Havana, June 16 (RHC)-- During a recent meeting to critically analyze the development of foreign investment and trade programs, Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel described this area as important to the economy, noting that Cuba must be audacious in the way it is approached.... More


Prensa Latina celebrates another anniversary.   Photo: File logo

Quito, June 16 (RHC)-- The 59th anniversary of Prensa Latina was celebrated in Ecuador, with an activity attended by intellectuals and journalists from the country, as well as members of Cuba's diplomatic mission in Quito.... More


National Cuba Solidarity meeting in Argentina.   Photo: File

Rosario, June 16 (RHC)-- The 16th National Cuba Solidarity Encounter is taking place in the Argentinean city of Rosario, the birthplace of Ernesto Che Guevara.... More


U.S. Attorney General Jeff Session quotes the Bible to justify racist immigration policies.  Photo: File

Fort Wayne, June 16 (RHC)-- Responding to the outcry by U.S. religious leaders over the Donald Trump administration's immigration guidelines, Attorney General Sessions quoted scripture to try to justify his department’s racist policies. ... More


Chicago, June 16 (RHC)-- In the United States, the American Medical Association has voted to take on two major public health issues: gun violence and climate change. During its annual meeting in Chicago, the AMA voted to support nearly a dozen gun control measures, including a ban on the sale and ownership of assault-style weapons. ... More


Cuba's Deputy Foreign Minister Rogelio Sierra. File photo

Georgetown, June 15 (RHC)-- During his stay in Guyana, Cuba's Deputy Foreign Minister Rogelio Sierra had an extensive program that included courtesy calls to President David Granger... More


Cayo Santa Maria, June 15 (RHC)-- The Fifth Meeting of the Steering Committee of the International Project "Conservation of Agricultural Biodiversity in Biosphere Reserves in Cuba: Connecting Natural and Managed Landscapes" (COBARB) took place in Cayo Santa María between June 10th and 12th.... More


Minister of Energy and Mines of Liberia and Chargé d'Affaires of Cuba discuss bilateral cooperation alternatives

Monrovia, June 15 (RHC)-- The Liberian Minister of Energy and Mines, Gesler E. Murray, received in his office the Charge d'Affaires of the Cuban Embassy, Yordenis Despaigne Vera. On the Cuban side, the Second Secretary, Carmen Maury Toledo, also participated.... More


Valletta, June 15 (RHC)-- Malta and Cuba have agreed on the need to broaden and deepen their relations beyond the political, diplomatic and economic spheres.... More


Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.  Photo: teleSUR

Caracas, June 15 (RHC)-- Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro announced Thursday a reshuffling of his government's cabinet ... More


U.S.-backed, Saudi coalition launches offensive against Yemen.  Photo: AFP

Sanaa, June 15 (RHC)-- In Yemen, the U.S.-backed, Saudi-led coalition has launched an offensive against the key port city of Hudaydah. The offensive is expected to be the biggest battle in the coalition’s ongoing 3-year assault against Yemen’s Houthi rebels.... More


Benjamin Netanyahu questioned over corruption.  Photo: AP

Tel Aviv, June 15 (RHC)-- In Israel, police again questioned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in connection with one of a series of corruption cases. ... More


Dominique Lesparre, mayor of a commune in the Paris suburb of Bezons, unveils the "Nakba Lane" plaque on June 11, 2018.  Photo: AFP

Paris, June 15 (RHC)-- Under pressure from Tel Aviv, the mayor of a Paris suburb has removed the sign for a street newly renamed "Nakba Lane," a term used by Palestinians to refer to their forcible eviction by Israel from their homeland in 1948.... More


Center-left front-runner Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador of the National Regeneration Movement delivers a message after arriving at the third and final debate in Me

Mexico City, June 15 (RHC)-- In Mexico, presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, AMLO, says that his country should redirect the economy towards the internal market if renegotiations with Donald Trump fail.... More


U.S. considering housing immigrant children in tent cities on military bases.  Photo: AFP

Washington, June 15 (RHC)-- In U.S. immigration news, McClatchy is reporting the Trump administration is considering building tent cities on Texas military bases to detain immigrant children being held in U.S. custody.... More


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