Havana, June 3, (RHC), – The 2013-2014 Cuban sugar campaign winds up this week, though sugar mills in eastern Holguin province will continue operating in order to meet their production schedules.... More


Havana, June 3 (RHC-XINHUA), -- Cuba exported 64.7 million machine-made cigars from January to May 2014, generating nearly 10 million U.S. dollars in revenue.... More


Havana, June 3 (RHC), -- An mild earthquake struck the eastern Cuban provinces of Granma and Santiago de Cuba on Monday, the National Seismological Service reported.... More


Moscow, June 2 (RHC-Agencies)-- Russia called an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council Monday to introduce a resolution calling for an immediate halt to violence in Ukraine. ... More


Damascus, June 2 (RHC-Agencies)-- Syria entered Monday into a phase of “electoral silence” on the eve of the presidential elections to be held on Tuesday, June 3rd.... More


Ramallah, June 2 (RHC)-- After seven years of a bitter and at times lethal rivalry between the two main Palestinian factions, Fatah and Hamas, a historic Palestinian unity government has been sworn in, ending years of division.... More


Madrid, June 2 (BBC-RHC) – King Juan Carlos of Spain has announced his intention to abdicate, after nearly 40 years on the throne.... More


Montevideo, June 2 (Mercopress-RHC) -- Sunday's primaries in Uruguay decided the candidates of the four parties that will be disputing the presidential election on October 26th, with a run-off a month later if none of them manages 50% plus one of ballots.... More


Bangkok, June 2 (RHC-Agencies) -- Thailand’s military junta is compiling a list of emergency measures to prop up an economy that was already threatened by recession before the military took over in a coup d’etat last month. But along with working on the economy, the junta is also stepping up suppression of criticism and dissent.... More


Havana, June 2 (RHC) – The historic leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro, sent fraternal greetings to the government and people of El Salvador following the swearing-in ceremony for new Salvadorian president Salvador Sanchez Ceren.... More


Sport News Roundup June 2

Cuban weightlifter Javier Vanegas won the 94-kilogram division with 2 gold and 1 silver medals at the Pan-American Championship that concluded in the capital of Dominican republic on Sunday with the participation of 247 athletes from 23 countries.... More


San Salvador, June 2 (NNN-RHC) -- As a special envoy on behalf of Taiwan’s President Ma Ying-jeou, Premier Jiang Yi-huah congratulated El Salvador President, Sanchez Ceren, on his inauguration Sunday, a move the government believes will strengthen ties with the Central American ally.... More


Havana, June 2 (RHC) -– Fernando Gonzalez, one of the five anti-terrorist fighters given unfair prison sentences in the United States and who is in Cuba after having fully served his prison term, highlighted the significance of the international solidarity campaign for the release of his three compatriots still held in U.S. jails and the upcoming Five Days for the Five action to take place, from June 4th to the 11th, in Washington, DC.... More


Havana, June 2 (RHC) – President of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic and Secretary General of the Polisario Front, Mohamed Abdelaziz kicked off on Monday a two-day official visit to Cuba.... More


Havana, June 2 (PL-RHC) -- Several courses are in session in Havana today as a prelude to the VIII Cuban Congress of Cardiology, which will be inaugurated tomorrow at the Convention Palace in the presence of experts from some 20 nations.... More


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