This file photo taken on March 10, 2015 shows a woman getting vaccinated at a health center in Conakry during the first clinical trials of the VSV-EBOV vaccine

Geneva, May 18 (RHC)-- The World Health Organization has sent the first 4,000 doses of an Ebola vaccine to Congo, the first time the experimental vaccine has been deployed... More


Antonio Saca, who was president from 2004 to 2009, is accused of diverting funds from the treasury to personal bank accounts.  Photo: Reuters

San Salvador, May 18 (RHC)-- A former president of El Salvador will go on trial on charges of embezzlement and money laundering involving more than $300 million, a tribunal in the Central American nation has decided. ... More


Refugees to U.S. at lowest level in many years.  Photo: Democracy Now

Washington, May 18 (RHC)-- New data show the Donald Trump administration has cut the number of refugees allowed into the United States to a near trickle -- with an estimated 20,000 set to enter the U.S. by year’s end at the current pace. ... More


Protesters call for protection for Haitian refugees.  Photo: AP

Washington, May 18 (RHC)-- Newly-revealed documents show that the Donald Trump administration sought negative information about Haitian immigrants ahead of its decision to end temporary protected status for nearly 60,000 Haitians... More


Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North speaks at the NRA-ILA Leadership Forum during the NRA Annual Meeting & Exhibits at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Cente

Washington, May 18 (RHC)-- The newly-elected president of the National Rifle Association (NRA) has branded gun control activists who are critical of the agency’s role in continued gun violence across the United States as civil terrorists. ... More


Havana, May 18 (RHC)-- At 12:08 p.m. Friday, a Boeing 737-200, leased by Cubana de Aviación, crashed shortly after take-off in an area between José Martí International Airport on the outskirts of Havana and the town of Santiago de Las Vegas.... More


The en masse resignation takes pace after three days of Vatican meetings over sex-abuse scandal. File Photo.

Vatican City, May 18 (RHC)-- Thirty-four Chilean bishops have offered their resignation to Pope Francis over allegations that they covered up clergy sex abuse scandals.... More


Heredia Theater in Santiago de Cuba, venue of the event. ACN Photo

Santiago de Cuba, May 18(RHC) The companies of the agricultural system in the province of Santiago de Cuba will be exhibiting their products and services at the Cuba-Caribbean Business Forum, to be held on June 28 and 29 at the Heredia Cultural Complex in Santiago de Cuba.... More


Paris, May 18 (RHC)-- The Director General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Audrey Azoulay, received Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez on Friday in Paris.... More


During the largest demonstration,  on Monday May 15 2018, 60 people were killed, included childen. (AFP Photo)

Geneva, May 18 (RHC)-- The UN Human Rights Council is holding a special session to consider a draft resolution calling for an urgent dispatch of “an independent, international commission of inquiry” to look into all violations of international humanitarian law and international human rights law by the Israeli forces on Palestinian mass protests that have been taking place since March 30th.... More


Universal Periodic Review of the UN Human Rights Council.   File photo

Geneva, May 17 (RHC)-- Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez has rejected the manipulation of the human rights issue for political purposes.  ... More


Beijing, May 17 (RHC)-- The president of the BioCubaFarma group Eduardo Martínez and Huang Lianshen, leader of the Guangxi Fukang Investment business group... More


Havana, May 17 (RHC)-- A delegation from Thailand visited the headquarters of the National Assembly of People's Power, the Cuban Parliament, here in Havana on occasion of the 60th anniversary of diplomatic relations between both country's legislative bodies.... More


Cuban MSc. and eighth degree black belt Ronaldo Veitia.  File photo

Havana, May 17 (RHC)-- Cuban MSc. and eighth degree black belt Ronaldo Veitia received news that he will be inducted to the International Judo Federation (IJF) Hall of Fame during the Baku 2018 World Championship in September.... More


Havana, May 17 (RHC)--  The Cuban Domadores will face th the French Fighting Roosters in the semifinals of the 8th World Series of Boxing (WSB) on May 18. ... More


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