Asunción, December 2 (RHC)-- The Cuban medical brigade offering services in Asunción, Paraguay, has administered over 2,000 eye surgeries this year as its members prepare for the first Cuba-Paraguay Joint Scientific Conference underway this week.... More


Havana, December 2 (RHC) -– The government of the United States has accused anti-Cuban broadcasters Radio and TV Martí of lacking moral values and transparency in its contents.... More


Havana, December 2 (RHC-EFE) -– The Cuban government has enacted new regulations for the sale, purchase and gifting of homes to prevent attempts at tax evasion.... More


Cienfuegos, December 2 (RHC)-- Forty one French tourists were injured in a road accident on Monday as the bus in which they were traveling ran into another vehicle on the national highway in the south-central province of Cienfuegos. ... More


Sports News Roundup Dec. 2

Cuban President Raul Castro, accompanied by First Vice President Miguel Diaz-Canel and other government officials, welcomed at Havana's José Martí International Airport the last group of athletes from the victorious sports delegation that participated at the 22nd Central American and Caribbean Games, Veracruz 2014, according to this morning's edition of Granma newspaper.... More


Havana, December 2 (RHC) U.S. Students of the Academic Semester at Sea program continue their visit to Cuba on Tuesday, with activities aimed at learning about the culture and social reality of the island, as well as exchanges with Cuban students.... More


Havana, December 2 (RHC)--- The Second International Congress of Genetics began Tuesday in Havana, with the participation of 300 Cuban and foreign delegates, who will discuss new advances and research in that specialty.... More


Quito, December 2 (teleSUR-RHC)-- The director of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA) Cultural Center Jose Regato announced that a network of cultural centers in member countries will be created to facilitate decision-making for all Cultural ALBA projects.... More


Lima, December 2 (teleSUR-RHC)-- The COP20 Climate Change Conference is now taking place in Peru and authorities are hopeful that it will be productive. However, critics are pointing out that the disagreements between developed and developing nations make a binding agreement unlikely.... More


Guatemala City, December 2 (NNN-RHC)-- The Guatemalan Human Rights Ombudsman announced the creation of a specific unit designed to improve protection for journalists, who are the subjects of many threats and abuses in the Central American country.... More


La Paz, December 2 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Women will make up 48 percent of the Plurinational Legislative Assembly, the Bolivian Congress, in the upcoming session from 2015 to 2020. ... More


The famous Russian Army’s Alexandrov Academic Singing and Dancing Ensemble will perform at Havana’s National Theater on Saturday... More


Montevideo, December 1 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Former president and candidate of the leftist Broad Front coalition, Tabare Vazquez, has won the run-off election against his center-right challenger Luis Lacalle Pou, according to the country's electoral authority.... More


Geneva, December 1 (RHC)-- The United Nations Committee Against Torture has issued a report criticizing a wide range of U.S. practices. The panel’s "Concluding Observations" follow a series of hearings in Geneva last month. ... More


Bogota, December 1 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Colombia's chief negotiator Humberto de la Calle announced Sunday that members of his negotiating team will travel on Monday to Havana to initiate with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) for a two-day meeting to evaluate recent events.... More


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