Havana, April 4 (RHC)-- Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez has rejected the announcement by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo regarding the two-week postponement of the application of Title III of the Helms-Burton Law.... More


Havana, April 4 (RHC) – The president of the United Nations General Assembly, Maria Fernanda Espinosa, is undertaking a broad agenda of activities in Cuba, which included a meeting with the island's Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez.... More


Havana, April 4 (RHC) – Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel received his Ghanaian counterpart, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.  The president of Ghana is on an official visit to the island until Thursday, April 5.... More


Havana, April 4 (RHC)-- Cuba is set to celebrate World Health Day on April 7th, with activities showcasing the island's achievements in this area.  Health-related activities will be held across the country through April 30, with the participation of specialists from various branches of the island's public health care system.... More


Havana, April 4 (RHC)-- Cubanj Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bruno Rodriguez, met on Thursday with María Fernanda Espinosa, President of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) at the Cuban Foreign Ministry.... More


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Beirut, April 4 (RHC)-- Venezuela’s foreign minister has embarked on a Middle East tour taking him through Turkey, Lebanon, and Syria, amid U.S. measures to prop up the Latin American country’s opposition figure and self-proclaimed “interim president” Juan Guaido against President Nicolas Maduro.... More


Brasilia, April 4 (RHC)-- Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro has auctioned off contracts to operate 12 airports, a measure which raised about $921 million in private investments. The auction was carried out at the Sao Paulo Stock Exchange and concession contracts will be valid for 30 years, according to the National Civil Aviation Agency (Anac).... More


Kabul, April 4 (RHC)-- According to a former Pentagon official, a lack of accountability breeds corruption in Afghanistan but money is still funneled into the country, as a fall of its government would become a geopolitical disaster for the United States. ... More


Kinshasa, April 4 (RHC)-- In the Democratic Republic of Congo, the U.N. is warning the ongoing Ebola outbreak is spreading at its fastest rate since it was first detected. With over 1,000 cases identified and an estimated death toll of 680 people, it’s now the second-deadliest Ebola outbreak in history. ... More


Washington, April 4 (RHC)-- In the latest annual global human rights report, the United States has stopped using the term “occupied” when talking about areas of Palestine controlled by Israel, including the Golan Heights, the West Bank and Gaza. ... More


New York, April 4 (RHC)-- In the U.S., a new study finds that Latino and Black communities suffer the most from the effects of pollution, despite white Americans disproportionately creating more emissions. ... More


Caracas, April 3 (RHC)-- Venezuela's National Constituent Assembly has supported a Supreme Court request to strip Juan Guaidó of his immunity, paving the way for possible legal proceedings against the U.S.-backed opposition leader calling for regime change.... More


Quito, April 3 (RHC)-- Ecuadorean President Lenin Moreno is now saying that WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange has, in his words, “repeatedly violated” the terms of his asylum in the country’s London embassy and that he will "make a decision in the short term."... More


Washington, April 3 (RHC)-- U.S. President Donald Trump is apparently walking back his threat to shut down the U.S.-Mexico border.  Last week, he announced a border closure could come as soon as this week, unless Mexico intervened to stop several Central American caravans traveling toward the border.  ... More


Santiago de Chile, April 3 (RHC)-- Indigenous Mapuche communities of Ercilla, Chile, have called for a solidarity demonstration in Temuco.  A march for Peace-Demilitarization and Mapuche Self-Determination was held on Wednesday in Santiago, the Chilean capital.... More


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