Havana, February 18 (RHC) -– Cuban presidential advisor and scholar Abel Prieto said that Washington's Cuba policy has an impact on the island, but it also bans U.S. citizens from having rich cultural contacts with the Cuban people.... More


Miami, February 18 (RHC) -– Jose Ramon Cabañas, the current head of the Cuban Interests Section in Washington, DC was the keynote speaker at a Manatee County Chamber of Commerce meeting in the U.S. state of Florida.... More


Madrid, February 18 (RHC) -- Maria Cristina Russo, director for International Cooperation at the European Community, has called for increasing collaboration with Cuba in the field of research and development.... More


Moscow, February 18 (RHC-Sputnik) -– Cuban President Raul Castro may visit Russia sometime in 2015, the Cuban Ambassador to Russia Emilio Lozada Garcia told RIA Novosti on Wednesday.... More


Orlando, February 18 (RHC)-- Thousands of U.S. citizens could soon begin traveling to Cuba for medical treatment if the U.S. government ends the blockade or allows travel to receive health care, said Anuja Agrawal, chief executive of the Orlando-based Health Flights Solutions.... More


Havana, February 18 (RHC) -– Initiatives deployed by the Government of Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa to support the inclusion in society of the vulnerable sector of citizens with physical or mental disabilities have received important support from Cuba.... More


Havana, February 18 (RHC)-- Antonio Guerrero, one of the Cuban Five, has been nominated for the “28 de Septiembre” Award during one of the assemblies for the 55th anniversary of Cuba's Committees for the Defense of the Revolution (CDR) taking place as part of the political process and strengthening of the mass organization.... More


Rome, February 17 (RHC)-- Italy says it may ponder military action in Libya after the release of a recent video of mass beheading by ISIL Takfiris in the North African country showed that militants are closer than ever to the Italian shores. ... More


Sport News Roundup February 17

Cuban Chess GM Leinier Domínguez drew in the 2nd stage of the Chess Grand Prix 2014-2015, being played in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi.... More


Brasilia, February 17 (RHC-PL) -- Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has stressed the importance of protecting and defending children and adolescents against any violation of their rights, especially during the Carnival season.... More


Abu Dhabi, February 17 (RHC)-- The United Arab Emirates' F-16 fighter jets have hit oil refineries controlled by the ISIL terror group, state media reports. The warplanes targeted oil refineries held by "the Daesh (ISIL) organization, with the aim of drying up its sources of finance," said the state news agency WAM on Monday, using the Arabic acronym for the extremist group. ... More


Brussels, February 17 (RHC)-- Talks between Greece and its European creditors have collapsed amid disagreement over the future of German-backed austerity. ... More


Dallas, February 17 (RHC)-- A U.S. federal judge in Texas has blocked President Barack Obama’s executive actions on immigration. In November, Obama outlined programs aimed at providing relief from deportation to as many as five million people. ... More


Bogotá, February 17 (RHC-teleSUR) -- Colombian Senator Ivan Cepeda began a three-day tour in Spain Tuesday in an effort to counter an international campaign against the peace process launched by former President Álvaro Uribe last week.... More


Buenos Aires, February 17 (RHC-Mercopress) -- Brazilian Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira rejected claims that the recent agreements reached by Argentina with China can interfere with MERCOSUR, while his Argentinian counterpart Hector Timerman said that the package of accords with Beijing will “actually benefit MERCOSUR.”... More


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