Havana, June 2 (RHC)-- The first day of the Extraordinary Session of the 9th Legislature of the National Assembly of People's Power got underway Saturday morning in Havana. The special meeting was presided over by Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel; First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba, Raul Castro; and José Ramón Machado Ventura, Second Secretary of the Communist Party.... More


Alicia Alonso with Arencibia and Abreu bowing at Kennedy Center's Opera House

Washington, June 1 (RHC) – A new generation of Cuban dancers were a hit at the Kennedy Center’s Opera House with the classic Giselle Thursday night... More


Cuban Parliament. File photo

Havana, June 1 (RHC)-- The Cuban National Assembly has announced the holding of an extraordinary meeting this weekend.  The session is scheduled to start on Saturday and will go on until Monday. ... More


Havana, June 1 (RHC)-- Direct mail service between the United States and Cuba was fully re-established Friday after the completion of a pilot program. ... More


Georgetown, June 1 (RHC)-- The Prime Minister and First Vice President of the Republic of Guyana, Moses Veerasammy Nagamootoo, visited the Cuban medical cooperation stand at the Health Expo-2018... More


Kingstown, June 1 (RHC)-- Specialists of the National General Staff of the Civil Defense of Cuba and the Cuban Environmental Agency successfully completed a work program with the Vincentian authorities ... More


President of Canadian House of Commons Receives Cuban Ambassador. Photo: Twitter

Ottawa, June 1 (RHC)-- The Ambassador of Cuba, Josefina Vidal Ferreiro, was received Thursday by the Honorable Geoff Regan, president of the House of Commons, at the headquarters of the Canadian Parliament.... More


Mariano Rajoy takes his seat at Parliament before the vote on a no confidence motion in Madrid, Spain.  Photo: Reuters

Madrid, June 1 (RHC)-- In Spain, Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy lost a no-confidence vote in Parliament Friday, as a major corruption scandal toppled his administration.... More


US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley speaks during a UN Security Council emergency session on Israel-Gaza conflict at United Nations headquarter on M

United Nations, June 1 (RHC)-- U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley has said Washington will "unquestionably veto" a UN draft resolution calling for the protection of Palestinians in Gaza and the occupied West Bank.... More


An Israeli army tank patrols along the Gaza Strip on May 29, 2018.  Photo: AFP

Geneva, June 1 (RHC)-- The besieged Gaza Strip is facing an "epic" crisis after Israeli forces killed and injured hundreds of Palestinians during recent protests... More


European Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom holds a news conference in Brussels, Belgium.   Photo: Reuters

Brussels, June 1 (RHC)-- The European Union says it intends to launch a case at the World Trade Organization (WTO) against a U.S. move to impose new import tariffs on the bloc’s steel and aluminum... More


  Guatemalan women killed on U.S. border.  Photo: Democracy Now

Guatemala City, June 1 (RHC)-- In Guatemala, family members are demanding justice for Claudia Gómez González, the 19-year-old indigenous woman whom a U.S. Border Patrol agent shot in the head and killed last week in Texas near the U.S. border. ... More


This file photo shows a view of an Israeli settlement in the occupied West Bank.  Photo: File

Tel Aviv, June 1 (RHC)-- The Israeli regime has approved plans for the construction of about 2,000 settlement units in the occupied West Bank. ... More


Raúl Castro welcomes Cuban president Díaz-Canel. Photo: ACN

Havana, May 31 (RHC)-- Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel arrived home Thursday morning from Venezuela, where he paid an official visit. Díaz-Canel was welcomed at Havana's José Martí International Airport by the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba, Raúl Castro.... More


Paris, May 31 (RHC)-- The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on Wednesday launched its José Martí International Prize, in the framework of the fourth edition of the Week of Latin America and the Caribbean.... More


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