Caracas, February 3 (RHC-Xinhua) -- Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Monday condemned the new visa sanctions imposed earlier in the day by the U.S. Congress on Venezuelan officials and their families. He noted that these new measures came just a few days after he denounced that U.S. Vice President Joe Biden was heading a coup plan along with other government agencies to topple him.... More


Washington, February 3 (RHC)-- The latest official figures show the US consumer spending in December hit the lowest level since 2009. Figures released by the Commerce Department consumer spending, which accounts for more than two-thirds of U.S. economic activity, fell 0.3 percent after a 0.5 percent gain in November, Reuters reported. ... More


Buenos Aires, February 3 (RHC-PL) -- The Argentinean opposition is showing different approaches to the reform proposed by President Cristina Fernandez to dissolve the country's secret services and create a Federal Intelligence Agency (AFI) in its place.... More


London, February 3 (RHC)-- UK-based oil giant British Petroleum (BP) plans to announce cuts worth billions of dollars in its capital spending schemes following crashing oil prices and a whopping 40-percent drop in its fourth quarter earnings. ... More


Washington, February 3 (RHC)-- Senior U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham says 10,000 American "boots on the ground" are required in Syria to stop the ISIL terrorist group from “launching an attack” on the United States. ... More


Havana, February 3 (RHC)-- Cuban Revolution leader Fidel Castro has met with Randy Perdomo Garcia, President of the University Students Federation, the FEU. Photos published by the Cuban press on Tuesday show the meeting between Fidel and the student leader. ... More


Sports News Roundup February 03

The presidents of the Roberto Clemente League of Professional Baseball of Puerto Rico, Hector Rivera, and that of the Mexican League of the Pacific (LMP), Omar Canizalez, have voiced their support for Cuba's permanent return to the Confederation of Professional Baseball of the Caribbean.... More


Geneva, January 3 (RHC-teleSUR) -- The Mexican government has admitted that the 43 Ayotzinapa students who were kidnapped by police and have been missing since September are victims of forced disappearance.... More


Havana, January 3 (RHC-teleSUR) -- Peace talks between the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and the Colombian government resumed in Havana on Monday, hoping to put an end to more than half a century of violence.... More


Bogotá, February 3 (RHC-PL) -- The Colombian National Liberation Army (ELN) has called for the conclusion of agreements between the military commanders of the guerrilla group and the Colombian armed conflict to reduce and prevent victimization of civilians.... More


Quito, January 3 (RHC-teleSUR) -- At the most recent CELAC summit in Costa Rica, regional leaders committed to eliminating extreme poverty in five years, as Ecuador, the pro tempore president of CELAC, works to provide the necessary leadership to meet this goal.... More


Havana, February 3 (RHC-acn)-- “I am the first Norwegian Foreign Minister to visit Cuba and it makes me very proud,” said Borge Brende after meeting with his Cuban counterpart Bruno Rodriguez in Havana.... More


Tokyo, February 3 (RHC)-- Minister of Health, Work and Wellbeing of Japan, Yasuhisa Shiozaki, received Cuban Ambassador to Japan Marcos Rodríguez, who was accompanied by the Economic Counselor at the Cuban embassy.... More


Havana, February 3 (PL-RHC)-- The "Victoria de Giron" Basic and Pre-clinic Sciences Institute, a leading center in Cuba to train highly qualified professionals in medical science, has been named a National Monument.... More


Lima, January 3 (RHC-teleSUR) -- The news of approval of same-sex civil unions in neighboring Chile has inspired Peruvian LGBT rights groups and they have spoken out against the lack of progress to approve a similar law in their country.... More


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