Rodrigo Malmierca, Alicia Barcena and Amina Mohammed preside the colsing session of ECLAC´s 37th session. Photo ECLAC

Havana, May 12 (RHC)--The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) concluded its 37th ordinary session in Havana on Friday with a renewal of its commitment to serve as a relevant and effective instrument for the development of the region... More


Cuban President Miguel Diaz Canel and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas hold official talks. Estudio Revolucion Photo

Havana, May 11 (RHC) Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel ratified the Caribbean nation's support for Palestine during a meeting with the president of that country, Mahmoud Abbas, who is on an official visit to the island.... More


Washington, May 11 (RHC) -- The Cuban Embassy in Washington DC hosted organizers and artists participating at the Artes de Cuba festival going at the city's well-known Kennedy Center. ... More


Washington, May 11 (RHC)-- The city council of the District of Columbia in Washington passed a resolution recognizing the Cuban arts festival going on at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.... More


Brazzaville, May 11 (RHC)-- Denis Sassou N'guesso, President of the Republic of the Congo, received in a special audience Marcia Cobas Ruiz, deputy minister of Health of Cuba, who is in Brazzaville heading an official delegation.... More


Thousands march in Buenos Aires to protest IMF loans.  Photo: Reuters

Buenos Aires, May 11 (RHC)-- Thousands of Argentineans marched in Buenos Aires on Thursday against the economic policies of the administration of Mauricio Macri... More


Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi.  Photo: File photo

Tehran, May 11 (RHC)-- Iran has condemned Israel's recent attack on Syria, calling it an attempt by the main supporter of Syrian terrorist groups to retaliate their many defeats against the government of Syrian President Bashar as-Assad. ... More


U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo with Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud in Riyadh, April 29, 2018.  Photo: Reuters

Riyadh, May 11 (RHC)-- Saudi Arabia and its Gulf allies highly praised Washington's decision to withdraw from the international nuclear accord with Iran.  ... More


A group of women protest against the government of Jimmy Morales in front of the national palace in Guatemala City.  Photo: Reuters

Guatemala City, May 11 (RHC)-- In yet another interventionist move, U.S. Republican senator Marco Rubio has announced his country would halt funding to Guatemala's anti-corruption Comisión Internacional Contra la Impunidad en Guatemala (CICIG). ... More


Rabio Rebelde Photo

Havana. May 11 (RHC)-- The president of the State of Palestine, Mahmoud Abbas, arrived in Havana Thursday evening on an official visit.... More


 Cuba´s Minister of Foreign Trade and Investment, Rodrigo Malmierca,  second from left .(ECLAC Photo)

Havana, May 11 (RHC)-- Cuba´s Minister of Foreign Trade and Investment, Rodrigo Malmierca, stressed that conferring to the island the pro tempore chairmanship of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) is a demonstration of its members’ confidence in the leadership of the Caribbean nation.... More


Mothers of the missing marched to demand authorities to never forget the cases of their children. EFE/SASHENKA GUTIERREZ

Mexico City, May 11 (RHC)-- Thousands of Mexican women marched on Mother’s Day in the country’s capital and other cities on Thursday to demand justice in the cases of their missing children.... More


ELN leaders have said that they are ready to move forward with peace and hope to renegotiate a ceasefire.  Photo: @ELN_Paz

Havana, May 10 (RHC)-- The fifth round of talks between the Colombian government and the National Liberation Army (ELN) resumed Thursday in Havana.  ... More


Fernando García Casas, Secretary of State for International Cooperation and for Latin America and the Caribbean of the Kingdom of Spain

Havana, May 10 (RHC)-- Cuban Vice President Ricardo Cabrisas, Minister of Economy and Planning, received Wednesday Fernando García Casas, Secretary of State for International Cooperation and for Latin America and the Caribbean of the Kingdom of Spain... More


An activist of Workers Party holds a sign with a photo of International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Christine Lagarde and Argentine President Mauricio

Buenos Aires, May 10 (RHC)-- In Argentina, the block of deputies of the Peronist-Kirchnerist alliance Frente para la Victoria (Front for Victory) criticized the decision of the Argentinean President Mauricio Macri ... More


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