Havana, October 14 (RHC)-- The brigade of medical doctors, epidemiologists, nurses, construction and electric engineers that assisted the victims of Tropical Storm Erika in Dominica returned home on Wednesday after having fulfilled their humanitarian mission.... More


Havana, October 14 (RHC)-- Cuba is implementing a renewable energy program that will allow an increase in the output of those sources up to 24 percent of the country´s electric generation capacity by 2030.... More


Bogotá, October 14 (teleSUR-RHC)-- A total of 130 acts of violence have been registered against candidates in the lead-up to the upcoming local elections in Colombia, the non-governmental organization Electoral Observation Mission told El Espectator newspaper Monday.... More


Brasilia, October 14 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff struck back Tuesday against her political opponents, whom she accuses of trying to plotting a coup to oust her from power, using some of the strongest language to date.... More


Mexico City, October 14 (teleSUR-RHC)-- After the mention of a fifth bus created controversy and further suspicion of a government cover-up, Mexico's National Commission for Human Rights (CNDH) has now mentioned the existence of a sixth bus on the tragic night of September 26, 2014 -- when police went on a violent rampage to prevent buses from leaving Iguala, killing six people and forcibly disappearing 43 students, whose fate is still unknown.... More


Medellin, October 14 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Colombian police officials have reportedly arrested Samuai Chidi ‘Chiry’ Prince Siachi, a Nigerian national and suspected middleman between the country's largest drug trafficking organization, “Los Urabeños" and drug traffickers in the United States, Europe and Russia.... More


Geneva, October 14 (PL-RHC)-- Wealth in Latin America fell by 17 percent from the middle of 2014 to 2015, due to the disadvantageous situation of the regional currencies compared to the US dollar, said the Swiss bank Credit Suisse on Tuesday.... More


Tampa, October 14 (RHC)-- The City Historian of Havana, Eusebio Leal, is currently visiting the U.S. city of Tampa at the invitation of a local organization. According to Progreso Semanal website, Leal was invited by the Alliance for a Responsible Policy (Alianza para una Politica Responsable) and met with Democratic congress woman for Tampa's 14th District Kathy Castor.... More


Brasilia, October 14 (RHC)-- Brazil's Supreme Court (STF) annulled a judicial process by opposition groups against President Dilma Rousseff, after a simple majority vote in the country's National Congress.... More


Islamabad, October 14 (RHC)-- At least seven people have been killed in a powerful bomb explosion that struck the political office of a lawmaker from the ruling center-right and conservative Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) political party in Pakistan's central province of Punjab.... More


Havana’s Mozarteum Lyceum is set to hold the Mozart-Havana Festival from October 16th through 24th in Old Havana’s concert halls and in its headquarters, the San Pelipe Neri Concert Hall... More


Havana, October 13 (RHC)-- Cuba's Deputy Foreign Minister Ana Teresita González met in Havana with her visiting counterpart from the Czech Republic, Martin Tlapa.... More


Cochabamba, October 13 (RHC)-- Cuba and Venezuela will establish what they have dubbed 'The 2015-2030 Work Plan', aimed at fulfilling the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.... More


Beijing, October 13 (RHC)-- The edition in Chinese language of the book 'Fidel Castro Ruz: Guerrillero del tiempo' (Fidel Castro Ruz: Time Warrior) was presented Tuesday in Beijing, as part of activities on occasion of the 55th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Cuba.... More


Paris, October 13 (RHC)-- Cuba has advocated a culture of peace in a world struck by appalling wars and terrorist actions.... More


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