and Commerce.... More


Brasilia, February 9 (RHC)-- Brazil's Workers Party (PT) has announced that it will participate in the October municipal elections without making alliances with the Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB) or the Democratic Party (DEM), which are supporting President Jair Bolsonaro's Neoliberal policies.... More


Vatican City, February 9 (RHC)-- Pope Francis has criticized the practice of tax cuts for the rich in the name of "investment and development," calling it a "structure of sin" at the seminar set up by the Pontifical Academy for Social Sciences.... More


Army engineers installing concertina wire on border with Mexico at McAllen, Texas.  (Photo: US Air Force/Handout via Reuters)

Washington, February 9 (RHC)-- The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump has purchased commercial databases and software that tracks millions of mobile phones and used the information to crack down on undocumented immigrants in the U.S., the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reports.... More


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