United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon

United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has urged the world to do more to help cope with Europe's refugee crisis.... More


Tens of thousands of people have staged demonstrations in a number of cities in Germany to express opposition to racism in the country, in the wake of a record influx of refugees from conflict-hit countries into the European state.... More


Esteban Lazo Hernández, President of the National Assembly of People's Power (Cuban Parliament), has convened the 7th Ordinary Period of Sessions of the 8th Legislature of the legislative body, set for July 8th.... More


Vice President Ricardo Cabrisas pointed to what he described as a huge potential for joint projects between his country and Russia in the context of the ongoing process to update Cuba's economic model.... More


Hundreds of academic, religious, student, human and social rights organizations around the world have signed a document that condemns the “brutal repression” exerted by the Mexican government against teachers who reject the education reform by President Enrique Peña Nieto. ... More


Israeli forces have violently suppressed a weekly peaceful protest by Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, leaving scores of people injured.... More


Residents in Mayarí Arriba, in the eastern province of Santiago de Cuba, are paying tribute to women's leader Vilma Espin on the 9th anniversary of her death on June 18th. Vilma Espin was a Cuban woman of great sensibility who took part in the guerrilla struggle on the Sierra Maestra Mountains. ... More


Cuba and Colombia have signed two agreements to expand and strengthen bilateral trade relations. ... More


Canadian International Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland told EFE on Friday that her country will announce the elimination of entrance visas for Mexicans at the end of the month, when Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto visits Canada. ... More


Takfiri Boko Haram terrorists have shot and killed at least 18 women when they stormed a funeral in a village in Nigeria’s troubled northeastern state of Adamawa.... More


Two work commissions of the Latin American Parliament (Parlatino), are currently holding their ordinary meetings here in Havana. A total of 61 parliamentarians, representing 17 out of Parlatino's 23 member states are participating. ... More


The governments of Cuba and Guatemala have relaunched bilateral trade and economic ties, particularly in the tourism sector.... More


Cuban Vice President Ricardo Cabrisas

Vice President Ricardo Cabrisas participated Thursday in the 20th St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, particularly in the segment dedicated to Latin America and the Caribbean.... More


Nelson Espinosa Pena, Director of Cuba's Ozone Technical Office, said that the country has entirely eradicated chlorofluorocarbons (CFC) in commercial and domestic refrigeration, as well as those used in the manufacture of medical and industrial aerosols.... More


The U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee overwhelmingly voted Thursday to include four pro-engagement Cuba amendments in a must-pass Fiscal Year 2017 appropriations bill.... More


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