Buenos Aires, May 9 (RHC)-- Public universities in Argentina have launched the largest university strike in the last 12 years to demand that President Mauricio Macri set aside a higher budget for education as the government continued to prioritize an austerity agenda. ... More


San Juan, May 9 (RHC)-- Students from the University of Puerto Rico have held a national demonstration to protest widespread austerity measures and an increase in police violence against those who oppose such measures. ... More


New York, May 9 (RHC)-- Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman will remain in solitary confinement in a New York City prison, according to a ruling by a U.S. judge... More


Hola amigos radioaficionados all around the world now watching yet another typical period of very low solar activity of this cycle 24 that has sent the daily solar flux now very near the baseline recorded during solar minimum years... More


Havana's Historian Eusebio Leal

Havana, May 8 (RHC)-- King Phillip VI of Spain has presented Havana's Historian Eusebio Leal Spengler with the Royal Order of Isabella the Catholic.... More


Havana, May 8 (RHC-PL)-- Cuba's forthcoming 11th International Eco Tourism Seminar (TURNAT) in the province of Holguín, will provide an ideal opportunity for industry experts and professionals to exchange views and to promote Cuba as an attractive destination.... More


Havana, May 8 (RHC-PL)-- Manuel Marrero, an advisor at Cuba's Energy and Mines Ministry (MINEM), told Prensa Latina that the nation “needs foreign investment in order to develop, particularly in expensive and high risk sectors such as oil exploration and production.”... More


Paris, May 8 (RHC)-- In France, former investment banker and political centrist Emmanuel Macron was elected president Sunday in a decisive victory against far-right candidate Marine Le Pen. ... More


Geneva, May 8 (RHC)-- More than 200 migrants are feared to have died in the Mediterranean Sea over the weekend... More


Baghdad, May 8 (RHC)-- Iraq’s military has admitted its forces bombed a school in western Mosul in an attack on May 4 that left scores of civilians dead. ... More


Brussels, May 8 (RHC)-- Human rights advocates and groups from across Europe are sacrificing their health for the sake of solidarity, refusing food and joining the indefinite hunger strike by 1,700 Palestinian political prisoners. ... More


San Juan, May 8 (RHC)-- Puerto Rico will close 184 public schools at the end of May, as the latest move taken by the U.S. colony to combat a deep economic crisis. ... More


Los Angeles, May 8 (RHC)-- In the U.S. state of California, the Los Angeles City Council has unanimously approved a resolution calling for an investigation into whether President Donald Trump should be impeached for high crimes and misdemeanors. ... More


Washington, May 8 (RHC)-- In the United States, prosecutors have filed a number of additional felony and misdemeanor charges against more than 200 people who were arrested at protests during President Donald Trump’s inauguration on January 20. ... More


Havana, May 6 (RHC) - President Raul Castro received on Friday the visiting head of state of Ecuador, Rafael Correa, who is on an official visit to Cuba. The two presidents held talks at the Palace of the Revolution here in Havana.... More


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