Brasilia, February 4 (RHC-PL) -- President Dilma Rousseff opened Tuesday the first house for Brazilian women victims of violence, to be based in Campo Grande, state of Mato Grosso do Sul.... More
Washington, February 4 (RHC)-- The Environmental Protection Agency has warned the Keystone XL pipeline would fuel climate change by increasing oil production in the Canadian tar sands. ... More
Taipei, February 4 (RHC)-- Rescuers used a crane to hoist the fuselage of a wrecked TransAsia Airways plane from a shallow river in Taiwan's capital late Wednesday as they searched into the night for 17 people missing in a crash that killed at least 26 others. ... More
Bogotá, February 4 (RHC-PL) -- Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos has called on giving women a leading role in the solution of the internal armed conflict, which has lasted more than 50 years.... More
Santiago de Chile, February 4 (RHC-PL) -- The President of Chile Michelle Bachelet will be granted an audience at the Vatican by Pope Francis next June 5th, said an official source that described it as "a great event."... More
Vatican City, February 4 (RHC)-- Pope Francis has declared Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Arnulfo Romero a martyr to the Catholic faith, a step that paves the way for Romero’s beatification and possible sainthood. Known as the "Voice of the Voiceless," Archbishop Romero was a prominent advocate for the poor and a leading critic of the U.S.-backed Salvadoran military government. He was killed nearly 35 years ago, on March 24, 1980, by members of a U.S.-backed death squad while he delivered mass at a hospital chapel.... More
Havana, February 4 (PL-RHC)-- Cuban and British international financial experts are exchanging experiences on the new recommendations of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF).... More
Havana, February 4 (RHC) -– Following the announcement December 17th by Cuba and the United States to re-establish diplomatic relations and amid polls showing more and more U.S. citizens favoring a change of policy toward Cuba, U.S. lawmakers expect to introduce a series of bills in the Senate over the next few months to ease restrictions of the over-50-year U.S. economic, commercial and financial blockade of the island nation.... More
Washington, February 4 (RHC-AP)-- The recent rapprochement between the U.S. and Cuba has been overwhelming welcomed by U.S. society, with most Americans thinking the U.S. should lift its 5-decades-old economic blockade against the island nation, according to a new Associated Press-GfK poll.... More
Washington, February 4 (RHC) -- During a hearing Tuesday morning in Washington, Florida Republican Senator Marco Rubio –- who has described U.S. President Barack Obama's decision to move towards the normalization of relations with Cuba “disgraceful” -- showed his the real face about the most recent statements by the island on the US funding of internal subversion. ... More
Washington, February 4 (RHC-Sputnik) -- The United States and Cuba will enhance cooperation to establish direct mail correspondence and increase counter-narcotics collaboration, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Roberta Jacobson said on Tuesday.... More
Havana, February 4 (RHC) -– Venezuelan Foreign Minister Delcy Rodriguez stressed the strong bilateral cooperation relations uniting her country and Cuba during a meeting with the island´s ambassador to Caracas, Rogelio Polanco.... More
Havana, February 4 (RHC) -– Experts from 10 countries will attend the 7th International Convention on Sustainable Development and Innovation to be held in the western Cuban province of Matanzas in April.... More
Havana, February 4 (RHC) – A gala celebrating the 85th anniversary of the foundation of the Communist Party of Vietnam was held Tuesday in Havana with the participation of Vietnamese and Cuban officials, who conveyed their congratulatory messages and highlighted the strong relationship between the two countries’ governments, parties and people.... More
Camagüey, February 4 (RHC-acn) -- PESCACAM fish farming company, which operates in Camagüey reservoirs, started 2015 with a positive result in January, capturing 400 tons of different species of freshwater fish -- the fourth time in three decades it has reached such figures in the first month of the year.... More
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