Brussels, November 16 (RHC)-- Various Palestinian rights groups on Friday gathered in downtown Brussels, the de facto capital of the EU.  The event was organized to protest the bombing of Gaza by Israel in recent days and more generally the ongoing oppression of Palestinians at the hands of the Israeli regime.... More


Havana, November 16 (RHC)-- The government of Cuba and the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) Fund for International Development (OFID) signed earlier this week in Havana a loan agreement for the financing of a 25-million-dollar hydraulic project, which will benefit municipalities to the west of the Cuban capital.... More


Havana, November 15 (RHC)--  Esteban Lazo, President of the National Assembly of People's Power of Cuba, met on Friday with Valentina Matvienko, President of the Council of the Russian Federation (Senate), on an official visit to Cuba.... More


Washington, November 16 (RHC)-- The U.S. State Department announced Friday it was adding five Cuban hotel facilities to its Restricted List, which prohibits direct financial transactions.... More


The sky of Havana was illuminated with thousands of fireworks. Photo: Irene Pérez/ Cubadebate

Havana, November 16 (RHC)—The rain from a cold front did not dissuade thousands of Havana residents from converging at its Malecon sea promenade Friday evening to watch a spectacular fireworks display.... More


Dr. Yoandra Muro Valle

.Havana, November 15 (RHC)-- The Chief of the Cuban Medical Brigade in Bolivia, Dr. Yoandra Muro Valle, has been released by Bolivian police and returned to the mission headquarters.  According to the Minister of Public Health, Dr. José Ángel Portal Miranda, the other four aid workers are still being detained by Bolivian authorities.... More


La Paz, November 15 (RHC)-- Independent journalists who are covering protests in Bolivia were accused of carrying out "sedition" by de-facto Communications Minister Roxana Lizarraga, who was paradoxically appointed by a U.S.-backed government that emerged from a coup d'etat against the socialist President Evo Morales.... More


Las Vegas, November 15 (RHC)-- At the Latin Grammys in Las Vegas, Chilean artist Mon Laferte exposed her breasts as she walked onto the red carpet, revealing the words: “In Chile, they torture, rape and kill” written across her chest. ... More


Santiago de Chile, November 15 (RHC)-- Guillermo Teillier, president of the Communist Party of Chile (PC), insisted on Friday that citizens had to play an important role in the process of writing a new Constitution.... More


Ramallah, November 15 (RHC)-- In the Gaza Strip, Palestinians have agreed to a tenuous ceasefire with Israel’s military after Israel launched its biggest attacks on the territory in months.  ... More


Moscow, November 15 (RHC)-- The international news network Russia Today (RT) has denounced that Ecuador's public television operator has taken its transmissions off the air without providing any reason.... More


Eugenio Martinez, Director for Latin America and the Caribbean at the Foreign Ministry speaks to the press. Cubadebate Photo

Havana, November 15 (RHC)-- Cuba denounced Friday to the international community the arrest of the Chief-Coordinator of its Medical Contingent in Bolivia, Doctor Yoandra Muro Valle.... More


La Paz, November 15 (RHC)-- At least 12 Bolivians have been killed and more than 530 injured by the violence that escalated in Bolivia following the coup against constitutional president Evo Morales, denounced the Ombudsman's Office.... More


Santiago de Chile, November 15 (RHC)-- The Chilean parliament agreed early Friday morning to hold a plebiscite for a new Constitution.  According to the agreement, once the new Magna Carta has been drafted, it will be submitted for ratification in a referendum.... More


United Nations, November 15 (RHC)-- A United Nations envoy is traveling to Bolivia to mediate among different political forces and achieve a peaceful solution to the crisis that the coup d'etat against President Evo Morales triggered.... More


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