Caracas, March 3 (teleSUR-RHC)-- The level of extreme poverty in Venezuela dropped to a record low of 5.4 percent in 2015, Social Development Minister Hector Rodriguez said Monday. ... More


Ottawa, March 3 (RHC)-- Information disclosed by the former U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) contractor, Edward Snowden, shows that Canada’s electronic spy agency monitors file downloads all around the world. ... More


Montevideo, March 3 (RHC) -- Cuban President Raul Castro and newly-inaugurated Uruguayan head of state Tabaré Vazquez have met in Montevideo and stressed the excellent level of bilateral relations between their two countries. ... More


Washington, March 3 (RHC) -– U.S. President Barack Obama said on Monday that he hopes the United States will be able to open an embassy in Havana by the time of the Americas Summit in Panama in mid-April.... More


Madrid, March 3 (RHC) —- Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos stressed the role of Cuba in the advancement of the peace dialogue for his country underway in Havana.... More


Brussels, March 3 (RHC) -– Cuba will be among participants at an international conference in Brussels today to mobilize a final push to end the Ebola outbreak in West Africa and ensure the delivery of nearly $5 billion in aid pledges.... More


Havana, March 3 (RHC) -- Cuban Vice President Salvador Valdés Mesa has held a meeting with Erastus Okundi Mwencha, African Union (AU) Commission deputy chairperson.... More


Luanda, March 3 (RHC) -— Cuba has considerably contributed to boost literacy in Angola with its program known as “Yes, I Can,” said Adult Education Director Makulo Valentim.... More


Havana, March 3 (RHC) -- At 3:03 am on Sunday, March 1st, the networks of Cuba's National Seismological Service recorded a perceptible earthquake at coordinates 21.28 north latitude and 77.52 west longitude, approximately at 12.0 Km northwest of Sibanicú, in Camaguey Province, with a depth of 10.0 km and a magnitude of 3.8 on the Richter scale.... More


A documentary dedicated to renowned Cuban painter, drawer, sculptor and engraver, Arturo Montoto, will be screened on March 24th at Havana’s Fine Arts Museum... More


Sport News Roundup March 02

Matanzas is secured on top of 54th Cuban Baseball Championship with 4 games ahead when 14 games are left to complete the schedule of the 2nd phase.... More


Baghdad, March 2 (RHC)-- Iraq has launched a new military operation to retake the city of Tikrit from the Islamic State militant group. ... More


Montevideo, March 2 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Tabaré Vazquez, who governed Uruguay from 2005 to 2010, began his second presidential term on Sunday. ... More


Tel Aviv, March 2 (RHC)-- Former Israeli ambassador to the United States Michael Oren has reprimanded Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for planning to address the US Congress about Iran. "I did say publicly that the prime minister could speak somewhere else, perhaps not intercede between the White House and the Congress or between Democrats and Republicans," Oren told CNN on Sunday. ... More


. Buenos Aires, March 2 (teleSUR-RHC)-- President Cristina Fernandez addressed the Argentine Congress on Sunday for the last time before the end of her term in office, highlighting the gains made during her administration. ... More


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