Havana, December 22 (RHC-ACN) -- The Cuban economy will grow four percent "or more" in 2015, said the Minister of Economy and Planning, Marino Murillo.... More


Washington, December 22 (RHC-Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barrack Obama vowed Sunday that he will do everything possible to close the U.S. military detention facility located in Guantanamo, on illegally occupied Cuban territory.... More


Havana, December 22 (RHC)-- The number of visitors to Cuba from the Southern Cone of Latin America increased to 11,480 in November, representing 99 percent of the expected figure, according to a tourism official in Buenos Aires, Niurka Martinez.... More


Sports News Roundup Dec. 22

The boxing contest was distinguished by excellent fights, high competition and the fourth consecutive win by Camaguey. Roniel Iglesias (69kg division) achieved his seventh title to come eighth among top winners of the Playa Girón National Boxing Tournaments. Former boxer Félix Savón leads the list with 13 wins in this tournament. ... More


Havana, December 22 (RHC)-- Cuba will progressively open nursing homes in 2015 to assist senior citizens suffering from Alzheimer's, while one of those institutions is already experimentally operating in Havana.... More


Havana, December 20 (RHC)-- Cuban President Raúl Castro reaffirmed that Cuba will never abandon socialism, as stipulated in the new guidelines of the Cuban Communist Party.... More


Havana, December 20 (RHC)-- Cuban President Raúl Castro met Friday with visiting Russian Vice President Dimitry Rogozin, who is paying an official visit to Havana on the occasion of the 12th Meeting Cuba-Russia Intergovernmental Commission.... More


Havana, December 20 (ACN-RHC)-- The Cuban National Assembly of People's Power (Parliament) thanked all parliamentarians and legislators of the world for their support to the cause of the Cuban Five.... More


Havana, December 20 (ACN-RHC)-- Diplomats, poets, biologists and people in general honored U.S. diplomat Wayne Smith, who was the first chief of the U.S. Interests Section in Cuba and has fulfilled one of his dreams: the restoration of diplomatic relations between the two countries.... More


Bogota, December 20 (teleSUR-RHC)-- The United Nations has welcomed the FARC's (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia) declaration of an indefinite unilateral ceasefire in Colombia, and offered to help oversee it –- if both parties involved agree. ... More


Gaza City, December 20 (RHC)-- The Israeli military has reportedly launched fresh airstrikes on the Gaza Strip after the regime's forces opened fire and wounded six Palestinians in the northern part of the besieged coastal sliver. ... More


Paris, December 20 (RHC)-- France will officially end its 13-year military mission in Afghanistan and withdraw all of its remaining troops from the South Asian country, the French Defense Ministry says. ... More


Caracas, December 20 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Venezuelan Foreign Minister Rafael Ramirez has described recently passed U.S. sanctions against the country as a message sent to violent right-wing groups that they can operate with impunity in Venezuela.... More


Washington, December 20 (RHC)-- U.S. military leaders say three top figures from the Islamic State have been killed by U.S. airstrikes, including a military chief and a deputy of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.... More


Buenos Aires, December 20 (RHC)-- A court in Argentina has handed down life sentence to four former military officers for committing crimes against humanity during the 1970s' U.S.-backed military dictatorship in the South American country.... More


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