Miami, December 7 (RHC)-- The Miami-based Alianza Martiana Coalition, an active group of Cuban-American organizations, has called a demonstration for next Saturday, December 12th, to demand the immediate lifting of the over-50-year U.S. economic, commercial and financial blockade of Cuba. ... More
New Delhi, December 7 (RHC)-- In India, the air force has resumed rescue operations in the southern state of Tamil Nadu as heavy rains and flooding continue. The state is experiencing the worst flooding in a century, which has killed more than 250 people. ... More
United Nations, December 7 (RHC)-- The United Nations has voiced alarm over dire living conditions in South Sudan’s war-zone regions, saying tens of thousands of people there are facing death by starvation. ... More
Roanoke, December 7 (RHC)-- Mayor David Bowers of the U.S. city of Roanoke, Virginia, has sparked outrage after he cited the widespread internment of Japanese Americans during World War II in order to justify suspending the resettlement of Syrian refugees to his city. ... More
Washington, December 7 (RHC)-- More Mexican immigrants have returned to Mexico from the U.S. than have migrated to the country since the end of the Great Recession, according to a new analysis. ... More
Havana, December 7 (RHC)-- Cuba has made a noticeable contribution to Venezuela, particularly in the area of health over the past 15 years, said Doctor Luis Estruch, professor at the Havana-based Latin American School of Medicine. ... More
Caracas, December 7 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro responded Monday to the outcome of Sunday’s National Assembly election, praising the turnout of nearly 75 percent.... More
Santiago de Chile, December 7 (teleSUR-RHC)-- The Chilean government launched a campaign on Sunday to help kick off the process of rewriting the South American country’s 1980 constitution with civic education around the reform.... More
Panama City, December 7 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Investigations into the United States invasion of Panama in 1989 are biased since they are being conducted by Washington itself, according to the Panamanian non-government organization Association of Families and Friends of the Fallen on December 20, 1989. ... More
Asunción, December 7 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Some 1,500 families were evacuated from Paraguay’s capital Asunción on Sunday as the Paraguay River rose to dangerous levels, local officials reported.... More
La Paz, December 7 (PL-RHC)-- The Bolivian Defense Ministry will strengthen control at 20 military checkpoints located on the border with Chile, the newspaper La Razon said today.... More
Paris, December 7 (PL-RHC)-- Amazonian Center of Anthropology and Practical Application, an institution that defends and fosters the rights of indigenous people, defended at the Summit on Climate Change in Paris the legal recognition of of the original territories of those communities.... More
New Delhi, December 5 (RHC)-- India has blamed industrialization for causing extreme weather conditions as the death toll from deadly floods in the southern state of Tamil Nadu reaches 325.... More
The U.S. Major League Baseball (MLB) and the Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA) will embark on an historic goodwill tour in Cuba from Dec. 15th-18th. Hall of Famer Joe Torre, MLB's Chief Baseball Officer, and Dave Winfield, the MLBPA's Special Advisor to the Executive Director, will be joined by a group of current Major League players, who will be announced at a later date.... More
Cuban National Assembly Cautions Against Interference in Venezuela's Legislative Elections on Sunday
Havana, December 5 (RHC)-- The Cuban National Assembly's International Relations Committee issued a statement on Friday voicing solidarity with the people and Government of Venezuela and cautioning against what it termed “constant, systematic and increasing acts and statements of interference” in internal affairs of that sister nation. ... More
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