Brasilia, January 30 (RHC-teleSUR) -- The much anticipated 2016 Olympic torch relay will pass through nearly 250 Brazilian cities before reaching Rio de Janeiro, the country’s organizing committee announced Thursday.... More
Havana, January 30 (RHC) -- Cuban President Raúl Castro arrived in Havana on Thursday afternoon after attending the Third Summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) held in Costa Rica.... More
Washington, January 30 (RHC) -– Despite the recent rapprochement efforts by the Cuban and U.S. governments, the White House said Thursday it had no plans to return Guantánamo Bay, the site of a major U.S. naval base and military prison on Cuba’s southeast coast.... More
Paris, January 30 (RHC) -- Cuban Vice President of the Council of Ministers Ricardo Cabrisas is on a working visit to France to discuss bilateral economic and commercial relations, diplomatic sources reported Thursday.... More
Havana, January 30 (RHC-PL) -- José Ramón Machado Ventura, Second Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC), held talks on Thursday with the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Spain, José Luis Centella.... More
Washington, January 30 (RHC) -– Cuban flight and hotel information has begun appearing on the popular travel search site Kayak.com. The site will become one of the first big booking engines to begin showing information for Cuba.... More
Washington, January 30 (RHC) –- The activist group CODEPINK will be hosting a “super delegation” of 150 people to Cuba from February 8th to the 15th to mark the recent thawing in U.S.-Cuba relations, particularly the easing of travel restrictions. ... More
Washington, January 30 (RHC) -– U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack predicts U.S. trade with Cuba could rebound from its current $300 million to close to $500 million with Florida among the states capitalizing the most.... More
The team of Pinar del Río that will represent Cuba at the upcoming Caribbean Baseball Series will leave tomorrow for the Puerto Rican capital city of San Juan, host of the Caribbean classic from February 2nd to the 8th.... More
Athens, January 29 (RHC)-- Greek Prime Minster Alexis Tsipras has openly challenged international creditors by stopping privatization plans agreed upon under the country's bailout deal. During his first meeting with cabinet members on Wednesday, Tsipras said that they could not disappoint voters already battered by a drop in living standards caused by austerity measures. ... More
San Jose, January 29 (PL-RHC)-- The Third Summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) concludes Thursday in the capital of Costa Rica in an environment of unity and regional integration.... More
Athens, January 29 (RHC)-- In Greece, the country’s new prime minister, Alexis Tsipras, has promised "radical" change as his government begins to roll back key parts of Greece’s international bailout. ... More
United Nations, January 29 (RHC)-- The United Nations has stopped rebuilding of homes in the war-ravaged Gaza Strip amid freezing temperatures, citing lack of fund from pledged donors. ... More
Addis Ababa, January 29 (RHC)-- The African Union says it plans to launch an Ebola fund and disease control center in order to tackle the epidemic across the continent. ... More
Madrid, January 29 (RHC)-- A Spanish court has charged 78 senior bank officials for misusing credit cards for their personal use. Judge Fernando Andreu of Spain’s National Court charged the former bosses, executives, and board members of the country’s two renowned banks, Caja Madrid and Bankia, for the secret spending of over USD 17.48 million between 1999 and 2012. ... More
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