Sports News Roundup Novmeber 19

The Cuban Baseball Federation is still analyzing the proposal to take part with its national team against the Independent League of Canada, in contrast to recently published reports that claimed the agreement with the Canadian championship was already set.... More


Economic Update November 19

Cuba has been visited so far this year by 3 million foreign visitors, which represents a 18% growth compared to the same period last year. Canada continues as the leading source with more than 1,110,000 tourists, which represents a 13% increase, followed by the main European markets, accounting together for a 25% increase, Cuba's Ministry of Tourism (MINTUR) recently said.... More


Quito, November 19 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa will not run for re-election in the country’s 2017 general elections, the National Assembly announced Wednesday, and Ecuador’s governing PAIS Alliance party confirmed its support of the decision.... More


Brasilia, November 19 (PL-RHC)-- Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff reaffirmed her commitment to fight racism, violence and social and gender inequality on the eve of the Day of Black Consciousness.... More


Guatemala City, November 19 (teleSUR-RHC)-- A coalition of Guatemalan immigrants living in the United States gathered in Guatemala City on Wednesday to bring their demands to the Guatemalan government with hopes of seeing new priorities in the Central American country’s political agenda.... More


Brasilia, November 19 (teleSUR-RHC)-- According to organizers, at least 10,000 Black women marched Wednesday in Brasilia to protest against violence, racism, and to demand gender equality.... More


Roseau, November 19 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Heads of state of the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) began their two-day 62nd Authority meeting in Dominica on Wednesday, hoping to tackle issues such as health, climate change, food security and access to funding.... More


Havana, November 19 (PL-RHC)-- The FARC-EP insurgents said on Wednesday that President Juan Manuel Santos's unilateralism in the Colombian peace dialogues endangers the stability of what has been achieved until now.... More


Cristalina, November 18 (RHC)-- Cuban Minister of Public Health Roberto Morales Ojeda has met with Cuban collaborators who are offering their services in the Brazilian municipality of Cristalina, as part of the Mais Médicos (More Doctors) program. The program is an initiative of Brazilian President Dilma Rouseff to broaden and strengthen health care access in the South American country.... More


Guantánamo, November 18 (RHC)-- More than 200 delegates from 27 countries around the world have confirmed their participation in the 4th International Seminar for Peace and the Abolition of Foreign Military Bases, slated for November 23rd through the 25th in the eastern Cuban province of Guantánamo.... More


Panama City, November 18 (RHC)-- Panama's bank Multibank could open branches here in Cuba, aimed at attracting foreign investment to the Caribbean state.... More


Havana, November 18 (RHC)-- The 5th International Congress on Tropical Animal Health and Production began sessions in Havana on Wednesday, aimed at boosting scientific research on the challenges posed by demographic growth, urbanization and climate change to animal production. ... More


Moscow, November 18 (RHC)-- Cuban anti-terrorist fighter and Hero of the Republic of Cuba, Antonio Guerrero, has expressed his solidarity with the French people in the wake of last Friday's terrorist attacks in Paris, in which 132 people lost their lives and hundreds of others were wounded.... More


Havana, November 18 (RHC)-- The Cuban government has reiterated its condemnation of the politicization of the migration issue by the United States and called for legal, safe and orderly emigration. ... More


United Nations, November 18 (RHC)-- Cuba has reiterated at the United Nations its call for the elimination of nuclear weapons. During the presentation at the UN General Assembly of the annual report of the International Atomic Energy Organization, Cuban diplomat Ivian del Sol said that humanity continues at a serious risk of being eliminated by over 16,000 nuclear weapons existing in the world today. ... More


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