Cuban authors, Reynaldo García Blanco and Emilio Jorge Rodríguez, were presented with the Casa de las Américas 2017 Award Friday evening... More
Havana, January 27 (RHC)-- Cuban President Raúl Castro arrived back in Havana on Thursday, after attending the 5th Summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), held in Punta Cana, the Dominican Republic.... More
Moscow, January 27 (RHC)-- Cuba has condemned the imposition of unilateral sanctions by Western countries against Russia, and NATO's expansion on Russian borders.... More
Florida, January 27 (RHC-AGENCIES)-- A Cuban delegation toured Port Everglades and met with port officials Thursday, in spite of a canceled signing of a port cooperation document following threats by conservative Republican Governor Rick Scott that he would cut off state funding to any port having dealings with Cuba.... More
Brussels, January 27 (RHC)-- The leading European human rights organization, Council of Europe, has slammed both Israel and Egypt over the blockade against Gaza in a new report... More
Washington, January 27 (RHC)-- The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump has told four top State Department officials that their services were no longer required as part of an effort to "clean house," according to two senior White House officials.... More
Philadelphia, January 27 (RHC)-- Thousands of demonstrators gathered in Center City, a district in Philadelphia, as the three-day the Congress of Tomorrow Republican Member Retreat got underway on Thursday. ... More
Los Angeles, January 27 (RHC)-- An Iranian actress, who stars in the Oscar-nominated film, The Salesman, says she has decided to boycott this year's Academy Awards ceremony in a show of protest against U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to impose visa bans on Iranians. ... More
Vienna, January 27 (RHC)-- Alexander Van der Bellen has been sworn in as Austria’s new president amid growing fears over the fate of a shaky coalition and concerns that the country’s far-right could emerge from its election loss. ... More
Punta Cana, January 26 (RHC)-- Cuban President Raúl Castro said Wednesday in the Dominican Republic that “unity and the political, economic, social and cultural integration of Latin America and the Caribbean constitute (...) a requirement for the region to successfully confront the challenges before us.” ... More
Punta Cana, January 26 (RHC)-- The participating regional heads of state and government attending the 5th Summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) in Punta Cana, the Dominican Republic, passed a special declaration calling on the U.S. government to put an end to the economic, commercial and financial Blockade of Cuba. ... More
Washington, January 26 (RHC)-- U.S. President Donald Trump has signed a directive to begin the construction of a wall on the border with Mexico, taking the first step to deliver on one of his most divisive campaign pledges. ... More
Washington, January 26 (RHC)-- Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto has canceled his scheduled visit to the United States after President Donald Trump said his Mexican counterpart should only follow through with his upcoming visit to Washington if Mexico plans on paying for Trump's proposed border wall. ... More
Berlin, January 26 (RHC)-- Germany has strongly criticized Israel over the regime's new plans for the construction of thousands of more settlements. Martin Schaefer, a spokesman for the German Foreign Ministry, said Israel's recent announcement to build 2,500 more settlements in the occupied West Bank was even inconsistent with Israel's own pace of ignoring international calls for a halt in settlement activities. ... More
Mexico City, January 26 (RHC)-- Mexico could pull out of the North American Free Trade Agreement, NAFTA, if a renegotiation of its terms does not benefit Latin America's second-largest economy, Economy Minister Ildefonso Guajardo said. ... More
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