Havana, February 25 (RHC) -– Chinese companies are negotiating with Cuban state companies the establishment of joint ventures for the development of real estate projects and hotels, taking into account the opportunities that the Caribbean country offers for foreign investment in the tourism sector.... More


Baghdad, February 25 (RHC)-- Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says "good progress was made on certain topics" during bilateral negotiations with the U.S. delegate in Geneva. ... More


Bogotá, February 25 (RHC-teleSUR) -- Colombia’s Office of the Attorney General has asked the country’s Constitutional Court to declare a cooperation deal between the South American Country and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) as “unconstitutional.” ... More


Managua, February 25 (RHC-PL) -- A delegation of Cuban business people and officials are visiting Nicaragua to promote trade exchange between both countries.... More


Bonn, February 25 (RHC-Mercopress) -- Argentina lost a ruling at Germany’s top civil court over interest payments on bonds it sold to investors in the European country that don’t have terms that allow for restructuring by a majority vote of creditors, according to a report from Bloomberg at Karlsruhe.... More


The Dead Daisies in Havana

The band the Dead Daisies is expecting to rock and roll Havana with two concerts this week featuring music from the 1970’s and 1980’s... More


Sport News Roundup February 24

Granma beat Matanzas by a score of 13-3 to meet with its victim on top of the 54th Cuban Baseball Championship, both with 43 wins and 26 defeats.... More


Tel Aviv, February 24 (RHC)-- Israel has been aware that Iran’s nuclear program is peaceful and does not include “the activity necessary to produce weapons,” according to a leaked Mossad report, dated shortly after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused Tehran of having "plans to build a nuclear weapon" at his 2012 UN speech. ... More


La Paz, February 24 (RHC-teleSUR) -- Guatemalan indigenous leader and 1992 Nobel Peace Prize recipient Rigoberta Menchú expressed her support Monday for Bolivia's right to direct access with the Pacific Ocean. Bolivia has filed a claim against Chile before the International Court of Justice. ... More


Quito, February 24 (RHC-teleSUR) -- Representatives from grassroots indigenous groups throughout Ecuador issued a call Monday to engage in a direct dialogue with the government of President Rafael Correa. ... More


Tel Aviv, February 24 (RHC)-- An NGO has reported an unprecedented 40-percent climb in illegal settlement construction in the Israeli-occupied West Bank within the past year. In its latest report on Monday, the Israel-based Peace Now group said the construction of 3,100 "residential units" began last year in West Bank settlements, while 4,485 tenders for construction were launched in East Jerusalem settlement districts during 2014, "a record high for at least a decade." ... More


Mexico City, February 24 (RHC-teleSUR) -- In response to critical comments made on Sunday night at the Oscar awards ceremony by Mexican director, Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Mexico's ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) published a sharp congratulations on Monday morning on its Twitter account. Later, the country's PRI president Enrique Pena Nieto responded to the acclaimed director’s message. ... More


Gaza City, February 24 (RHC)-- The Israeli regime forces have opened fire on Palestinian farmers in Gaza Strip, stepping up a campaign against the coastal sliver’s agricultural properties. ... More


United Nations, February 24 (RHC-teleSUR) -- Venezuelan Foreign Minister Delcy Rodriguez denounced foreign interference and the economic war being waged on Venezuela during her presentation Monday at the United Nations Security Council. ... More


Madrid, February 24 (RHC)-- An earthquake measuring five on the Richter scale has jolted central Spain, sending shockwaves through the country’s capital, Madrid. The Monday temblor, whose epicenter was located seven kilometers (4.3 miles) from the town of Ossa de Montiel, near Albacete, about 220 kilometers southeast of Madrid, sent many panicked office workers into the streets. ... More


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