Cuban doctors return from Brazil.  Photo: Radio Nuevitas

Havana, November 28 (RHC)-- Another 200 Cuban doctors serving in some of Brazil's poorest and most remote communities, arrived back home in Havana on Tuesday. ... More


Vietnamese project in Mariel under construction.  Photo: Viglaceraip

Havana, November 28 (RHC)-- Construction of the ViMariel Industrial Park, a joint venture between Cuba and Vietnam in the Mariel Special Development Zone, has begun.... More


Cuban doctor José Ramón Acosta.  Photo: Google

Brasilia, November 28 (RHC)-- Cuban doctor José Ramón Acosta was elected Vice President of the UNESCO Chair in Bioethics for Latin America and the Caribbean during the organization's seventh congress held in Brazil. ... More


Mexico agrees to U.S. demand to hold asylum seekers while claims are considered.  Photo: AP

Mexico City, November 28 (RHC)-- In Mexico, the government of President-elect Andrés Manuel López Obrador has reported signaled it will hold Central American migrants on Mexican soil while they wait to hear whether their applications for political asylum are granted by the United States. ... More


US Army soldiers from NATO look on as a US flag flies in a checkpoint during a purported patrol against the Takfiri Daesh terrorist group at the Deh Bala distri

Baghdad, November 28 (RHC)-- At least three U.S. soldiers have been killed and three others wounded when an improvised explosive device went off in central Afghanistan, the NATO mission in the war-torn country says.... More


Brazilian president-elect adds 5th military man to cabinet.  Photo: Press TV

Brasilia, November 28 (RHC)-- Brazil’s right-wing president-elect Jair Bolsonaro has picked retired General Carlos Alberto dos Santos Cruz as his minister in charge of political relations with Congress, adding a fifth military man to his cabinet.... More


United States Senator Bernie Sanders speaks at a Democratic gubernatorial candidate Christine Hallquist campaign event on November 4, 2018 in Montpelier, Vermon

Montpelier, November 28 (RHC)-- United States Senator Bernie Sanders has announced his willingness to run for office in 2020 if he is considered the "best candidate" to beat current U.S. President Donald Trump.... More


Donald Trump denies findings of National Climate Report.  Photo: Reuters

Washington, November 28 (RHC)-- U.S. President Donald Trump has said he does not believe the findings in last week’s government report on climate change.  ... More


 U.S. special counsel Robert Mueller.  Photo: Google

Washington, November 28 (RHC)-- In a U.S. court filing, the office of special counsel Robert Mueller said that former Donald Trump campaign chair Paul Manafort repeatedly lied to investigators, invalidating his plea deal. ... More


Nooses found outside Mississippi capitol.  Photo: WLBT-TV

Jackson, November 28 (RHC)-- In the U.S. state of Mississippi, nooses were found hanging outside the state Capitol ahead of Tuesday’s Senate runoff between Republican incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith and Democrat Mike Espy.  ... More


Russian asylum-seeker in U.S. dies after 86-day hunger strike.  Photo: Democracy Now

Seattle, November 28 (RHC)-- In the U.S. state of Washington, a Russian asylum seeker held at the Northwest Detention Center has died.  ... More


 Nearly 1,500 Cuban doctors have returned home from Brazil.  Photo: Prensa Latina

Havana, November 27 (RHC)-- Another 204 Cuban doctors arrived in Havana on Monday, taking the total number of health professionals returning from Brazil to nearly 1,500, after Cuba's recent decision to no longer participate in the More Doctors program.... More


New hotel planned for Santiago de Cuba.  Photo: Granma

Santiago de Cuba, November 27 (RHC)-- The country's first five star ultra-modern hotel is set to be built in Santiago de Cuba, as part of efforts to develop tourism in the city.... More


Colombian government needs to carry out peace accords.  Photo: teleSUR

Bogota, November 27 (RHC)-- The leader of the Alternative Revolutionary Forces of the Common (FARC), Rodrigo Londoño, or Timochenko, has denounced the government for its failure to protect former rebels... More


 Maria Meza, a 39-year-old Honduran woman, runs with her two daughters as tear gas spreads.  Photo: Reuters

Washington, November 27 (RHC)-- U.S. President Donald Trump has called for Mexico to deport Central American asylum-seekers, a day after U.S. border patrol officers fired tear gas on a group of migrants in Tijuana as they attempted to cross the heavily militarized border near San Diego. ... More


up