Havana, December 23 (RHC) – The main ceremony for the 60th anniversary of the foundation of the Cuban Foreign Ministry was held Monday at the Revolutionary Armed Forces Hall in Havana.... More


Buenos Aires, December 23 (RHC)-- Bolivia's constitutionally-elected president Evo Morales has announced that leaders of his party, the Movement Toward Socialism (MAS), will travel to Buenos Aires, Argentina next Sunday, December 29th, to debate and call a meeting on the border with Bolivia, where they will elect their candidates for the next elections in 2020.... More


Rafah border crossing is the main access point for Gazans facing a punishing Israeli blockade.  (Photo: Mohammed Saber/EPA-EFE)

Gaza City, December 23 (RHC)-- For residents of the besieged Gaza Strip, there are two ways to leave and neither is easy.  The first route is via the Erez crossing on the eastern edge of the territory into Israel, while the second option is to travel south to Egypt via Rafah.... More


 Brazil's Foreign Minister Ernesto Araujo is seen after a meeting of the Lima Group in Brasilia, Brazil.  (Photo: Reuters)

La Paz, December 23 (RHC)-- Bolivia has announced its entry into the U.S.-led Lima Group regional bloc that was set up to overthrow the government of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.  The Bolivian foreign ministry said in a statement that it hoped to “contribute to a peaceful, democratic and constitutional solution to the crisis in Venezuela, which must be guided by the Venezuelan people.”... More


Caracas, December 23 (RHC)-- Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza stated that the group of mercenaries that attacked a military unit in the southern part of the country on Sunday morning has its base of operations in Peru.... More


Havana (RHC) – The Matanzas Crocodiles clinched their post-season ticket in the Cuban National Baseball Series last Friday, after defeating the Camaguey Bulls as the Cienfuegos Elephants are mathematically eliminated. ... More


The Pinar del Río team won the title of the Torneo Apertura of the Cuban National Football League, after defeating the favorites Ciego de Ávila.... More


Raul Roa Gacia, first foreign minister of the Cuban Revolution

Havana, December 23 (RHC)-- Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel has conveyed his congratulations to all the island’s diplomats on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.... More


Paris, December 23 (RHC)-- The government of France has reiterated its condemnation of the implementation of Title III of the Helms-Burton Act.... More


Geng Shuang, the spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China. File

Beijing, December 23 (RHC)--China ratified on Monday its firm willingness to take advantage of the 60th anniversary of its links with Cuba to take them to a more in-depth, more comprehensive, and more beneficial multisectoral cooperation.... More


Stockholm, December 23 (RHC)-- Teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg joined protests outside the Swedish parliament, where participants presented a report card giving politicians an F for “failed” in finding solutions for global warming at UN-led summits over the past decade and the verdict “Needs to try harder!”... More


Officials from the West African countries attend the ECOWAS summit in Abuja, Nigeria.  (Photo: Afolabi Sotunde/Reuters)

Abuja, December 23 (RHC)-- Heads of state and governments across West Africa met on Saturday in Abuja, the capital of Nigeria, for the latest round of discussions on pressing matters in the bloc, including regional integration and a concerted effort to tackling armed rebellions.... More


At least 18 inmates were killed in rioting at the Tela prison in Honduras.  (Photo: Jose Valle/EPA)

Tegucigalpa, December 23 (RHC)-- At least 18 inmates were killed and 16 injured in an overnight fighting between prisoners in Honduras' northern port town of Tela, prison officials said over the weekend.... More


Venezuelan Defense Minister General Vladimir Padrino López.  (Photo: teleSUR)

Caracas, December 22 (RHC)-- The Bolivarian National Armed Forces have denounced an assault on a military installation in southern Venezuela.  Defense Minister General Vladimir Padrino López confirmed that police and military agents were deployed in the area and succeeded in capturing some of the attackers, as well as recovering stolen weapons used in the assault.... More


United Nations, December 22 (RHC)-- The Western countries have blocked a UN Security Council resolution sponsored by Russia and China on cross-border aid deliveries to Syria, after Moscow and Beijing vetoed a rival motion.... More


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