Havana, December 3 (RHC) -– The President of the Republic of the Congo, Denis Sassou Nguesso, inaugurated on Tuesday the exhibition Kiebe-Kiebe of Congolese traditional art at the House of Africa, located in Old Havana. The exhibit marks the 50th anniversary of relations between his country and Cuba.... More


Havana, December 3 (RHC) –- Cuban Doctor Félix Báez Sarría, who became infected with Ebola in Sierra Leone, is recovering at a fast pace and is likely to be released from the Geneva University Hospital soon, Cuban health authorities revealed.... More


Havana, December 3 (RHC) -– Caribbean Community leaders, including the Prime Minister of Belize, Dean Barrow, will gather in Havana next Monday for the Fifth CARICOM-Cuba summit.... More


Havana, December 3 (RHC) -– Cuban Economy Minister Marino Murillo says the island will spend $2.2 billion in 2015 on food imports alone. During a recent meeting of the Council of Ministers, Murillo said next year’s imports would be $137 million more than the 2014 expenditure. ... More


Havana, December 3 (RHC-PL) -- Cuban President Raul Castro attended a gala for the 50th anniversary of the Higher Polytechnical Institute José Antonio Echeverría (also known as CUJAE).... More


Mexico City, December 2 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Demonstrators across the country marked the second year of President Peña Nieto in office, demanding the safe return of the 43 missing Ayotzinapa students. Shouts of “Peña Nieto Get Out” were heard throughout the march, as well as calls to stop the criminalization of social protests.... More


Paris, December 2 (RHC)-- French lawmakers have voted overwhelmingly in favor of a motion to recognize Palestine as an independent state. The motion, urging the French government to recognize Palestine, was backed by a majority of 339 lawmakers while 151 members voted against. ... More


Tel Aviv, December 2 (RHC)-- Israel is heading for early elections amid the ongoing political infighting between coalition partners in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s cabinet. ... More


Washington, December 2 (RHC)-- In more than 30 U.S. cities, workers and students walked out of school or off the job Monday with their hands raised to protest the police shooting of unarmed black teenager Michael Brown. ... More


Geneva, December 2 (RHC)-- The World Health Organization says Liberia and Guinea have met a goal to treat 70 percent of patients suffering from Ebola, while Sierra Leone has not. ... More


Austin, December 2 (RHC)-- In the U.S. state of Texas, police say that a man who opened fire on government buildings and tried to burn the Mexican consulate was a "American terrorist" with ties to an ultra-conservative Christian hate group that is against bi-racial families and anti-gay. ... More


Stockholm, December 2 (RHC)-- In Stockholm, the Right Livelihood Award -- known as the alternative Nobel Prize -- has been awarded to five people, including National Security Agency whistleblower Ed Snowden. ... More


New Delhi, December 2 (RHC)-- Today marks the 30th anniversary of the Bhopal disaster, the worst industrial tragedy in history. Campaigners say more than 20,000 people died as a result of toxic gas that leaked from the Union Carbide pesticide factory, while half a million more were poisoned. ... More


Washington, December 2 (RHC) -- The professor emeritus of international relations at the State University of New York (SUNY), Eloise Linger, said that it is time for the United States to take the courageous and humanitarian step of normalizing relations with Cuba.... More


Havana, December 2 (RHC) -– The President of the Republic of Congo, Denis Sassou Ngueso, arrived on Monday afternoon in Havana, where he will hold talks with Cuban President Raul Castro.... More


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