Little Rock, June 2 (RHC) -- Fifty-three businesspeople from the U.S. state of Arkansas and officials hosted by the State Chamber of Commerce will begin a week-long visit to Cuba Tuesday, amid the warming relationship between the U.S. and Cuba.... More
Ciego de Avila, June 2 (RHC) -– France's Accor Hotel Chain will assume in November the management of a new hotel on Cayo Coco Key, off the north-central Cuban coast.... More
Zapata Swamp, June 2 (RHC) -- The Cuban Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment (Citma) announced on Monday the 10th International Symposium Wetlands 2015, to be held in the beautiful Zapata Swamp next November 3rd to 6th.... More
Washington, June 2 (RHC)-- On the campaign trail in the United States, South Carolina Republican Senator Lindsey Graham has entered the presidential race. Graham launched his campaign Monday with a warning about "radical Islam ... running wild." ... More
Washington, June 2 (RHC)-- Another presumed Republican U.S. presidential hopeful, Jeb Bush, is the top speaker at a secretive meeting of coal company executives in Virginia, which wraps up on Tuesday. ... More
Quito, June 2 (teleSUR-RHC)-- President Rafael Correa has announced reforms to Ecuador’s inheritance law to reduce social inequality in the country. The reforms focus on the taxes applied on inheritances of more than $35,400, which will now face a 2.5 per cent tax rate. The tax would increase in increments up to 77.5 per cent for sums above $849,600. ... More
Bogota, June 2 (teleSUR-RHC)-- A trial began Monday in Colombia’s highest court of former intelligence chief Miguel Maza over the assassination of a left-leaning presidential candidate just over a quarter of a century ago. ... More
Lima, June 2 (teleSUR-RHC)-- The recent FIFA bribery scandal is serving to revive a corruption lawsuit against Manuel Burga, Congressman Daniel Abuggatás stated on Monday. Manuel Burga is the former president of the Peruvian Football Federation and for some is one of the most hated person in the country, being blamed for the poor performance of both the national team and local clubs for the last 13 years. ... More
Mexico City, June 2 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto has made changes to his declaration of assets after lawmakers demanded that he declare all of his financial property. ... More
San Salvador, June 2 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Salvadoran President Salvador Sanchez Ceren lauded the numerous social and economic achievements during his first year in office, highlighting the progress made by his government with respect to health and inequality. ... More
Bogota, June 2 (teleSUR-RHC)-- An attack on infrastructure carried out on Sunday by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, known as the FARC, has left Colombia's main Pacific port city without electricity, the Colombian Military Forces reported. ... More
A piece of the island’s industrial heritage, Tallapiedra, opened its doors to the public as part of Havana’s 12th Art Biennial, 30 years after the power plant closed... More
The US New York Cosmos team landed in Havana on Monday, with Brazilian soccer royalty among the delegation, for a slightly unusual slice of the U.S. and Cuba's efforts to improve bilateral relations as it's the first trip by a major American soccer club to Cuba since 1978.... More
Washington, June 1 (RHC)-- The U.S. government’s authority to sweep up millions of Americans’ phone records has temporarily expired after the Senate failed to renew it before a midnight deadline. ... More
Quito, June 1 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa has outlined a new inheritance tax bill, to be introduced soon to the National Assembly with a 2.5 percent of taxes over inheritances on $35,000-70,000. ... More
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