Mexico City, December 19 (teleSUR-RHC)-- A Mexican judge sentenced Friday two men to 520 years in prison for the kidnapping and murder of 13 young people, a case that shocked the nation in 2013.... More


Brasilia, December 19 (teleSUR-RHC) Finance Minister Joaquim Levy was replaced following a series of disagreements over economic policy with President Rousseff, a senior government official told Reuters on Friday.... More


Madrid, December 19 (RHC-PL) -- After nine years, Cuban singer-songwriter Silvio Rodriguez will perform next year in Spain, and the public can purchase the tickets for some of the concerts beginning today. ... More


Havana, December 19 (RHC-PL) -- With a displacement of over 59,000 tons and 2,600 passengers, the MSC Opera cruise ship Friday arrived in Cuba -- the largest ever docking in the island. ... More


La Paz, December 19 (RHC-PL) -- Bolivian Vice President Alvaro Garcia Linera says that the country has ideal conditions to achieve comprehensive first class education.... More


La Paz, December 19 (RHC-PL) -- President Evo Morales will meet next February with the legal team defending the maritime claim of Bolivia imposed against Chile at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague in 2013.... More


Havana, December 18 (RHC)-- Cuban President Raul Castro issued a statement on Friday in which he reviewed the state of affairs one year after the announcement by Cuba and the United States that they would work towards a normalization of relations. ... More


Washington, December 18 (RHC)-- U.S. President Barack Obama acknowledged Thursday advances in U.S.-Cuba ties, one year after the historic announcement on December 17th, 2014, that the two countries were re-establishing diplomatic relations.... More


Havana, December 18 (RHC)-- The governments of Cuba and Sweden ratified in Havana a common interest in strengthening ties, with the signing on a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to boost cooperation and set up a consultation mechanism for regular exchanges between the two countries' foreign ministries.... More


Miami, December 18 (RHC)-- Most Cuban-Americans and Cuban residents in the United States favor normalized relations between the two countries, as well as the lifting of the U.S. blockade of Cuba.... More


Moscow, December 18 (RHC)-- In the presence of foreign experts, Russian officials on Friday opened the damaged black box of a warplane shot down by Turkey last month, promising a transparent probe into the incident. ... More


Damascus, December 18 (RHC)-- Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekhad says his country will not participate in the so-called coalition of Islamic nations allegedly fighting against terrorism. ... More


United Nations, December 18 (RHC)-- United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said that 2015 will be remembered as a year of human suffering and migrant tragedies. ... More


Washington, December 18 (RHC)-- U.S. President Barack Obama says there is no specific and credible threat of a terrorist attack in the United States. ... More


Washington, December 18 (RHC)-- The White House has called for "common sense steps" to help Puerto Rico claw out of its fiscal crisis as it welcomed a commitment by the leader of the U.S. House of Representatives to consider legislation to help the so-called "commonwealth." ... More


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