Havana, September 15 (RHC)-- Authorities in Havana have pledged to continue with the recovery work, with efforts geared at the gradual repairing of damage brought by Hurricane Irma.... More


Havana, September 15 (RHC)-- Families who took in their neighbors during Hurricane Irma have received the recognition of the Committees of the Defense of the Revolution (CDR).... More


Havana, September 15 (RHC)-- According to Prensa Latina news agency, the aid offered by the international community to Cuba to help tackle the recuperation process following the passage of Hurricane Irma is growing.... More


Havana, September 15 (RHC)-- The devastation from Hurricane Irma in the Caribbean is so severe, it can be seen from space. Before-and-after satellite photos released by NASA’s Earth Observatory show Barbuda and Saint Barthélemy turned from green to brown after Hurricane Irma stripped vegetation from the islands. ... More


Atlanta, September 15 (RHC)-- Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter has warned that money in politics has made the United States more like an “oligarchy than a democracy” and described President Donald Trump’s foreign and domestic policies as a failure. ... More


Houston, September 15 (RHC)-- In the U.S. state of Texas, floodwaters from Hurricane Harvey that inundated Houston and other coastal cities several weeks ago created a "toxic soup" of poisonous chemicals and pathogens. ... More


Brasilia, September 15 (RHC)-- Brazil’s Federal Police have announced it has found indications President Michel Temer and high-ranking members of his party were part of a “criminal organization.” The finding comes from an investigation into whether members of Temer’s Brazilian Democratic Party Movement, PMDB, had formed a team to divert public resources. ... More


London, September 15 (RHC)-- In London, at least 22 people were left injured -- some with serious burns -- after a homemade bomb exploded Friday aboard a train at a London Underground subway station. ... More


Santo Domingo, September 14 (Telesur/RHC) – The Venezuelan government continues to hold what it has described as "definitive" talks with the opposition after the beginning a new dialogue in the Dominican Republic.... More


New York, September 14 (RHC) – Although rejected by the international community, the US blockade against Cuba remains in force, causing untold damage, a statement by the island's UN Mission in New York said.... More


Port-au-Prince, September 14 (Telesur/RHC) – The agriculture ministry in Haiti has estimated that the subsistence food crops of roughly 18,000 family farms located in the Caribbean island's northern region were destroyed during the passage of Hurricane Irma.... More


Havana, September 14 (RHC/Telesur) – Over 70 percent of Cuba’s electrical power has been restored in the wake of Hurricane Irma, Cuba's Prensa Latina has reported. ... More


Santiago de Chile, September 14 (Telesur/RHC) – A proposed law presented by Chilean parliament member Karol Cariola, of the Communist Party, and endorsed by several other members of parliament, would remove all monuments and dedications to members of Augusto Pinochet's military dictatorship, which violently ruled Chile from 1973 to 1990.... More


Havana, September 13 (RHC)-- Venezuela became the first country to send humanitarian aid to Cuba, in the wake of the devastation caused by Hurricane Irma.... More


Havana, September 13 (RHC-ACN)-- Cuba's Civil Aviation Company announced that as of 12:00 p.m. (local time) on Tuesday, September 12, national and international air operations were reestablished at Havana's José Martí International Airport. ... More


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