Sports News Roundup December 16

Cuban Ricardo Erick Lòpez Hevia from Granma newspaper won the Sports Media Pearl Awards in the Photography Athletic Prowess category with his work Women more than shadows. ... More


Havana, December 16 (RHC)-- The Cuban Tourism Ministry has announced that the first direct flight of Air China from Beijing will arrive in Havana on December 27th. The flight will bring 300 passengers on board and will be aimed at opening a route to increase the visits of Chinese tourists to the island. ... More


Havana, December 16 (RHC-PL) -- Costa Rican President Luis Guillermo Solis said in Havana that his country's relations with Cuba will be more intense. Solis thanked the government and the people of Cuba during his official visit and said that the objectives of the trip were successfully met. "We reaffirm the importance of Cuba's foreign policy, as being a key player in the Caribbean basin. ... More


Nairobi, December 16 (RHC-PL) -- A Cuban delegation is participating in the Tenth Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO), which continued its sessions today in Nairobi, Kenya. ... More


Washington, December 16 (RHC-PL) -- The Cuban Adjustment Act is coming under fire by U.S. public opinion due to the unique treatment it offers Cubans, in contrast to the treatment of other immigrants. ... More


Brasilia, December 16 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Brazilian social movements are taking to the streets on Wednesday to reject an impeachment process launched by embattled opposition leader Eduardo Cunha against President Dilma Rousseff.... More


Bogota, December 16 (PL-RHC)-- Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos has reiterated his optimism about the peace talks after ensuring that the negotiators meeting in Havana were never before so close to reaching a final agreement.... More


Caracas, December 16 (teleSUR-RHC)-- President of the Venezuelan National Assembly Diosdado Cabello presided over on Tuesday the first gathering of the National Communal Parliament, a legislative body aimed at strengthening the role of grassroots decision-making structures known as communal councils and communes.... More


Caracas, December 16 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Venezuela’s National Guard has come out in defense of its head, Major General Nestor Reverol, accused of alleged drug trafficking. ... More


Caracas, December 16 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Thousands of Venezuelans took to the streets of Caracas and several other cities in Venezuela to show their support to the workers of the state-owned telecommunication company CANTV after it was threatened with privatization by right-wing forces.... More


Paris, December 16 (PL-RHC)-- Venezuelan ambassador to UNESCO, Luis Alberto Crespo, stated on Wednesday that more than ever is necessary to be united and to strengthen the integration mechanisms that exist in Latin America.... More


Mexico City, December 16 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Mexican authorities said on Tuesday they had uncovered at least 19 corpses in an isolated region of the violence plagued state of Guerrero.... More


Buenos Aires, December 16 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Argentina's state prosecutor has called for the reopening of an investigation into the 1994 AMIA Jewish center bombing.... More


Guatemala City, December 16 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Various labor and women’s rights organizations in Guatemala have expressed strong disagreement with an employment bill recently introduced in Congress that activists have branded the “Maquila Bill.” ... More


Havana, December 15 (RHC-PL) –- The visiting President of Cape Verde, Jorge Carlos de Almeida Fonseca, delivers a lecture at the Aula Magna of the University of Havana on Tuesday, in the context of his official visit to Cuba.... More


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