Guayaquil, December 5 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Leaders and delegations from across the region came to Guayaquil for the UNASUR International Seminar on Integration and Convergence in Latin America, held December 3rd and 4th. At the Eloy Alfaro Civic Center, leaders discussed strategies for deepening political, economic, cultural and social integration in the region.... More


Sports News Roundup Dec. 5

Cuba's 54th Baseball Series will resume on Friday after stopping for a while to allow baseball players to participate in the Central American and Caribbean Games in Veracruz, Mexico.... More


Economic Update December 4

Cuban economy will continue to improve despite the US blockade, foreign financial restrictions and the international situation, said Economy Minister Marino Murillo, as he submitted the 2015 Economic Plan at a meeting of the Council of Ministers presided over by President Raul Castro last Friday.... More


Mexico City, December 4 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Less than 24 hours after the Mexican Chamber of Deputies approved the “Universal Mobility” bill, social organizations criticized on Wednesday the legislative draft and warned that it only aims to ban mass demonstrations.... More


Tel Aviv, December 4 (RHC)-- The Israeli regime is set to spend millions of dollars on construction activities in an illegal settlement in East Jerusalem, an Israeli local council says. ... More


Brussels, December 4 (RHC)-- The parties which form Belgium's federal government have reportedly agreed on the recognition of Palestine as a state. Belgium's four main parties -- the Reformist Movement, the Flemish Liberals and Democrats, the Christian-Democratic and Flemish Party, and the New Flemish Alliance -- are to submit a motion supporting the recognition of a Palestinian state to the Belgian parliament "at a moment deemed appropriate." ... More


Ramallah, December 4 (RHC)-- Israeli soldiers have shot and wounded a Palestinian teenager during clashes near the occupied West Bank city of Nablus. Palestinian security sources, speaking on condition of anonymity, said scuffles broke out between Palestinian youths and Israeli forces after the the troops stormed Askar refugee camp on the outskirts of Nablus, located approximately 49 kilometers north of Jerusalem, on Wednesday morning. ... More


New York, December 4 (RHC)-- Thousands of protesters took to the streets in the United States after a grand jury declined to indict a New York white police officer accused of killing a Black man by putting him in an illegal chokehold. ... More


Cairo, December 4 (RHC)-- An Egyptian court has sentenced nearly 200 people to die in a mass trial over the deaths of police officers in an attack last year. Defense attorneys say the accused were excluded from the courtroom and that no effort was made to prove anyone’s individual guilt. ... More


Washington, December 4 (RHC)-- U.S. President Barack Obama continues to lobby Congress for approval of a $6 billion measure to fight the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. Obama spoke Tuesday after a tour of the National Institutes of Health. ... More


Washington, December 4 (RHC)-- A new report says it is virtually impossible to keep track of how many people are killed by police in the United States. ... More


Havana, December 4 (RHC) -- Basile Ikuouébé, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of the Republic of Congo, expressed his government's intentions to develop stronger ties with Cuba.... More


Luanda, December 4 (RHC) -– Angolan Minister of National Defense, João Gonçalves Lourenço, congratulated the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Cuba on the 58th anniversary of their foundation and thanked Cuba for its support of Angola.... More


Tokyo, December 4 (RHC) -– The technical-scientific exchange committee of Japan ratified its commitment to strengthen collaboration ties with Cuba during the most recent analysis of their agreement that took place Wednesday in Tokyo.... More


Havana, December 4 (RHC) -– Cuban hotels Meliá Buena Vista and Paradisus Rio de Oro have been declared recipients of the 2015 Excellence Awards granted by the renowned British travel agency Condé Nast Johansens.... More


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