Havana, October 18 (RHC-Granma)-- The celebrated Cuban cigar brands Cohiba and Partagás will be on the spotlight during the upcoming 20th Habano Festival, set for February 26 through March 2, 2018, in Havana.... More


New York, October 18 (RHC)-- U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, tried to cast doubt on the results of Venezuela's Regional Elections ... More


Mexico City, October 18 (RHC)-- Mexican Attorney General Raul Cervantes has resigned, reporting that he has informed President Enrique Peña Nieto of his decision. ... More


Washington, October 18 (RHC)-- A U.S. federal judge in Hawaii blocked most of President Donald Trump’s latest version of a travel ban Tuesday, just hours before it was set to take effect.... More


Former Guatemalan Dictator Efrain Rios Montt

Guatemala City, October 18 (RHC)-- Former Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt is facing a second trial for genocide, a lawyer for victims said, reviving a case against the man accused of ordering massacres of Maya people during a long civil war. ... More


Los Angeles, October 18 (RHC)-- In the U.S. city of Los Angeles, California, a fire erupted overnight at a massive Chevron oil refinery near the L.A. International Airport, lighting up the night sky and sending huge columns of smoke into residential neighborhoods. ... More


U.S. Vice President Mike Pence

Washington, October 18 (RHC)-- The White House is denying an explosive article published in The New Yorker that reports President Trump joked that Vice President Mike Pence “wants to hang” gay people. ... More


Dublin, October 18 (RHC)-- In Ireland, at least three people are dead and hundreds of thousands of homes remain without electricity, after the remnants of Hurricane Ophelia swept across the island as a post-tropical storm. Ireland’s prime minister called it the most powerful storm in over half a century. ... More


Cuban Judokas Looking to Colombia

Havana, October 18 (RHC-Granma)-- Cuba’s men’s and women’s judo teams will compete in the Barranquilla 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games qualifying tournament, taking place in the Dominican Republic’s Juan Pablo Duarte Olympic Stadium, October 28 and 29.... More


Havana, October 18 (RHC-ACN) – The Cuban men´s duo of Sergio Gonzalez and Nivaldo Diaz earned a bronze medal in the Chinese city of Quinzhou, home of the 21st stop of the 2017 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour when defeating the Belgian pair of Dries Koekelkoren and Tom van Walle, who appear 12 th in the world ranking. ... More


Santa Clara, October 17 (RHC-ACN) The wild-card series of the 57th Cuban National Baseball Series begins Tuesday with the clashes between Granma and Villa Clara at Augusto Cesar Sandino stadium, in this city, and the other match to advance to the next stage will be between Artemisa and Ciego de Avila, always with the second teams as home-club.... More


October 20th: Cuban Culture Day

Cubans celebrate Culture Day on Friday to commemorate the date in which the country’s National Anthem was sung for the first time... More


President Maduro with elected governors of Polo Patriotico

Caracas, October 18 (RHC)-- Venezuela´s National Electoral Council has confirmed that the state of Bolivar gubernatorial race was won by the ruling party´s candidate Justo Noguera, who garnered 49.09 percent of the votes.... More


Opening session of the 19th Chinese Communist Party National Congress

Beijing, October 18 (RHC)-- The 19th Chinese Communist Party National Congress got underway in Beijing Wednesday. Speaking at the opening ceremony, Chinese President Xi Jinping laid out his vision for an increasingly prosperous China, calling for the Party to safeguard its sovereignty.... More


Sochi, October 17 (RHC)-- Delegates to the 19th World Festival of Youth and Students in Sochi, Russia, have raised their voices to condemn the blockade policy imposed and maintained by the United States of America against Cuba for nearly six decades. ... More


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