Havana, December 11 (RHC) -- Cuban painter and engraver Lesbia Vent Dumois was awarded the National Fine Arts Prize for 2019 in view of her extraordinary pictorial work... More


Madrid, December 11 (RHC)-- Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza stressed on Tuesday that there needs to be a change in the capitalist model in order to stop the climatic emergency facing the planet, a situation that he described as "an environmental catastrophe."... More


Washington, December 11 (RHC)-- U.S. House Democratic lawmakers unveiled articles of impeachment on Tuesday, charging President Donald Trump with abuse of power and conduct they say presents a “clear and present danger” to national security and the upcoming 2020 election.... More


 A Palestinian checks a car as vehicles with their tires slashed are pictured in the neighborhood of Shuafaat.  (Photo: AFP)

Jerusalem, December 11 (RHC)-- Israeli settlers have vandalized more than 160 Palestinian vehicles in the occupied East Jerusalem, slashing the tires of parked cars and spraying racist graffiti on nearby walls. Local residents said that a group of settlers had raided the Shuafaat neighborhood overnight.... More


A demonstrator during a protest against the Citizenship Amendment Bill in Ahmedabad.  (Photo: Reuters)

New Delhi, December 11 (RHC)-- Hundreds of protesters demonstrated in India after right-wing Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government passed a contentious bill in the Lower House of Parliament, which will allow a pathway to citizenship to religious minorities from three neighboring countries, except Muslims.... More


A man bangs a pan during a protest march in Bogota, Colombia.  (Photo: Reuters)

Bogota, December 11 (RHC)-- Colombia’s National Strike Committee announced that they will continue to protest against right-wing President Ivan Duqueas as peaceful demonstrations continue.... More


Santiago de Chile, December 11 (RHC)-- The Security Commission of the Chilean Senate has decided to make corrections to the text of an 'anti-looting' law, a draft bill proposed by right-wing Sebastian Piñera's government to more harshly punish the crimes committed in the context of social protests.... More


Syrian President Bashar al-Assad speaks in an interview with Italian TV channel Rai News 24.

Damascus, December 11 (RHC)-- Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has blasted Europe’s key role in creating chaos in Syria, saying the current refugee crisis in European countries is a consequence of their support for terrorism in the Arab country.... More


Madrid, December 11 (RHC)-- In Spain, peace activists gathered at the Sagunto Port in the region of Valencia early Tuesday morning to protest against the docking of a Saudi vessel that may be carrying weapons to be used in Yemen. ... More


Pensacola, December 11 (RHC)-- In Florida, the FBI is conducting a terrorism investigation after a shooting at Naval Air Station Pensacola in which a Saudi Air Force officer killed three sailors and wounded eight others on the base. ... More


Havana, December 11 (RHC)-- Ernesto Soberon, Director General of Consular Affairs and Cuban Residents Abroad at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said Tuesday that the Cuban government is working to continue improving the country's immigration policy, despite the prohibitions of the U.S. administration.... More


Nairobi, December 11 (RHC)—The Vice President of the Cuban Council of Ministers, Inés María Chapman, was received on Tuesday by the President of the Republic of Kenya, His Excellency Uhuru Kenyatta. ... More


Homero Acosta (ACNPhoto)

Havana, December 11 (RHC)--The Secretary of the National Assembly of People's Power (Cuban Parliament) and of the Council of State, Homero Acosta, described this Tuesday the work agenda of the fourth ordinary session to be held next week.... More


Buenos Aires, December 11 (RHC)-- The Union of Cuban Residents in Argentina (URCA), which brings together some 500 fellow countrymen and women out of a total of more than 4,000 based in the South Anerican nation, met Tuesday evening with President Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez.... More


Buenos Aires, December 10 (RHC)-- Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel and his delegation attended the inauguration of the elected president of Argentina, Alberto Fernandez, and Vice President Cristina Fernandez on Tuesday.... More


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