Istanbul, August 6 (RHC) -– A number of global companies are searching for ways to enter the Cuban market and Turkish firms are also getting on the bandwagon, writes the Daily Sabah from Istambul. ... More
Tampa, August 6 (RHC)-- The Florida Aquarium in Tampa has entered into a partnership with the National Aquarium in Havana, the first time aquariums from the two nations have ever done so, the Associated Press reported on Thursday.... More
Baltimore, August 6 (RHC)-- Island Travel & Tours, Ltd. will be conducting a Special Dedicated Flight on August 12, from BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport to Havana, Cuba to celebrate Secretary of State John Kerry’s officiating the raising of the U.S. flag and opening of the U.S. Embassy in Havana on August 14th. ... More
Miami, August 6 (RHC)-- Add Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings to the list of cruise companies moving quickly to offer Cuba sailings, the newspaper USA Today reported Wednesday.... More
Buenos Aires, August 6 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Argentinian President Cristina Fernandez officially raised the nation’s pensions on Wednesday. Retired people in Argentina will see their pension raise by 12.49 percent, boosting their monthly income to $464.... More
Mexico City, August 6 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Almost four weeks after the escape of Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, the U.S. government released a statement saying it believes the most wanted drug lord is still in Mexico. Guzman is more than likely in Sinaloa state, they say, a suspicion shared by a source with teleSUR immediately after his alleged jailbreak.... More
San Salvador, August 6 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Suspected Salvadoran gang members continue to carry out killings in the capital and across the country, instilling fear and violence. On Wednesday, they attacked a bus, killing four people and injuring seven, while separately they are believed to have killed a police officer, a woman and her two children.... More
Lima, August 6 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Thousands of protesters marched peacefully through southern Peru’s main streets on Tuesday, as they held vigils in plazas and banged pans in front of their homes, expressing their discontent with the Tía María mining project of the Southern Copper Corporation. ... More
Santiago de Chile, August 6 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Chilean lawmakers took a significant step toward lifting the ban on abortion imposed in 1989 by the Augusto Pinochet dictatorship by voting to advance the reform aimed at overturning the prohibition.... More
Brasilia, August 6 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Brazil’s Senate President Renan Calheiros pledged on Wednesday to work hard this second term in order to dismantle the anti-government actions taking place inside Congress that affect the democratic stability in the country. ... More
Experience an evening of Cuban culture – the music, the food, the rum, the art - with a night in Havana at Festival Cubano featuring Chuchito Valdés Quartet at The Ridgefield Playhouse for movies and performing arts in Connecticut on Saturday, August 15. ... More
The Cuban ensemble Havana Fax will showcase their singing and musical talents Friday, August 14, at the Northside Yacht Club in North Sydney as part of the Cape Breton Jazz Festival, reported the Cape Breton Post.... More
Havana, August 5 (RHC)-- Cuba has been prevented from receiving 117 billion dollars in profit because of the economic blockade imposed by the United States for more than half a century, according to ECLAC, the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean.... More
Havana, August 5 (RHC)-- Specialists from a number of countries will discuss the epidemiological situation of dengue worldwide during a meeting here in Havana from August 10th through the 21st.... More
Rome, August 5 (RHC)-- Italy’s coast guard says hundreds of migrants who tried to cross the Mediterranean are feared to have lost their lives in the perilous journey across the sea off the coast of Libya. ... More
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