Havana, February 28 (RHC)--The Vice President of the Council of Ministers, Ricardo Cabrisas Ruiz, met in the Cuban capital with Mrs. Gonca Yilmaz Batur, Deputy Minister of Commerce of the Republic of Turkey, currently visiting the island presiding over the Fourth Cuba-Turkey Follow-Up Meeting, ... More
United Nations, February 27 (RHC)-- Following a request from the United States, the UN Security Council held an urgent session on Tuesday to discuss Venezuela and its internal political situation.... More
Washington, February 27 (RHC)-- The U.S. House of Representatives voted 245 to 182 to block President Donald Trump’s national emergency declaration, which would divert billions of dollars of federal funds to build a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border. ... More
Washington, February 27 (RHC)-- At a heated congressional hearing on Capital Hill Tuesday, U.S. lawmakers grilled Trump administration officials about their role in implementing Trump’s draconian family separation policy.... More
United Nations, February 27 (RHC)-- The United Nations top court has ruled that Britain should hand over control of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius. The court said Britain's takeover of Chagos in 1965 was illegal and that Chagos should have been returned to Mauritius after it gained independence from the U.K. in 1968.... More
New York, February 27 (RHC)-- A new study in the publication Nature Geoscience finds that warming temperatures could lead to a major loss in cloud cover, pushing the Earth even more quickly toward a catastrophic climate “tipping point.”... More
Guatemala City, February 27 (RHC)-- In Guatemala, lawmakers are considering an amnesty bill that could free over 30 people convicted of crimes against humanity, including genocide, torture and enforced disappearances, during the country’s 36-year U.S.-backed slaughter, which ended in 1996.... More
Havana, February 27 (RHC) The new talent of Cuban male chess, the IM Carlos Daniel Albornoz (2577), will make his debut on Wednesday with clear figures in the Young Masters of Switzerland facing the German GM Dennis Wagner, first in the ranks of the tournament with 2587 units. ... More
Havana, February 27 (RHC)-- The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba strongly rejected on Tuesday the disrespectful press statement issued by the U.S. State Department, attributed to Michael Pompeo, which tries to question the validityof the constitutional referendum freely and sovereignly celebrated by Cubans last February 24th.... More
Havana, February 25 (ACN) Cuban judoka Idalis Ortiz (+78 kilos) won the title and placed her nation in fifth seat of the IJF Dusseldorf Grand Slam 2019, in Germany, contest attended by 605 athletes from 93 countries.... More
Havana, February 26 (RHC)--A Mig-21 military aircraft belonging to the Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces crashed Tuesday morning at Guira de Melena municipality, in the western province of Artemisa, some 50 kilometers from Havana. No fatalities were reported.... More
Havana, February 26 (RHC)-- China has congratulated Cuba on the massive support received by the country’s new Constitution in Sunday’s referendum, calling it a transcendental step towards the country’s development.... More
Bogota, February 26 (RHC)-- U.S. Vice President Mike Pence met with Venezuela’s self-proclaimed president Juan Guaidó Monday during a meeting of the Lima Group in Bogotá, Colombia. ... More
London, February 26 (RHC)-- In Britain, the leader of the opposition Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn, said Monday his party will back a second Brexit referendum if lawmakers fail to pass his party’s proposed amendments to the contested deal.... More
Havana, February 26 (RHC)-- Cuba’s diplomatic mission at the UN has joined the international campaign of support and solidarity with the Bolivarian Revolution and Venezuelan President, Nicolás Maduro.... More
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