Santiago de Cuba, June 24 (RHC) -– The visiting Singaporean Foreign Minister, Kasiviswanathan Shanmugam, is scheduled to hold talks today with Cuba's Economy and Planning Minister, Marino Murillo.... More


Tokyo, June 24 (RHC) -- The Japan-Cuba Friendship Association demanded on Tuesday that U.S. President Barack Obama lift the economic blockade of Cuba.... More


Caracas, June 24 (RHC) -- Cuba and Venezuela ratified in Caracas a techno-military agreement signed in 2008, as part of a cooperation program between the two nations in several areas.... More


Havana, June 24 (RHC) –- The European Union and Cuba will hold on Thursday in Brussels their first high level meeting to discuss the issue of human rights.... More


Santa Clara, June 24 (RHC) –- Cuban First Vice President Miguel Díaz Canel presided over the celebrations for the 500th anniversary of the founding by the Spanish of the village of San Juan de los Remedios, in central Cuba.... More


Havana, June 24 (RHC) –- The school boat of the Venezuelan Navy, Simón Bolívar, arrived Wednesday morning to the port of Havana, on a tour of member-countries of the energy cooperation alliance, Petrocaribe.... More


Sports News Roundup June 24

Cuba will sign this week the agreement that will officially constitute the 2nd sports joint venture aimed at developing a large building complex linked to the activity of golf, east of the capital.... More


Santiago de Chile, June 24 (teleSUR-RHC)-- The Chilean teachers union announced it will meet on Wednesday to analyze whether they will continue the indefinite strike declared over two weeks ago after lawmakers and government officials committed to make changes to a new teaching career bill. The law would modify the teaching career system and its wages, implementing an evaluation process which would determine the salary assigned to each teacher. ... More


Bogota, June 24 (teleSUR-RHC)-- The former commander of Colombia’s National Army, General Mario Montoya, was called in for questioning on Tuesday over his alleged role in thousands of extrajudicial killings carried out by the country's security forces to be presented as guerrilla fighters killed during clashes. ... More


Bogota, June 24 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Coffee cultivators and other farmers threatened to initiate a mass national strike in the second half of July if the government continues to ignore their demands. ... More


Lima, June 24 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Peruvian Cardinal Juan Luis Cipriani’s personal investments are tied with one of the country’s largest construction companies, a local investigation revealed on Monday. Journalist Laura Grados released a second article in her investigation series, published in the local Diario 16, on the leader of Opus Dei and prominent Catholic figure. ... More


Havana, June 24 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Ivan Marquez, a commander with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and the member of the rebels' peace delegation, insisted that the time has come to “stop the war to prevent damages against the peace process and further useless victimization.” ... More


Mexico City, June 24 (teleSUR-RHC)-- LG electronics released a statement on Tuesday apologizing to Rosa Moreno, a Mexican woman and mother of six, who lost both hands while working the overnight shift in their production factory in Mexico four years ago. ... More


The history, culture and traditions of San Juan de los Remedios, the eighth city founded by the Spaniards in Cuba, was recreated at an artistic gala on Tuesday night to celebrate the city´s 500th anniversary... More


Sports News Roundup June 23

Cuba defeated Nicaragua by a score of 3-0 at the Latinoamericano Stadium in Havana, in the first of a 5-game match prior to Toronto 2015 Pan-American Games.... More


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