Panama City, January 7 (RHC) -– Panama is retaking the national literacy program based on the Cuban method known as “Yes, I Can,” after a five-year freeze under the administration of Ricardo Martinelli. ... More
Havana, January 7 (RHC) -– Argentinean Airlines (AA) flies for the second time this year to Cuba with fully occupancy, while its two weekly flights during January have already been fully booked.... More
Santiago de Cuba, January 7 (RHC) -– An earthquake measuring 3.2 on the Richter scale jolted 9.1 km southwest of the eastern city of Santiago de Cuba, at 8:00 a.m. Tuesday, Cuba's Seismological Institute reports.... More
Michoacan, January 7 (teleSUR-RHC) -- At least nine people were killed Tuesday after the Mexican army clashed with a self-defense group in an attempt to regain the Apatzingan municipal headquarters in the violence-plagued southern state of Michoacan.... More
Jefferson City, January 7 (RHC) -- Governor Jay Nixon of the U.S. state of Missouri views the recent announcement of intentions to normalize diplomatic relations with Cuba as having potential to create significant opportunities for his state's number one industry: agriculture, according to Industry Week magazine in an article published on Tuesday.... More
Pittsburgh, January 7 (RHC)-- It is ironic that two events coincide at this time, with an opening of diplomatic relations with Cuba by President Barack Obama and the U.S. Senate debating the need for increased oversight of the CIA given its out-of-control torture of individuals at Guantanamo, according to Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on Wednesday.... More
Santiago de Chile, January 7 (PL-RHC) -- Chile responded in drastic terms to Bolivia regarding its demand to have access to the sea, when it stressed it will reject any mediation to solve this conflict.... More
Santiago de Chile, January 7 (PL-RHC) -- Argentina and Chile took another step to strengthen their already solid bilateral ties with the signing of an agreement that will increase connectivity between the two neighboring countries through a tunnel link.... More
Mexico City, January 6 (RHC-Xinhua) -- The Mexican National Attorney General's Office (PGR) has sent the wife of a jailed former mayor to federal prison for her role in a late-September attack that led to the mass abduction and probable massacre of 43 students.... More
Baghdad, January 6 (RHC)-- At least eight people have been killed in numerous terrorist attacks across the Iraqi capital city of Baghdad as the Takfiri-fueled violence continues in the county. According to police officials, four people lost their lives and 11 others were wounded in a bombing on a commercial street in the Shula district on Monday night. ... More
United Nations, January 6 (RHC)-- Syrian ambassador to the United Nations, Bashar Ja'afari, has filed a legal complaint against American and French officials that have illegally intruded into the country to visit militant-held towns. ... More
Bogotá, January 6 (RHC-NNN) – Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said on Monday that he had given instructions to his peace negotiators to “accelerate” the talks with the FARC guerrillas and he invited the National Liberation Army, or ELN, to also begin a formal dialogue with the government.... More
San Juan, January 6 (RHC-teleSUR) -- The National Boricua Human Rights Network and La Respuesta Magazine have organized a worldwide campaign to call for the liberation of Oscar Lopez Rivera.... More
Ramallah, January 6 (RHC)-- The health condition of several Palestinian prisoners held inside Israeli jails is failing, says the Palestinian Authority Department of Prisoners Affairs. Palestinian prisoners residing in Israeli jails are suffering from serious health problems, yet they are not receiving proper medical treatment, the department said in a statement on Monday, Palestine's Ma'an News Agency reported. ... More
Buenos Aires, January 6 (RHC-teleSUR) -- Argentina's economy minister has likened the so-called vulture funds against his country and neighboring Brazil to a strategy of war in an interview Sunday.... More
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