Havana, October 20 (RHC-PL) -- Today, Cubans remember the 147th anniversary of their National Anthem and also celebrate National Culture Day, as a tribute to the first time that anthem of struggle was heard publicly. ... More


Havana, October 20 (RHC-PL) -- Relations between Mexico and Cuba maintain today promising perspectives, which will allow to expand trade, cultural and cooperation ties. In that sense, the Mexican Minister of Foreign Affairs, Claudia Ruiz Massieu, who carried out an official visit to the Caribbean island, said there is a renewed relationship between the two states, based on the historical ties of friendship and solidarity, which today find new expressions. ... More


Havana, October 20 (RHC-PL) -- Cuba is promoting foreign investment on the basis of a broad and diverse portfolio of opportunities and projects. The update will be presented at the upcoming edition of the Havana International Fair, FIHAV 2015. ... More


Madrid, October 20 (RHC-PL) -- Politicians and academics from Cuba, the U.S. and Europe have agreed on the importance of ending Washington's blockade of the island to advance the process of normalization of Cuba-U.S. relations. ... More


Moscow, October 20 (RHC-PL) -- The Vice President of the Council of Ministers of Cuba, Ricardo Cabrisas, assessed the prospects of cooperation with Russia at the request of the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU). ... More


Sports News roundup October 20

The current monarch, Ciego de Avila became the 1st classified to the 2nd stage of the 55th Cuban Baseball Classic team, whose calendar rests today, following the penultimate duels of the preliminary stage.... More


Geneva, October 20 (RHC)-- A Cuban delegation of lawmakers headed by Yolanda Ferrer, President of the International Relations Committee of the National Assembly of the People's Power (Parliament), is attending the 133rd Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), which began its general debate on Sunday at the International Conference Center of Geneva, Switzerland. ... More


Havana, October 20 (RHC)-- A second flight connecting Cuba to Georgetown, capital of the Cayman Islands, with the city of Holguin, will join the route of Cayman Airways starting November 28th.... More


Luanda, October 20 (RHC-PL) –- Angolan women can learn from the vast experience of Cuban women, said Roberto de Almeida, Vice President of the ruling party, the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA). ... More


Sanaa, October 20 (RHC)-- Saudi fighter jets have conducted a fresh round of attacks against several areas across Yemen. On Tuesday morning, Saudi fighter jets struck a commercial neighborhood of al-Rahidah district in Yemen's southwestern province of Ta'izz, though no reports of casualties were available.... More


Brasilia, October 20 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff and her predecessor Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva have been exonerated of all responsibility in the Petrobras scandal in a report released this Monday by the parliamentary commission in charge of the investigation.... More


Four Killed in Iraqi Bombings

Baghdad, October 20 (RHC)-- Police and medical officials in Iraq say at least four people have been killed and nearly two dozen others injured in separate bomb explosions that struck areas in and around the capital, Baghdad.... More


Rome, October 20 (RHC)-- The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and its allies have kicked off their biggest military drills in over a decade in the central Mediterranean. Dubbed "Trident Juncture," the exercises involve some 36,000 soldiers, sailors and airmen from more than 30 countries testing what the military alliance regards its ability to respond to new security threats.... More


Ankara, October 20 (RHC)-- Turkish authorities have identified a new suspect in the recent deadly bombings in the capital, Ankara, who also happens to be the brother of a suspect in a similar attack in Suruç, southern Turkey, back in July.... More


Ottawa, October 20 (RHC)-- Canadian voters have unseated right-wing Prime Minister Stephen Harper after nearly a decade in office. In a surprise result following the closest election campaign in recent history, the centrist Liberals jumped from third place to a parliamentary majority.... More


up