Bogotá, August 12 (RHC) -- The leader of Colombia's largest rebel group, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), on Monday dismissed claims that a peace agreement with the Colombian government would be signed this year.... More


Panama City, August 12 (RHC) -— The Panamanian government has resumed a national literacy program to lower current illiteracy levels estimated at 5.5 percent down to 3.0 percent in five years, an effort that will count on Cuban assistance.... More


Havana, August 12 (RHC) –- A photo exhibit on Fidel Castro, inaugurated this evening at Havana’s Revolution Square, marks the 88th birthday of the Cuban Revolution leader and allows visitors to meet a world statesman, said exhibit author Roberto Chile.... More


Santo Domingo, August 12 (RHC) -— The rector of the Santo Domingo Autonomous University (UASD) in the Dominican Republic, Ivan Grullon, welcomed a Cuban delegation to attend the presentation of the book entitled “Fidel Castro, Trujillo, USA” by writer Hamlet Hermann.... More


Buenos Aires, August 12 (RHC)-- Argentinian political activist Atilio Borón says the U.S. government is trying to subvert Cuba and other countries with which it doesn't agree.... More


Havana, August 12 (RHC)-- Cuba's Health Ministry (MINSAP) has issued a call to participate in the 13th Health for All Trade Fair 2015 from April 20th to the 24th next year at Havana's PABEXPO fair center.... More


Baghdad, August 11 (RHC)-- The United States says it has carried out a fresh round of airstrikes against the positions of the ISIL Takfiri militants in Iraq. The U.S. Central Command said its fighter jets along with unmanned drones hit and destroyed armed vehicles and a mortar position belonging to the terrorists near the northern city of Erbil and Mosul On Sunday. ... More


Buenos Aires, August 11 (Mercopress-RHC) -- Argentina has its eyes set on the South Atlantic, and that includes the Malvinas Islands and the adjoining maritime spaces, said Daniel Filmus head of Argentina's Office on issues related to the Malvinas Islands.... More


New York, August 11 (RHC)-- Protests were held around the world over the weekend to voice solidarity with the people of the besieged Gaza Strip as the ongoing Israeli onslaught on the Palestinian territory claims more lives. ... More


Caracas, August 11 (Xinhua-RHC) -- The Venezuelan government has decided to close its border with Colombia at night beginning Monday, in a series of new measures to fight food and fuel smuggling, authorities said on Saturday.... More


Kabul, August 11 (RHC)-- More than two dozen people have been killed in two U.S. airstrikes in Afghanistan’s east and south. On Sunday, a drone attack in the eastern province of Nangarhar left at least five people dead and wounded at least two children. Earlier in the day, another airstrike in the southern province of Helmand claimed the lives of at least 21 people. ... More


Buenos Aires, August 11 (Mercopress-RHC) -- Strong hurricane-force winds blew off roofs, knocked down lamp posts and trees and left big areas of Ushuaia, Argentina and Puntas Arenas, Chile without power, according to reports from both cities in the extreme south of the continent.... More


Havana, August 11 (RHC) -- The First Secretary of the Young Communist League, the UJC, Yuniasky Crespo, said that Cuban young people will mark International Youth Day, on August 12th, with a full program of cultural and political activities.... More


Quito, August 11 (RHC) -– Ecuador’s President Rafael Correa said that Cuba is a champion of international collaboration. ... More


Mexico City, August 11 (RHC) -— Hundreds of people attended a photo exhibit on the stay of Fidel in Mexico while preparing the expedition of the Granma yacht to Cuba in November 1956.... More


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