Roger Torrent, Speaker of Catalonia's regional Parliament, chairs a meeting at parliament in Barcelona, Spain, January 30, 2018. (Reuters)

Madrid, January 30 (RHC-Agencies)-- Catalonia on Tuesday postponed the election of a new regional president until further notice after Spain’s highest court said the sole nominee, separatist leader Carles Puigdemont, was ineligible while he remains a fugitive from justice in Belgium.... More


Image of the National Police Headquarters, in the northern Pacific province of Esmeraldas (Internet Photo)

Havana, January 30 (RHC) Cuba´s Foreign Ministry has condemned the terrorist attack perpetrated last Saturday in Esmeraldas, Ecuador and expressed its solidarity with the government and the people of the South American nation.... More


Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (Reuters-File Photo)

Mexico City, January 30 (RHC)--Leftist contender Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador is leading the race to win Mexico’s July presidential election with the support of 32 percent of the voters, a survey by polling firm Buendia & Laredo showed on Monday.... More


Havana, January 29 (RHC)-- The plenary meeting of the National Council of the Confederation of Cuban Workers (CTC), concluded over the weekend with a call to hold the 21st national labor congress, set for January 2019.... More


Demonstrations across Honduras to protest inauguration of Juan Orlando Hernandez (Photo: AP)

Tegucigalpa, January 29 (RHC)-- In Honduras, U.S.-backed President Juan Orlando Hernández was inaugurated for a second term over the weekend amid massive protests denouncing widespread alleged voter fraud in the November 26th election. ... More


Suicide attack kills more than 100 in Kabul (Photo: AFP)

Kabul, January 29 (RHC)-- Afghanistan has declared a national day of mourning after more than 100 people were killed in a suicide attack in the capital Kabul over the weekend. ... More


Jose Arturo Sierra, a retired lawyer and judge, was murdered by unknown assailants while travelling in his car through Guatemala City (Photo: AP)

Guatemala City, January 29 (RHC)-- Jose Arturo Sierra, the 72-year-old former president of Guatemala's Supreme Court, has been assassinated in the country's capital city. ... More


Bolivian President Evo Morales announces decision to revise his 13-point goal to include the middle class groups (Photo: Twitter @evoespueblo)

La Paz, January 29 (RHC)-- Bolivian President Evo Morales will be revising the Patriotic Agenda for 2020-2025, the country's long-term national goals, to address the needs of the growing middle-class sectors in Bolivia. ... More


 Honduran Police Chief Jose David Aguilar Moran (Photo: AP)

Tegucigalpa, January 29 (RHC)-- In news from Honduras, an explosive new investigation by the Associated Press says Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández’s new National Police chief personally helped facilitate a massive cocaine delivery to a drug cartel boss in 2013. ... More


 Puerto Rico was devastated by Hurricane Maria in September last year (Photo: AP)

San Juan, January 29 (RHC)-- Puerto Rico says after the island was hit by the devastating Hurricane Maria in September last year, it will not pay any of its debt service payments for the next five years.... More


Immigrant groups protest in the United States (Photo: AFP)

Washington, January 29 (RHC)-- In the United States, immigrant rights groups and some Democratic lawmakers are slamming President Donald Trump’s new proposed immigration plan... More


Cuban Foreign Minister, Bruno Rodriguez. (File Photo)

Havana, January 28 (ACN)-- Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez met with one hundred Cubans who reside in the United States and attended the unveiling ceremony of José Marti equestrian statue on Sunday.... More


Santo Domingo, January 29 (RHC)-- Dominican Republic government officials announced that the dialogue between representatives of the Venezuelan government and the opposition resumes on Monday at the headquarters of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Santo Domingo.... More


With the attendance of Cuban President Raúl Castro, a Statue of National Hero José Martí was unveiled Sunday morning to mark an anniversary of his birth... More


Havana, January 28 (RHC)-- A replica of the equestrian statue of Cuba’s national hero Jose Marti displayed in New York City’s Central Park was officially unveiled Sunday morning in the Cuban capital on the occasion of the 165 anniversary of Marti´s birthday.... More


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