London, January 29 (RHC)-- London bus workers will stage three days of strikes next month in a row over salary and working conditions. The strikes have been organized by Unite union and are slated for for February 5th, 13th and 16th. ... More


Sports News Roundup Jan. 29

Cuba now has permission from the United States Department of State to participate in the Caribbean Series, to be played from February 2nd-8th, said on Wednesday the president of the Caribbean Baseball Confederation.... More


Havana, January 29 (RHC-EFE) – Fidel Castro is in good health and feels “deep admiration” for Pope Francis, Brazilian intellectual Frei Betto said on Wednesday, one day after meeting with the historic leader of the Cuban Revolution.... More


Havana, January 29 (RHC) -- Leaders of member nations of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) have strongly condemned the U.S. economic blockade against Cuba during the 3rd Summit of that bloc in Costa Rica.... More


Washington, January 29 (RHC) -– Eight U.S. senators, both Republicans and Democrats, are introducing legislation to end restrictions on U.S. citizens' travel to Cuba. This makes the first effort in Congress toward ending the 50-year-long U.S. blockade against Havana since a bilateral push last month to kick-start a process of normalization of relations.... More


San José, January 29 (RHC) -– Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez and the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policies, Federica Mogherini, have met in San Jose, Costa Rica, where they are attending the 3rd Summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States, CELAC.... More


Havana, January 29 (RHC) -– U.S. Democratic representative for Minnesota, Betty McCollum, has submitted draft legislation to eliminate the funding by the Office of Cuba Broadcasting (OCB) of U.S. anti-Cuba radio and TV Marti transmissions.... More


San José, January 29 (RHC-PL) -- Cuban President Raúl Castro said Wednesday that his country will continue supporting the peace process led by the government of Colombia and the rebel Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia.... More


Havana, January 29 (RHC) -– Canadian citizens and spouses Brian and Jan Ficht, two gardeners in the province of Alberta, were punished with the freezing of their Paypal account after they used it to finance a three-week trip to Cuba -– a direct consequence of the U.S. economic, commercial and financial blockade of the island.... More


Havana, January 29 (PL-RHC)-- Panels, symposiums and sessions of debates, spaces for participants to display their papers and the most diverse experiences in the educational process, take place Thursday in the International Congress "Pedagogía 2015."... More


Havana, January 29 (RHC-PL) -- A symposium to promote discussion, exchange and cooperation in the field of nuclear physics will take place in Cuba from February 9th to the 13th, and will be attended by experts from Latin America, Europe and Asia.... More


Sancti Spiritus, January 29 (PL-RHC)-- A group of eight rums from the Santero brand that are produced in Sancti Spiritus, received the Cuban Label of Conformity for marketing in the international market, stated Tecnoazucar specialists.... More


San José, January 29 (PL-RHC)-- Cuban President Raúl Castro declared before the Third CELAC Summit that the normalization of relations between Cuba and the United States won't be possible as long as the U.S. economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed on Cuba exists.... More


Mexico City, January 29 (RHC-EFE) –- The parents of the 43 students kidnapped four months ago in the southern state of Guerrero say Mexico’s attorney general has no scientific proof to support his assertion that the youths were killed and their bodies burned.... More


Brasilia, January 29 (RHC-Mercopress) -- Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff has urged her cabinet to embrace fiscal belt-tightening and other measures aimed at restoring business confidence and growth in her second term.... More


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