Pretoria, October 19 (RHC)-- South African Vice President Cyril Ramaphosa is in Stockholm attending the Eighth Session of the South Africa-Sweden Bilateral Commission as part of a tour that will take him to Cuba and later to Mexico. ... More


United Nations, October 19 (RHC-PL) -- The U.S. blockade against Cuba is a brutality that must come to an end, a cause the international community will undoubtedly support once again this year, the Venezuelan ambassador to the United Nations, Rafael Ramirez, said in New York. ... More


Havana, October 19 (RHC-PL) -- Participants in the International Meeting for Inter-religious Dialogue and the World Peace reaffirmed their willingness to work together to build a better world. ... More


Havana, October 19 (RHC-PL) -- The vice president of the Jewish Community of Cuba, David Prinstein, called for an end to wars between nations and the prevention of armed conflicts in the future. "All wars must be prevented because they are all bad," Prinstein told reporters during the International Meeting for Inter-religious Dialogue and World Peace that will concluded yesterday at Havana's Convention Center. ... More


Bogotá, October 19 (EFE-RHC)-- Government and Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, peace negotiators have reached an agreement covering joint efforts to find more than 25,000 people estimated to have disappeared during Colombia’s over 50-year-old internal conflict.... More


Bogotá, October 19 (teleSUR-RHC)-- The head of the Colombian guerrilla group National Liberation Army (ELN), Pablo Beltran, called on the government to begin open and public dialogue with the aim of negotiating peace with the rebel group, as peace talks in Havana, Cuba, with the FARC rebels lead to a final agreement before the March 23, 2016 deadline.... More


Bogotá, October 19 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Colombian authorities are investigating a small plane crash in a residential zone in Bogotá on Sunday, which killed five people and injured at least 15.... More


Brasilia, October 19 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Brazilian intellectuals and academics published Friday a manifesto condemning the procedure of impeachment initiated by radical sectors of the right-wing opposition in Parliament.... More


Panama City, October 19 (PL-RHC)-- Albrook, Multicentro and Multiplaza are some of the big commercial centers in this city that are visited by thousands of people every day, including tourists, who are looking for varied offers affordable to the most demanding buyer.... More


Lima, October 19 (CARIBBEAN NEWS-RHC)-- The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretary General Irwin LaRocque continues to champion the cause for vulnerable states to receive concessional financing due to issues related to climate change.... More


Kabul, October 19 (RHC)-- A U.S. F-16 fighter jet has come under Taliban fire in eastern Afghanistan, military officials say. The advanced jet sustained significant damage in the attack which happened in Paktia Province, much of which is under control of the Taliban, officials told AFP.... More


The renowned Lizt Alfonso Dance Cuba Company will again travel to the United States in November to make audiences dance and vibrate in Princeton, Boston, New York and Washington... More


Havana, October 17 (RHC)-- Cuban civil society ratified Friday their condemnation of Washington's blockade policy against Cuba, according to the final declaration of the 12th National Forum against the US blockade held Friday.... More


Santiago de Chile, October 17 (RHC)-- The 23rd Solidarity with Cuba Conference in Chile began sessions Friday with a special tribute to anti-terrorist fighter and Hero of the Republic of Cuba Fernando González, who is participating as a special guest.... More


Beirut, October 17 (RHC-PL)-- The Cuban Minister of Foreign Trade and Investment Rodrigo Malmierca asserted Friday that his country would not depend again on just one market, not even when the US economic blockade is lifted. ... More


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