La Paz, October 20 (RHC)-- Bolivians voted in elections on Sunday to decide whether to extend the presidency of Evo Morales amid a rise in right-wing governments in the region that have been facing major protests in neighboring Chile, Ecuador and Argentina over harsh austerity measures. ... More
Havana, Oct 19 (RHC) The first secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba, Raúl Castro, and the president of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel, attended Saturday the funeral honors of Prima Ballerina Assoluta Alicia Alonso, at Havana´s Grand Theater.... More
Tokyo, October 20 (RHC)-- Cuban vice president Roberto Morales Ojeda is in Japan, where he will attend the enthronement ceremony of Emperor Naruhito, scheduled to take place on Tuesday.... More
Havana, October 20 (RHC) -- Cubans celebrate Cuban Culture Day on Sunday to commemorate October 20, 1868, the date in which Cuba’s National Anthem was sung for the first time... More
Dublin, October 20 (RHC)—Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez arrived Sunday in Dublin, capital of Ireland, on the first stop of a tour that will also take him to Belarus, Russia, and Azerbaijan.... More
Geneva, October 20 (RHC)-- Ebola is infecting and killing people in a gold mining area of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), and the "complex and dangerous" outbreak still constitutes an international emergency. ... More
Bogota, October 20 (RHC)-- In Colombia, journalist and broadcaster Javier Cordoba Chaguendo was killed by a hitman while on-the-air at a community radio station in Tumaco, Nariño, on the border with Ecuador.... More
Washington, October 20 (RHC)-- U.S. President Donald Trump’s claim that the United States has “secured the oil” in Syria has set Twitter on fire, from speculation he will keep troops there to accusations he was only ever interested in oil rather than fighting terrorism. ... More
Jerusalem, October 20 (RHC)-- U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says Israel has "fundamental rights" and retains "operational freedom" to operate in Syria, adding Washington will closely watch the Iraqi-Syrian border despite withdrawing troops. ... More
Santiago de Chile, October 19 (RHC)-- Chilean President Sebastian Piñera has announced that the Santiago subway fare increase that went into effect last Monday has been revoked after a week of tense protests by students and subway users against the price hike.... More
Santiago de Chile, October 19 (RHC)-- Chilean President Sebastian Piñera has announced that he is suspending the controversial subway fare increase after one week of intense protests against the measure.... More
Tegucigalpa, October 19 (RHC)-- Hondurans over the weekend took to the streets to demand the resignation of President Juan Orlando Hernandez (JOH) after a New York Federal Court found his brother, Tony Hernandez, guilty on charges of drug trafficking, use of weapons and lying to authorities.... More
London, October 19 (RHC)-- The United Kingdom's parliament has backed a proposal designed to force Prime Minister Boris Johnson to request a three-month Brexit extension from the European Union, prompting the British leader to shelve a decisive vote on his recently brokered divorce deal. ... More
New York, October 19 (RHC)-- The U.S. Federal Aviation Agency, the FAA, says that Boeing withheld “concerning” messages from 2016 between employees about a flight-control system implicated in two crashes of the 737 Max, deepening the manufacturer’s crisis over the jets that have been grounded worldwide since March.... More
Rome, October 19 (RHC)-- Italy’s authorities have allowed the Ocean Viking to dock 176 African migrants in the port of Taranto. Apparently, this decision could put an end to the former Interior Minister Matteo Salvini’s “Closed Ports” policy which has been in effect since 2017.... More
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