Senior Cuban officials told participants at the recently concluded 10th World Economic Forum on Latin America that the government is eager to receive foreign investment, and has taken measures to make Cuba an attractive investment destination. The meeting was a historic one for the country, which has recently initiated diplomatic relations with the US after half a century.... More
In September 2014, the Latin America Working Group Education Fund coordinated a trip to Cuba with Ernest Hemingway's grandsons John and Patrick to commemorate the 60th anniversary of Hemingway's Nobel Prize in Literature, which he donated to the people of Cuba, with celebrations in the fishing town of Cojimar and Hemingway's estate, Finca Vigia.... More
Geneva, May 14 (RHC)-- The United States has been sharply criticized over its human rights record by numerous countries at the United Nations Office at Geneva. Member nations blasted the U.S. at the United Nations’ Human Rights Council, rebuking the country over police brutality, racial injustice, detention of prisoners at Guantánamo Bay and the continued use of the death penalty. ... More
San Jose, May 14 ( teleSUR-RHC)-- Costa Rican agriculture is likely to experience major damages this year as a result of extreme weather expected to be brought on by El Niño, the country's Meteorological Institute announced Wednesday. ... More
The Vatican, May 14 (RHC)-- The Vatican will officially recognize the state of Palestine in a new treaty. The treaty concerns the Vatican’s interests in the Occupied Territories. ... More
New York, May 14 (RHC)-- Prisoners with mental disabilities across the United States experience unnecessary, excessive, and even malicious force by prison staff, according to a new report by an international human rights organization. ... More
Berlin, May 14 (RHC)-- German Chancellor Angela Markel has defended the sale of modern weaponry by Germany to Israel, saying Berlin has an “obligation” to back the Tel Aviv regime. Merkel told students at a Berlin school on Tuesday that Germany “has a special obligation to support Israel,” adding that Germany sells weapons to Israel because “we believe that Israel must defend itself.” ... More
Manila, May 14 (RHC)-- At least 72 people have been killed by a fire that gutted a factory in a suburb of the Philippines capital city of Manila, officials say. According to reports, the blaze broke out as sparks from welding work set fire to flammable chemicals near the slipper factory, local officials said on Wednesday. ... More
Philadelphia, May 14 (RHC)-- Safety officials say an Amtrak train that derailed in Philadelphia Tuesday night was traveling at twice the authorized speed. The engineer applied the emergency brakes when the train hit 106 miles per hour just moments before the train went off its tracks. ... More
New York, May 14 (RHC)-- Five of the world’s top banks are reportedly set to plead guilty to a number of fraud and antitrust charges in the United States. ... More
Washington, May 14 (RHC)-- The U.S. House of Representatives has overwhelmingly approved a measure that would rein in a key NSA surveillance tactic exposed by Edward Snowden. ... More
Kabul, May 14 (RHC)-- In Afghanistan, at least 14 people have been killed after gunmen attacked a guesthouse in the capital Kabul. ... More
Bujumbura, May 14 (RHC)-- The head of Burundi’s armed forces says an attempted coup against President Pierre Nkurunziza has been thwarted. An army general claimed yesterday to have ousted the president after more than two weeks of protests. ... More
Havana, May 14 (RHC) -- The head of the Cuban Interests Section in the United States, José Ramón Cabañas Rodriguez, has said that Havana is studying opening a bank account in Florida.... More
Havana, May 14 (RHC) -– Cuba and the United States will hold another meeting in the coming weeks in Washington on re-opening embassies, according to Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez.... More
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