Havana, August 26 (Pl-RHC), -- The experience of Cuban doctors is cardinal in Brazil, said the representative of the World Health Organization and the Pan American Health Organization, Joaquin Molina, in statements to Cuban television.... More


Havana, August 26 (RHC) Private entrepreneurs or self-employed workers in Cuba are benefiting from new bank services launched on Monday, as the private sector experiences a boom, prompted by the government’s partial deregulation of economic policies in recent years.... More


Havana, August 26 (RHC)-- The quality of the works underway at Havana's Revolution Square for the visit of Pope Francis to Cuba is excellent, said Monsignor Rodolfo Loiz, who is in charge of preparing the trip of the Holy Father to Cuba, scheduled for September 19-22.... More


Havana, August 26 (HC)-- Cuba will expose its most significant achievements in the area of sexual health and education during the 7th Cuban Congress on those subjects to take place September 14th to the 18th at Havana's International Convention Center.... More


Quito, August 26 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa has inaugurated three new health centers in the province of Cotopaxi, which are destined to serve more than 55,000 people.... More


Montevideo, August 26 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Uruguayan President Tabare Vazquez led the celebrations of the 190th anniversary of National Independence on Tuesday, while the education sector has called for strikes all week.... More


Guatemala City, August 26 (teleSUR-RHC)-- The Guatemalan Supreme Court has approved a request by the country's attorney general to impeach President Otto Perez Molina over his suspected involvement in a corruption scandal known as La Linea.... More


Bogotá, August 26 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos spoke on Tuesday to the Advisory Commission on Foreign Relations, a presidential group of advisers and lawmakers, about the situation with neighboring Venezuela and the measures which his government will take.... More


San Jose, August 26 (teleSUR-RHC)-- The Costa Rican parliamentary Special Commission of Reforms of Regulations ruled Monday in favor of a legislation to consult indigenous people over projects and bills they could be affected by before they are voted on and approved.... More


Havana, August 25 (RHC)-- At least 50 workers are in the final stages of building the altar where Argentinian-born Pope Francis will celebrate Mass at the Plaza de la Revolucion in Havana during his four-day visit to Cuba in September.... More


Havana, August 25 (RHC)-- Tropical Storm Erika is expected to approach the Leeward Islands or Northern Lesser Antilles Wednesday night or early on Thursday. The storm is moving westward at a speed of 31 kilometers per hour, although its speed is expected to lower over the next 48 hours.... More


Kabul, August 25 (RHC)-- At least 11 people including several children have been killed in a series of explosions at gas storage facility in the western Afghan city of Herat. Local authorities said on Tuesday that the explosions occurred in a relatively peaceful business hub, near the border with Iran, triggering a massive fire in a neighboring refugees’ settlement. ... More


Athens, August 25 (RHC)-- A new anti-austerity party formed by the Greek lawmakers who recently left Prime Minister Tsipras’ ruling Syriza Party in a show of protest has been given the mandate to form a coalition government in an effort to avoid snap polls in the country. ... More


Guatemala City, August 25 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Guatemala's corruption scandal continues to explode in the Central American country. ... More


Sports News Roundup August 25

Cuba's Denia Caballero offered the first discus title to her country in the history of World Cup by winning in Beijing -2015, beating her rival, Croatian Sandra Perkovic.... More


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