Havana, April 25 (PL-RHC)-- A total of 11,424 delegates were elected last Sunday, April 19th, during the first round of mid-term elections in Cuba, Granma newspaper reported Saturday.... More


Havana, April 25 (RHC)-- The Cuban Minister of Higher Education, Rodolfo Alarcón, and his Angolan counterpart, Adão do Nascimento, toured on Thursday the Marta Abreu Central University of Las Villas (UCLV), to widen current academic relations.... More


Havana, April 25 (teleSUR-RHC)-- The path to clear Cuba from the U.S. list of state sponsors of terrorism seems to overcome another hurdle, when Republican lawmakers announced they would not try to challenge President Obama's decision to remove Cuba from the list. ... More


Havana, April 25 (RHC)-- One thousand 164 constituencies will carry out their second round of elections tomorrow, Sunday, to elect delegates to the Municipal Assemblies of People's Power.... More


Moscow, April 24 (RHC) – Russian Prime Minister Dimitri Medvedev received on Friday in Moscow Cuba's Vice President of the Council of Ministers, Ricardo Cabrisas, who is in the country for talks in increased economic cooperation. ... More


Havana, April 24 (RHC) – Cuban Parliament President Esteban Lazo received on Thursday his counterpart from Guinea Bissau, Cipriano Cassama, who heads a parliamentary delegation on an official visit to Cuba.... More


Havana, April 24 (RHC)-- Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez is in the Netherlands, the last leg of a European tour that also took him to Luxembourg, Belgium and France.... More


Havana, April 24 (RHC)-- Cuba has signed new cooperation agreements with Eritrea, the Republic of Congo and Cape Verde, thus further expanding and strengthening its medical cooperation with those African countries.... More


Havana, April 24 (RHC)-- The Cuban medication Itoli-zumab was awarded the Gold Medal of the World Intellectual Property Organization for its significant contribution to the treatment of severe psoriasis, a chronic skin disorder that affects more than 125 million people worldwide.... More


Havana, April 24 (RHC)-- The 35th International Tourism Fair 'Fit Cuba 2015' will be held May 6th through the 7th in the world-famous tourist resort Jardines del Rey, located North of central Ciego de Avila province. This year's event is dedicated to Italy.... More


Sanaa, April 24 (RHC)-- Saudi warplanes have reportedly carried out fresh aerial assaults on Yemen, bombarding several places across the impoverished country. According to local media reports on Friday, Saudi fighter jets pounded two districts in Yemen’s southern port city of Aden. There are no immediate reports of casualties in the attacks. ... More


Montevideo, April 24 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Former Uruguayan president Jose Mujica offered his help as a mediator in the Colombia peace talks in Havana on Thursday. Mujica said he will travel soon to Cuba to assist in the talks between the Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forced of Colombia (FARC). Specifically, Mujica said he wanted to talk to the FARC command. ... More


Baghdad, April 24 (RHC)-- At least seven people have lost their lives in two separate bombings around the Iraqi capital, Baghdad. According to Iraqi police officials on Friday, four people were killed while eight others suffered injuries in a bomb explosion near an outdoor market in the town of Tarmiyiah, some 50 kilometers north of Baghdad. ... More


Quito, April 24 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa has compared the current economic war against the Venezuelan government to what happened in Chile in the early 1970s, which led to the U.S.-backed military coup that overthrew constitutionally-elected President Salvador Allende. ... More


Gaza City, April 24 (RHC)-- Israeli tanks have shelled an area in the northern Gaza Strip following a claim by the Israeli military that a rocket was fired from the Palestinian enclave toward Israel. ... More


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