Havana, January 12 (RHC)-- Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel has highlighted the courage of his Venezuelan counterpart, Nicolas Maduro, who was newly inaugurated on Thursday.... More


Havana, January 12 (RHC)-- More than 550 works from various Latin American countries are contending for the 60th edition of the Literary Award Casa de las Americas, organized each year by this Cuban cultural institution.... More


Havana, January 12 (RHC)-- Cuba hopes to produce more than 311,000 tons of rice by the end of the current year, thanks to increased agricultural yields and the introduction of new technologies, according to a report in this morning's edition of Granma newspaper.... More


Argentineans participate in a demonstration in Buenos Aires against Macri's economic policies.   Photo: EFE

Buenos Aires, January 12 (RHC)-- In Buenos Aires, the Argentinean capital, political parties and social organizations joined union calls for a massive protest against increases in public services rates that were announced by Argentinean President Mauricio Macri.... More


Clashes between Palestinians and Israeli forces across the fence, following a demonstration along the border between the Gaza Strip and the occupied territories

Gaza City, January 12 (RHC)-- Israeli forces have killed a Palestinian woman and injured at least 25 people during protests along the border between the besieged Gaza Strip and the occupied territories.... More


Protests outside Supreme Court demand closure of Guantánamo prison.  Photo: Democracy Now

Washington, January 12 (RHC)-- In Washington, DC -- the U.S. capital --  police arrested five activists for holding banners outside the Supreme Court, calling for an end to torture and the closure of the prison at the illegal U.S. naval base in Guantánamo Bay. ... More


A checkpoint on the outskirts of Reynosa, in the northern border state of Tamaulipas, Mexico, April 2018.    Photo: Reuters

Tampico, January 12 (RHC)-- Mexican authorities have found 21 bodies in the northeastern state of Tamaulipas, 15 of them incinerated, in what they believe is the work of organized crime.... More


Donald Trump’s former attorney to testify to congressional committee.   Photo: AP

Washington, January 12 (RHC)-- U.S. President Donald Trump’s former personal attorney and fixer Michael Cohen told reporters that he’ll testify to a House of Representatives committee next month about his work for Donald Trump. ... More


Greece's President Prokopis Pavlopoulos (R) and German Chancellor Angela Merkel talk during their meeting at the presidential palace in the Greek capital Athens

Athens, January 12 (RHC)-- German Chancellor Angela Merkel says her country “takes total responsibility” for crimes committed by the Nazis in Greece during the Second World War.... More


Caracas, January 12 (RHC)-- A brigade of two thousand Cuban doctors will arrive in Venezuela to join the Barrio Adentro health plan, according to the president of the South American nation, Nicolás Maduro.... More


Andrés Manuel López Obrador, presidente de México

Mexico City, January 12 (RHC)--The president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, affirmed that the Fourth Transformation of public life has already begun, which he said does not constitute a change of government but of a regime.... More


Havana, January 11 (RHC)-- Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel has warned not to underestimate the region’s historical adversaries that are using vast resources to overthrow progressive and popular forces in power.... More


Havana, January 11 (RHC)-- Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel has returned to Cuba after attending the inauguration, for a new term, of his Venezuelan counterpart, Nicolas Maduro.... More


Havana, January 11 (RHC)-- The Director for the United States at the Cuban Foreign Ministry, Carlos Fernandez de Cossio, slammed on Friday a resolution presented January 10 ... More


Havana, January 11 (RHC)-- The electoral list for the February 24th referendum on Cuba's new Constitution will be released as of January 16th, according to local reports... More


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