Montevideo, February 10 (RHC-EFE)-- Foreign ministers from the Union of South American Nations, UNASUR, said on Monday they will seek to promote a direct dialogue between Venezuela and the United States amid Washington's escalating sanctions against Caracas.... More
Rome, February 10 (RHC)-- Twenty-nine stranded migrants rescued from a drifting boat off Libya by Italian coast guard patrol vessels have died of hypothermia after remaining 18 hours on a vessel's deck en route to the Italian island of Lampedusa. ... More
Mexico City, February 10 (RHC-teleSUR) -- The families of the 43 disappeared Ayotzinapa students said they stand behind the recent revelation by Argentinian experts who called the state's investigations into the case slanted, and asked for extra security for the group of foreign experts. ... More
Washington, Febuary 10 (RHC)-- U.S. President Barack Obama says he has sharp differences with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the Iranian nuclear issue, warning him against souring the ongoing negotiations with Tehran by visiting Washington, DC next month. ... More
Mexico City, February 10 (RHC-EFE) – The preliminary identification of 60 embalmed bodies discovered at a shuttered crematorium in the resort city of Acapulco will require at least three weeks, the attorney general of the southern Mexican state of Guerrero said Monday. ... More
Washington, February 10 (RHC)-- More Democratic lawmakers in the U.S. Congress are planning to boycott a joint session of the bicameral legislature on March 3rd when Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is scheduled to speak about Iran. ... More
Havana, February 10 (RHC)-- The events and activities of the upcoming International Book Fair Havana 2015 can be accessed on the Internet, according to the organizing committee.... More
Havana, February 10 (RHC-PL) -- Azcuba Sugar Group seeks to increase the production of bagasse boards and diversify the uses of this fiber, to achieve higher added value in those products, an official source said Monday.... More
Caracas, February 10 (RHC-teleSUR) -- Venezuelans have been facing shortages of basic goods, in part due to hoarding by businesses and according to a poll conducted by Venezuelan polling firm, Hinterlaces, a staggering 84 percent of them support the government using a “firm hand” against those who are hoarding basic goods.... More
London, February 10 (RHC)-- The British home secretary is to open a probe into treatment of immigration detainees following complaints by activists and inmates about alleged violence and sexual abuse in immigration removal facilities. ... More
Havana, February 10 (RHC),-- The 35th Caribbean Festival will take place July 3rd through the 9th in the eastern province of Santiago de Cuba.... More
Berlin, February 10 (RHC-PL) -- Cuban ambassador to Germany, Rene Mujica Cantelar, carried out a working visit to the University of Art and Design in the city of Halle, to assess the collaboration of this center with academic institutions in Cuba.... More
Caracas, February 10 (RHC-teleSUR) -- The president of Venezuelan business chamber, Fedecamaras, Jorge Roig, acknowledged on Sunday its participation in the coup against President Hugo Chavez in April 2002. The coup attempted to remove the president, democratically elected more than three years before.... More
Washington, February 10 (RHC)-- The deputy director of the U.S. Secret Service, charged with protecting the president, will resign from his post following several high-profile security lapses. The Secret Service said in a statement on Monday that Alvin "A.T." Smith will resign effective Tuesday, but he will be allowed to accept another federal job within the Homeland Security Department. ... More
The Viola da Gamba Dojo Ensemble from New York will be on hand at the Second Academicum Tempus Festival organized by the old music group Ars Longa in February... More
