Havana, January 27 (RHC) -– Some 483,396 Cubans were reported as self-employees early this year -- 4,445 more than in December.... More
Havana, January 27 (RHC) -– Representatives of Cuba and Spain launched a shipment of supplies to the island in order to support a solar project, sponsored by Spain´s Agency for International Cooperation (AECID).... More
Havana, January 27 (RHC) -– The Minneapolis-based Star Tribune newspaper published a report on a recent visit by U.S. City Council members to Cuba to look at urban agriculture efforts on the island. ... More
Havana, January 27 (PL-RHC)-- The International Festival Guillermo Barreto in Memoriam, known in Cuba as the Drum Feast, returns in 2015 with its percussion and Casino-style dance.... More
The famous Cuban National Ballet School has been named after late Cuban pedagogue, ballet teacher and dancer, Fernando Alonso, known around the world as the Father of Cuban Ballet... More
Athens, January 26 (RHC)-- Partial results from legislative elections in Greece show the opposition Syriza party has garnered a big victory, with the Greek prime minister conceding defeat to the leader of the anti-austerity party. ... More
The Copa America and the Latin-American Triathlon Championships successfully completed their activities after two days of intense competition on the streets of this capital, with the finishing line at the Anti-Imperialist Tribune, nearby the Malecon seafront drive and in front of the US Interests Section in Havana.... More
Caracas, January 26 (teleSUR-RHC)-- The Venezuelan government has congratulated Alexis Tsipras, the leader of the left-wing Syriza party, who won a massive victory in Greece's parliamentary elections Sunday and has been inaugurated as the country's prime minister.... More
United Nations, January 26 (RHC)-- The United Nations has called on the Israeli regime to immediately stop the destruction of Palestinian houses in the occupied West Bank. “In the past three days, 77 Palestinians, over half of them children, have been made homeless,” James W. Rawley, the United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for the occupied Palestinian territory, said on Friday. ... More
Quito, January 26 (teleSUR-RHC)-- The Ecuadorean National Secretariat for Planning and Development has announced that between 2007 and 2014, over 1.5 million people have been lifted out of poverty in the South American country. These years coincide with the administration of Rafael Correa and the policies of what is known as the Citizen's Revolution, which recently celebrated eight years of government.... More
Damascus, January 26 (RHC)-- Syrian President Bashar al-Assad says the Israeli military is obviously supporting terrorist groups in Syria by conducting airstrikes in the crisis-hit country. "Whenever we make advances in some place, they (the Israelis) attack in order to undermine the army. It’s very clear," Assad said in an interview with American magazine Foreign Affairs which was published on Monday. ... More
San Jose, January 26 (PL-RHC)-- The first working sessions of the Third Summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) have been held here in an atmosphere of consensus, organizers said.... More
Washington, January 26 (RHC)-- The United States is still considering the military option against Russia over Ukraine, according to an analyst in Belgrade, Serbia. ... More
Quito, January 26 (teleSUR-RHC)-- During his weekly television address to the country, President of Ecuador Rafael Correa announced that his government is ready to assume the presidency position over the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) later this month, and that he will push for major proposals which include reduction of poverty in the region.... More
Atlanta, January 26 (RHC)-- Bomb threats have been made against two commercial flights at the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, the world’s busiest. Jets from North American Aerospace Defense Command met the two planes in the air and escorted them “as a precautionary measure” after officials “received word of a possible bomb threat on Twitter” on Saturday, said Preston Schlachter, a military spokesman. ... More
More Views
- UN High Commissioner for Human Rights says Tel Aviv is systematically targeting health care system in Gaza
- Foreign Minister Yván Gil denounces that the Argentinian government is using erratic diplomatic actions
- Thirty-eight generator sets are restored using Chinese replacement components
- Venezuelan government issues arrest warrant against far-right opposition figure Edmundo González
- Biden notifies U.S. Congress of planned $8 billion arms sales to Israel
