Havana, May 21 (RHC)-- Cuban experts continue the investigations to clarify the causes of the plane crash that occurred in the Cuban capital last Friday and the process of identifying its victims.... More


Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro greets followers after reelection on Sunday, May 20, 2018

Caracas, May 21 (RHC)-- Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro comfortably won re-election on Sunday. With 92.6 percent of the votes counted, Maduro had 5.8 million votes, while his closest rival, former governor Henri Falcón, obtained 1.8 million votes, said the president of the National Election Authority, Tibisay Lucena.... More


Plane crash that occurred this Friday at 12:08, near the Jose Marti International Airport

Havana, May 18 (RHC)-- Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel expressed his sadness for the tragic plane crash that occurred this Friday at 12:08 (local time), near the Jose Marti International Airport, when a Boeing 737-200 crashed just minutes after taking off.... More


First Secretary of the Cuban Communist Party's Central Committee Raúl Castro.  File photo

Havana, May 19 (RHC)-- The First Secretary of the Cuban Communist Party's Central Committee Raúl Castro has conveyed his profound condolences to the relatives of the plane crash victims.... More


Havana, May 19 (RHC)-– The Cuban Council of State has decreed an official period of mourning, from 6:00 a.m. on May 19 until 12:00 midnight on May 20... More


Russian foreign affairs minister Serguéi Lavrov.  File photo

Havana, May 19 (RHC) -- Russian foreign affairs minister Serguéi Victorovich Lavrov will arrive in Cuba on Tuesday, May 22, for an official visit at the invitation of his Cuban counterpart Bruno Rodriguez. ... More


Beijing, May 19 (RHC)-- A promotional event for this year's edition of "Cubaindustria 2018" –the most important forum of the Cuban industrial sector-- took place at the Cuban Embassy ... More


Protesters demand freedom for Lula da Silva.  Photo: AP

Brasilia, May 19 (RHC)-- In Brazil, Workers' Party president Gleisi Hoffmann and former mayor of Sao Paulo, Fernando Haddad, visited former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva ... More


Iranian President Hassan Rouhani (2nd, R) addresses a meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation in Istanbul, Turkey, on May 18, 2018.  Photo: IRNA

Istanbul, May 19 (RHC)-- Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has called on Muslim countries and other world nations to revise their ties with the United States and sever all their relations with Israel in response to their hostile policies against Palestine. ... More


Seuxis Paucias Hernandez, better known by his alias Jesus Santrich, was arrested by Colombian authorities on DEA orders in April.  Photo: EFE

Bogota, May 19 (RHC)-- The Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP), the organism in charge of judging the crimes committed during the Colombian armed conflict... More


 At least 10 people have been reported dead in a shooting at a Texas high school.  Photo: AP

Houston, May 19 (RHC)-- In the U.S. state of Texas, a 17-year-old student dressed in a trench coat and armed with a shotgun and pistol opened fire at his high school outside Houston on Friday, killing nine students and a teacher, before surrendering to officers, authorities said. ... More


 Colombian army executed civilians, claiming they were rebels.  Photo: Reuters

Bogota, May 19 (RHC)-- In Colombia, a new study accuses the Colombian military of executing up to 10,000 civilians and then claiming they were rebels between 2002 and 2010. ... More


Two little girls hold bottled water and biscuits they received from villagers of Pythio after crossing the Evros River with the family from Syria. The river is

Brussels, May 19 (RHC)-- European Union migration officials have warned that Greece is receiving more and more refugees from Turkey this year... More


Cuban National Ballet in Don Quixote

Washington, May 19 (RHC) -- The Cuban National Ballet Company, directed by Alicia Alonso, will close the Arts of Cuba Festival with seven shows at the Kennedy Center’s Opera House May 29/June 3... More


Beijing, May 18 (RHC)-- Cuba and China have expanded their biotechnology cooperation with the signing of another memorandum of understanding for the opening of new joint ventures in the field of biotechnology.... More


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