Mexican front-runner Lopez Obrador during a campaign event in Tantoyuca, Veracruz.  May 10, 2018.   Photo: EFE

Mexico City, May 15 (RHC)-- The Mexican center-left presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, or AMLO, said the current government spent hundreds of millions of dollars in a smear campaign ... More


A file photo of an Israeli F-16 fighter jet.  Photo: Press TV

Gaza City, May 15 (RHC)-- An Israeli warplane has targeted several positions of the Palestinian Hamas resistance movement in the northern part of the besieged Gaza Strip... More


art and fashion show

Washington, May 15 (RHC) – Art and Fashion, the project which combines the best of Cuban fine arts and creative design thrilled audiences at the Kennedy Center Monday evening... More


Managua, May 15 (RHC) Cardinal Leopoldo Brenes, the Archbishop of Managua and head of the Nicaraguan Bishops Conference, announced the start of peace talks for Wednesday, although circumstances for the dialogue are not ideal. The Catholic church is acting as a mediator.... More


Geneva, May 15 (RHC)-- Cuba presented its National Report to the Universal Periodic Review (UPR), as part of the 30th session of that group, a mechanism of the Human Rights Council of the United Nations.... More


Gala on the ocassion of the Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia  in Havana

Havana, May 14 (RHC)-- The 11th Cuban Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia was marked in Havana over the weekend with a gala and a parade. ... More


London, May 14 (RHC)-- The UK’s Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board, AHDB, an umbrella organization working on behalf of Britain's farmers and cereal growers, is looking into potential wheat deals with Cuba.... More


 U.S. House of Representatives.  Photo:  Google File

Washington, May 14 (RHC)-- U.S. President Donald Trump’s planned space force has been supported by lawmakers at the House of Representatives.  The House Armed Services Committee voted down a proposal by Ohio Republican Representative Mike Turner during the panel’s markup of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).... More


 A woman wearing a hijab passes by several election banners for the September general elections in Berlin, on August 23, 2017.  Photo: AFP

Berlin, May 14 (RHC)-- A court in the German capital, Berlin, has upheld a law preventing a Muslim teacher from wearing a headscarf to work, rejecting her discrimination complaint.... More


Oil tankers will most likely continue to do business with Iran.  Photo: AFP

New York, May 14 (RHC)-- Signs have appeared that show U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat of curbing Iran’s oil exports once new sanctions are put in place is easier said than done as world’s biggest buyers are already reluctant to forego their Iran import plans.  A report by Bloomberg said Chinese and Indian buyers were likely to continue buying oil from Iran.... More


More Mexican politicians murdered as elections approach in July.  Photo:  Reuters

Mexico City, May 14 (RHC)-- As another politician was killed in Mexico last week, the country registers 91 politicians murdered during the electoral campaign leading to the national elections scheduled for July 1, 2018.  ... More


Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla

Havana, May 14 (RHC)-- Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez is beginning a tour of Europe.... More


A Palestinian demonstrator drags a burning tire during a protest against U.S. embassy move to Jerusalem at the Israel-Gaza border, May 14, 2018. Reuters

Gaza City, May 14 (RHC)-- More than 35,000 Palestinian demonstrators marched along the Gaza border on Monday to reject the official transfer of the United States Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. According to health officials, Israeli troops have killed at least 50 Palestinians, including a 14-year old boy and a man in a wheelchair.... More


Bogota, May 14 (RHC)-- The National Liberation Army (ELN) of Colombia has announced that it will stop all of its military activities from the 25th to the 29th of this month on the occasion of the Colombian presidential elections.... More


Young contemporary dance company Malpaso

Malpaso at the Kennedy Center

Washington, May 12 (RHC) -- The young Cuban contemporary dance company Malpaso received standing ovations at the John F. Kennedy Center as part of the Arts of Cuba Festival... More


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