Havana, January 14 (RHC) -– The progressive growth of Cuban sugar production needs better exploitation of the lands and available resources, said Vice President Jose Ramon Machado Ventura during a visit to sugar mills in eastern Holguin and Las Tuna provinces.... More
Havana, January 14 (RHC) -- Around 900 Cuban and foreign delegates will meet in the Cuban capital Havana from April 20th to the 24th for the International Health Convention Cuba 2015.... More
Port of Spain, January 14 (RHC-Xinhua) -- Trinidad and Tobago will sign an agreement with Cuba this month to boost bilateral tourism cooperation. Gerald Hadeed, Tourism Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, said: "At the end of the month, we will be signing a memorandum of understanding with Cuba. The intention will be for Trinidad and Tobago to join hands with Cuba as a co-destination." ... More
Havana, January 14 (RHC) -– Cuba expects to deploy 17 transmitters to optimize the island's digital TV signal, according to reports from Havana.... More
Maputo, January 14 (RHC) -– Cuban Ambassador Raúl García Quiñones and Mozambique's Minister of Health, Alexander Mánguele, signed a renovation of an existing collaboration agreement in the field of healthcare. ... More
Ciego de Avila, January 14 (RHC-PL) -- The Meliá Jardines del Rey Hotel has begun operations, thus increasing the number of rooms to over 6,400 in the northern keys beach resort of Jardines del Rey.... More
Industriales came out ahead in the attractive bilateral match against Matanzas to overcome the current national runner-up on Monday by 6-2 to reach 30 wins in the 54th Cuban Baseball Championships.... More
Tehran, January 13 (RHC)-- Iran and Iraq have explored ways to further broaden bilateral relations in all areas, calling for closer cooperation to counter the terror threats in the troubled Middle East. ... More
Mexico City, January 13 (teleSUR-RHC)-- The parents of the 43 forcibly disappeared Mexican students clashed with police on Monday after trying to enter the barracks of the 27th Battalion in the city of Iguala, Guerrero, the municipality where the students were attacked and subsequently disappeared.... More
Washington, January 13 (RHC)-- A group of protesters demonstrated inside the U.S. Congress on Monday to demand the prosecution of CIA officials involved in the torture of suspected terrorists. Around 10 protesters with a group called Witness Against Torture broke into shouts in the visitors' gallery of the Senate chamber, calling for the full release of a Senate report on CIA torture practices after 9/11. ... More
Damascus, January 13 (RHC)-- Witnesses in Syria say a recent U.S.-led coalition airstrike may have killed dozens of civilians. According to McClatchy News, the attack hit a makeshift Islamic State jail in the town of Al-Bab close to the Turkish border on December 28th. Most of the reported dead were civilian prisoners held by the Islamic State for violations of Sharia law or opposition fighters from rival groups. ... More
Tegucigalpa, January 13 (teleSUR-RHC)-- In the first ten days of 2015 in Honduras over 100 murders were reported. However, the government continues to insist that crime rates are increasing, and continued militarization is the solution.... More
Mexico City, January 13 (teleSUR-RHC)-- A Mexican federal court ordered on Monday the detention of Maria de los Angeles Pineda Villa, the wife of former Iguala mayor, and charged her with laundering money for a drug cartel.... More
Ramallah, January 13 (RHC)-- Israeli forces have reportedly shut down the offices of two Palestinian charities in the occupied territories for their alleged links with the Gaza-based resistance movement, Hamas. According to a police statement, Israeli police along with the Shin Bet spy service on Monday stormed the offices of the Palestinian charity organizations, Muslim Women for al-Aqsa in Jerusalem and al-Fajr, in the city of Nazareth in northern Israel. ... More
Panama City, January 13 (teleSUR-RHC)-- The National Office of Refugees of Panama refused to grant asylum to the Colombian former chief of intelligence, which will now enable authorities to deport her immediately from Panama if captured.... More
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