Washington, March 7 (RHC)-- A top U.S. official says that the Guantanamo Bay detention center could easily accommodate "a couple dozen" more inmates should the Trump administration decide to send new prisoners to the much-maligned facility. ... More
Brasilia, March 7 (RHC)-- Brazil's 4th Region State Public Prosecutor has requested that former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio 'Lula' da Silva immediately start serving his 12-year and one-month sentence ordered by the Fourth Regional Federal Court, or TRF-4. ... More
Washington, March 7 (RHC)-- The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump has considered new military action against the Syrian government on the allegations that it has used chemical weapons against militants, according to officials, raising the prospect of a second U.S. strike on the government in less than a year.... More
Bogota, March 7 (RHC)-- At least 10 rebels from the National Liberation Army (ELN) were killed when the Colombian army bombed one of their camps in the department of Antioquia, local media reported Tuesday. ... More
Cienfuegos, March 7 (RHC)-- Construction of the largest diesel power station in Cuba, located in Cienfuegos, is advancing at a satisfactory pace, authorities with the project have said. ... More
Havana, March 7 (RHC)-- Cuba intends to participate with a high-level mission in the Berlin ITB 2018 tourism convention. The Cuban Ministry of Tourism said the delegation will be chaired by Minister Manuel Marrero and will include top executives from all four major Cuban hotel chains--Gran Caribe, Cubanacan, Islazul,and Gaviota. ... More
Mexico City, March 7 (RHC)-- A Cuban political delegation is in Mexico attending the 6th Bilateral Consultation Meeting between Mexico's Labor Party (PT) and the Cuban Communist Party (PCC).... More
Brussels, March 6 (RHC)-- Record-breaking snowstorms battered parts of Europe, Canada and the United States, where at least eight people were killed amid the blizzards. Canada’s eastern province of Ontario saw the heaviest snowfall in nearly two decades. ... More
Tallahassee, March 6 (RHC)-- In the U.S. state of Florida, the state Senate met for a rare session in which lawmakers voted down a proposal to ban assault rifles in the wake of the February 14th massacre at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. ... More
Barcelona, March 6 (RHC)-- The parliament in the northeastern Spanish region of Catalonia has officially started consulting major separatist parties to name a leader to replace former president Carles Puigdemont. ... More
Washington, March 6 (RHC)-- A grand-jury subpoena from the U.S. Justice Department’s Special Counsel Robert Mueller has reportedly targeted President Donald Trump and the majority of his election campaign team.... More
Washington, March 6 (RHC)-- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has arrived in Washington for a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump, deliver a speech to America’s biggest pro-Israel group and resume his critique of the Iran nuclear deal, even as a corruption scandal involving Netanyahu grows in Israel.... More
Pyongyang, March 6 (RHC)-- North Korea says it will stop testing its nuclear weapons in order to hold talks with the United States. ... More
Caracas, March 6 (RHC)-- The summit of presidents of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America, ALBA, was held in Caracas on Monday, moments after Venezuelan President Maduro addressed Venezuelans alongside leaders of Latin American and Caribbean member states who were attending the meeting.... More
Paris, March 6 (RHC)-- “The U.S. blockade on Cuba is now meaningless and out of date,” said political scientist Robert Malley, who served as special advisor to former U.S. President Barack Obama.... More
More Views
- Israel launches missile strike on residential areas in Beirut
- Open letter to U.S. President Joe Biden to remove Cuba from list of state sponsors of terrorism receives wide media coverage
- Cuba calls for political will to achieve a fair and just future at United Nations General Assembly
- Renewable energies project promoted in Cuba
- U.S. Ambassador to Bogota confirms the existence of a plan to kill Colombia's president