Vice President David Mabuza of South Africa welcomes 260 Cuba-trained medical students back in their country.... More


Cuba's role in Caribbean integration is decisive, Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Ralph Gonsalvez tells Prensa Latina news agency. ... More


President Diaz-Canell in central Cienfuegos on Saturday

Havana, July 7 (RHC) -- Just back from a CARICOM summit meeting in Jamaica, Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel started a working visit to the province of Sancti Spíritus on Friday afternoon, a region hard hit by rains and floods in late May. On Saturday, he traveled to Cienfuegos and inspected recovery of an oil spill caused by the floods.... More


Cuban president Miguel Díaz-Canel had a packed agenda that included meetings with the Prime Minister of Jamaica, Andrew Holness. Photo: PL

Montego Bay, July 6 (RHC)-- President Miguel Diaz-Canel has returned home to Cuba after visiting Montego Bay, Jamaica, where he participated as guest in the 39th Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM).... More


Havana, July 6 (RHC)-- The First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba, Raul Castro, met Thursday in Havana with Ri Su Yong, who delivered a message from the chairman of the Workers' Party of Korea, Kim Yong Un. During the exchange, Raúl Castro and the North Korean union leader confirmed the traditional bonds of friendship and the excellent relations between the two peoples, Parties and governments.... More


Port of Spain, July 6 (RHC)-- A Cuban trade delegation headed by the deputy chair of the country's Chamber of Commerce, Rubén Ramos, is participating in the 2018 Trade and Investment Convention (TIC), taking place July 4th through the 8th. In Trinidad and Tobago.... More


Nicolas Maduro during a military ceremony promoting members of the armed forces.   Photo: EFE

Caracas, July 6 (RHC)-- Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has called on the country's armed forces to remain alert and stand ready to protect their country's sovereignty. ... More


Police break up an encampment outside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement office in Philadelphia on Thursday, July 5, 2018.

Philadelphia, July 6 (RHC)-- U.S. police have attacked demonstrators in the states of New Mexico and Philadelphia protesting against President Donald Trump's "zero tolerance" policy on immigration that separated children from migrant parents on the U.S.-Mexico border.... More


Mexico's president-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador addresses the media after a private meeting with Mexico's President Pena Nieto in Mexico City.  Photo: Reut

Mexico City, July 6 (RHC)-- Mexican President-elect Andrés Manuel López Obrador says he wants to work "in concert" with the business sector of the second largest economy in Latin America. ... More


General consuls of France, Sweden, Belgium, Italy, Ireland, Switzerland, Finland and Denmark visit the Palestinian Bedouin village of Khan al-Ahmar, east of Jer

Tel Aviv, July 6 (RHC)-- European diplomats have been barred from paying a solidarity visit to a school in a Palestinian Bedouin village in the West Bank under threat of demolition by Israeli authorities.... More


Chilean singer/songwriter Victor Jara.  Photo: File

Santiago de Chile, July 6 (RHC)-- In Chile, a court has handed 15-year sentences to eight former military officers for the murder of legendary folk singer and activist Victor Jara in September 1973. ... More


EPA chief Scott Pruitt resigns.  Photo: AP

Washington, July 6 (RHC)-- In the United States, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt has resigned, amid an onslaught of financial and ethics scandals and widespread opposition to his campaign to roll back key environmental protections. ... More


 Migrant ship docks in Spain after denial by Italy and Malta.  Photo: Reuters

Barcelona, July 6 (RHC)-- In Barcelona, Spain, an immigrant rights activist scaled a monument to Christopher Columbus and placed a giant life vest on the statue’s arm reading, “Open Arms.”  ... More


File photo shows Israeli Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan (L) next to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Israeli Knesset in Jerusalem.   Photo

Tel Aviv, July 6 (RHC)-- An Israeli minister has warned Damascus that Israel could strike Syrian government troops if they are stationed in a border zone subjected to a UN demilitarization agreement... More


Montego Bay, July 6 (RHC)-- The 39th Ordinary Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is coming to a close this Friday after three days of intense deliberations on crime and violence in the region, climate change, disasters risk reduction, and the regional market.... More


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