Mailén Díaz Almaguer

Havana, June 8 (RHC)-- Mailén Díaz Almaguer, survivor of the May 18th air crash in Havana is responding positively to treatment, according to a note sent to Granma newspaper from Dr. Carlos Alberto Martínez, director of the Calixto García University Hospital, where the 19-year-old is being treated.... More


 Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

Brasilia, June 8 (RHC)--The national launch of the pre-candidacy of the founder and historical leader of the Workers' Party (PT), Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva to the upcoming presidential elections will be held Friday in the municipality of Contagem, metropolitan region of Belo Horizonte.... More


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Washington, June 8 (RHC)-- Four Republican lawmakers asserted in Washington that greater agricultural trade between Cuba and the United States would be mutually beneficial and urged for the easing of the trade restrictions that currently hamper bilateral trade.... More


Eugenio Martínez Enriquez, General Director of Latin America and Caribbean at MINREX.  Photo: Jessica Arroyo/RHC

Havana, June 7 (RHC)-- Cuba has condemned in the strongest terms a resolution of the Organization of American States (OAS) directed against Venezuela, debated on June 5th at the organization's 48th General Assembly.... More


Machado Ventura meets with Javier Miranda, President of Uruguay's Broad Front (Frente Amplio).  Photo: Granma

Havana, June 7 (RHC)-- The second secretary of the Cuban Communist Party's Central Committee José Ramón Machado Ventura met Wednesday in Havana with a delegation from Uruguay's Broad Front Coalition, led by its president Javier Miranda.... More


Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro at a national meeting of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV).  Photo: Reuters

Caracas, June 7 (RHC)-- Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has accused the United States of infiltrating high-level positions within the Venezuelan oil industry.... More


Rescue teams search through destruction wrought by volcano in Guatemala.  Photo: AP

Guatemala City, June 7 (RHC)-- Explosions boomed from Guatemala's fearsome Fuego volcano Wednesday, unleashing fresh torrents of molten mud and ash down slopes where officials said at least 100 people had been killed and 200 were still missing. ... More


British Prime Minister Theresa May greets Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu outside 10 Downing Street in London on June 6, 2018.  Photo: AFP

London, June 7 (RHC)-- British Prime Minister Theresa May has reiterated her country's support for the Iran nuclear deal in talks with her Israeli counterpart, Benjamin Netanyahu... More


Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks to AFP journalists in Ottawa, Ontario.  Photo: AFP

Ottawa, June 7 (RHC)-- Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has rejected a proposal by Washington to scrap the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and adopt a bilateral trade pact.  ... More


Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.  Photo: Reuters

Brasilia, June 7 (RHC)-- In his first video appearance since being imprisoned nearly 60 days ago, former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has given a deposition to Brazil's Federal Court ... More


US President Donald Trump reacts after a family photo at the G-7 Summit expanded session in Taormina, Sicily, Italy, May 27, 2017.   Photo: Reuters

Ottawa, June 7 (RHC)-- With the pending G-7 summit set to get underway, observers note that the gatherings of the world's top powers are often marred by anti-globalist demonstrations in the streets of the host city.  ... More


Palestinians protest killings by Israeli forces.  Photo: AFP

Gaza City, June 7 (RHC)-- In Gaza, thousands of Palestinians gathered for the funeral of 21-year-old medic Razan al-Najjar, who an Israeli sniper shot dead last week as she was helping evacuate wounded Palestinians at a protest near the separation fence between Israel and Gaza.... More


Havana, June 7 (RHC)-- The Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP) hosted on Wednesday a tribute to commander Ernesto “Che” Guevara, on the occasion of his 90th birthday. He was born in Rosario, Argentina, on June 14th, 1928. ... More


Cuban deputy minister of Foreign Affairs, Rogelio Sierra. File Photo

Havana, June 7 (RHC)-- Cuban Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Rogelio Sierra Díaz, began a working visit to the Caribbean region Wednesday, which will run through June 16.... More


Fort Worth, June 7(RHC)-- American Airlines has become the first U.S. passenger carrier to begin cargo service in Cuba, reports the American Journal of Transportation.... More


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