Washington, October 16 (RHC)-- Pentagon officials are considering relocating Guantanamo detainees to a U.S. federal prison and the Colorado State Penitentiary and have started assessing eligibility of the facilities. A team from the U.S. Defense Department has begun reviewing sites in Colorado as potential alternatives for holding prisoners as part of the long-stalled initiative by U.S. President Barack Obama to close the controversial detention center.... More
San Francisco, October 16 (RHC)-- Twitter has announced that it is going to cut eight percent of its workforce, or equal to 336 jobs, in a bid to restructure its messaging platform under newly returned chief executive, Jack Dorsey.... More
Washington, October 16 (RHC)-- In news from Washington, a close friend of U.S. Vice President Joe Biden has released a letter to Biden’s former staffers saying that he will be making a decision soon on whether to join the 2016 presidential election. ... More
Valparaiso, October 16 (RHC-PL) –- Cuban Hero Fernando Gonzalez is currently visiting Chile and has met with 32 legislators of the New Majority Coalition at the headquarters of the National Congress in Valparaiso. "It was a very interesting meeting, in which I had the opportunity to see Hugo Gutierrez (Communist legislator) and in general, thank those who gave us us strength while we were in prison," Gonzalez said.... More
Washington, October 16 (RHC-Guardian) -- The Buena Vista Social Club has become the first Cuba-based band to play in the White House for more than 50 years.... More
Beirut, October 16 (RHC-PL) -- Two ministers, representatives of other government agencies, and business representatives from Lebanon and Cuba held in Beirut today a second business forum, aimed at materializing bilateral investment projects and joint ventures. Organized by the Lebanese-Cuban Businessmen Council (Chnlc), the one-day meeting was presided over by Minister of Economy and Trade of the Arab country, Alain Hakim; and Minister for Foreign Trade and Foreign Investment of the Caribbean island, Rodrigo Malmierca.... More
Havana, October 16 (RHC-PL) -- The 16th Havana Theater Festival will be dedicated to famous British theater director Peter Brook and the 30th anniversary of Teatro Buendia, members of the Organizing Committee said today. Noel Bonilla Chongo, director of Development of the international festival, which will be held from October 22nd to 31st in Havana and six other provinces of Cuba, said that there will be participants from 22 countries and 37 foreign plays will be staged, as well as 13 Cuban and two joint plays.... More
Geneva, October 16 (RHC-PL) -- Cuban Deputy Minister of Science, Technology and Environment, America Santos, and the director general of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), Francis Gurry, held a working meeting in Geneva on Thursday. The exchange took place in the context of the General Assembly of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), which was held October 5th to the 14th.... More
Havana, October 16 (RHC-PL) -- The Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology of Cuba (CIGB) in Havana yesterday presented the results of the new Cuban medicine PEG-Heberon to treat chronic hepatitis C. A national workshop on that disease took place in the Havana center where the immediate prospects to include new technologies that will improve the quality of diagnosis and treatment of Cuban patients were discussed, specialist Iris Lugo, of the Communication Group and Image at CIGB, explained.... More
The 2015 World Boxing Championships ended in Doha, Qatar with 4 golds for Cuba, 2 for Russia and one apiece for Azerbaijan, France, Ireland and Morocco, with the latter two making history with their first ever AIBA World golds.... More
Buenos Aires, October 16 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Argentinean presidential candidate of the ruling Front for Victory Party (FpV) Daniel Scioli would win the second round of elections if the October 25th ballot went to a runoff, according to consulting firm Dicen.... More
Bogotá, October 16 (PL-RHC)-- Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos has reiterated his optimism about the possibility of achieving peace within six months, while describing as transcendental the recent agreement on justice with the FARC-EP.... More
Caracas, October 16 (teleSUR-RHC)-- The Venezuelan National Electoral Council (CNE) met with candidates on Thursday, who committed to respecting the results of parliamentary elections on December 6th.... More
Santiago de Chile, October 16 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Both high school and university students took to the streets of Santiago de Chile on Thursday to demand the government make more progress to offer free education in the country.... More
Quito, October 16 (PL-RHC)-- Foreign Ministers Ricardo Patiño, from Ecuador, and Heraldo Muñoz, from Chile, opened in Quito the 4th Bi-national Inter-ministerial Meeting and confirmed the signing of common agreements.... More
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