San José, January 28 (RHC) –- Costa Rican Vice President Ana Helena Chacón praised her country's relations with Cuba during a meeting with the Cuban head of state, Raul Castro.... More


Havana, January 28 (RHC)-- Cuban university students staged a torch march on the evening of January 27th along major Havana streets to mark the 162nd anniversary of the birth of National Independence Hero Jose Marti and to recall that 70 years ago Cuban Revolution Leader entered the historic University of Havana. ... More


Geneva, January 28 (RHC-PL) -- Cuba and the International Civil Protection Organization (ICPO) are holding talks today on strengthening the regional civil protection network. ... More


Havana, January 28 (RHC-PL) -- Renowned Cuban pianist and composer Frank Fernandez has announced a concert in the coming days, together with the National Symphony Orchestra (OSN) to celebrate the return of the five anti-terrorist fighters who were imprisoned in the U.S., known as the Cuban Five.... More


Boca Raton, January 28 (RHC), -- California Dairies, a large exporter of milk powder and other products, has never exported to Cuba. But Andrei Mikhalevsky, its president and CEO, would like to enter that market, according to an editorial by Jerry Hagstrom for the National Journal on Tuesday.... More


San Jose, January 28 (PL-RHC),-- The Third Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) began Wednesday morning with an eye on integration and the fight against poverty.... More


Havana, January 28 (PL-RHC),-- The Cuban National Ballet School will be named after the renowned educator Fernando Alonso.... More


San José, January 27 (RHC) -- Cuban President Raul Castro arrived Tuesday in Costa Rica to participate in the Summit of the Heads of State and Governments of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) taking place January 28th and 29th in that Central American country.... More


Sports News Roundup Jan. 27

Eight Cuban judokas will take part in tournaments in Belgium and Germany between late January and February as part of their preparation for the Toronto Pan-American Games and World Championships in Astana.... More


Caracas, January 27 (RHC-teleSUR) -- The Venezuelan government issued a statement Tuesday condemning remarks by former Colombian President Andres Pastrana and support for these remarks by the current Colombian foreign minister, warning it could set back bilateral relations.... More


Madrid, January 27 (RHC)-- A Greek F-16 fighter jet has crashed at a military base in the southeastern Spanish city of Albacete, leaving eleven people dead. The jet crashed into other planes and burst into flames at the Los Llanos airbase while it was taking part in NATO-related maneuvers, said a Spanish defense ministry official on Monday. ... More


Washington, January 27 (RHC)-- A small drone flying at a low altitude crashed into the White House complex early on Monday, prompting officials to declare a security lockdown. The U.S. Secret Service said in a statement that President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle were not at the White House at the time of the incident. ... More


Buenos Aires, January 27 (RHC-EFE) -– The Argentinian government again dismissed the late prosecutor Alberto Nisman’s accusation that President Cristina Fernandez provided cover for the suspected Iranian perpetrators of the 1994 attack on the Jewish organization AMIA, and said it will end up “in the garbage can.”... More


Athens, January 27 (RHC)-- The leader of Greece’s anti-austerity Syriza party has been sworn in as the country's new prime minister after forming a coalition government with the right-wing nationalist Independent Greeks (ANEL) party. ... More


Mexico City, January 27 (RHC-teleSUR) -- Once again, the parents of the disappeared 43 students from the Ayotzinapa teacher's training college lead several marches and actions in the Mexican capital to mark four months since their children were attacked and forcibly disappeared by police in Iguala, Guerrero in late September.... More


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