Havana, November 6 (RHC)--Cuba became the first Caribbean country to ratify the Convention Establishing the Caribbean Customs Organization (CCO) and on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Customs Matters. ... More


FIHAV 2019 hosts investment forum

Havana, November 6 (RHC)—The 4th investment forum is the main course this Wednesday’s at Havana 2019 International Trade Fair (FIHAV 2019) running in the Cuban capital until Friday.... More


Havana, November 6 (RHC)-- Cuba is gradually advancing in the deployment of a digital television signal, a process that aims to complete the termination of all analog TV broadcasts by 2023.... More


Moscow, November 6 (RHC)-- The Russian State Duma on Tuesday requested the United Nations General Assembly exert influence on the United States to end the economic, financial, and commercial embargo against Cuba, reports Interfax.... More


New York, November 6 (RHC) -- Today and tomorrow, for the twenty-eighth time, Cuba will submit to the United Nations General Assembly the draft resolution "Necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States of America against Cuba".... More


Former lawmaker and left-wing opposition leader Virgilio Hernandez has been accused of rebellion.  (Photo: Virgilio Hernandez / Twitter)

Quito, November 5 (RHC)-- An Ecuadorean judge ordered preventive prison for the former lawmaker and left-wing opposition leader, Virgilio Hernandez, following the Attorney General’s Office accusation of alleged participation in acts of violence during the mass anti-government demonstrations in early October.... More


Thirty-six healthy male volunteers lay on beds with their heads low and feet high for 90 days for an experiment to simulate weightlessness that will pave the way for Chinese astronauts' long-term stay in space.... More


Supporters of Evo Morales gather during a rally in downtown La Paz.   (Photo: teleSUR)

La Paz, November 5 (RHC)-- Bolivian President Evo Morales insisted Tuesday that allegations of alleged fraud made by the opposition are a pretext for executing a coup.  He spoke to thousands of supporters from different social movements as they gathered in the center of La Paz.... More


Moscow, November 5 (RHC)-- U.S. actions to bolster its illegal presence in Syria violate international law, according to Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Vershinin.   The statement comes shortly after Turkish media reported that two new American military bases are under construction in the oil-rich Deir ez-Zor province.... More


Burnt wreckage of vehicle transporting Mormon family.  (Photo: Reuters)

Mexico City, November 5 (RHC)-- Mexico does not need “foreign intervention” to deal with its security issues, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has said, following an offer of “help” from Donald Trump after the ambush and murder of a U.S. family.... More


Tehran, November 5 (RHC)-- Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says Iran gives a response to the United States’ policy of pursuing “economic terrorism” and “blackmail” in a way quite opposite of what U.S. President Donald Trump was led to believe.... More


Guatemala’s President-elect Alejandro Giammattei.  (Photo: AFP)

Guatemala City, November 5 (RHC)-- Guatemalan President-elect Alejandro Giammattei says he plans to sever all diplomatic ties with Venezuela after his inauguration in January 2020.... More


Denver, November 5 (RHC)-- A self-described white supremacist in the U.S. state of Colorado has been arrested following an FBI sting operation and charged with plotting to detonate pipe bombs and dynamite at one of the state's oldest synagogues.... More


Havana, November 5 (RHC)- Russia is confirmed as one of Cuba's main economic and trade partners, Cuban Minister for Foreign Trade and Foreign Investment Rodrigo Malmierca said during the official opening of the Russian stand at the 37th Havana’s International Trade Fair (FIHAV 2019).... More


Havana, November 5 (RHC)-- Cuba’s western province of Pinar del Río now has one of the most modern rice dryers in the world. ... More


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