Cuba Praises Relations with Iran

Tehran, May 13 (RHC) – Cuban Ambassador to Iran Vladimir González, said his country's relations with the Islamic Republic are excellent and noted that despite Western sanctions imposed on both nations, their commercial and economic links continue to develop.... More


Pretoria, May 13 (RHC) – South Africa’s Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi announced in Pretoria his government’s willingness to increase the number of doctors through medical courses in Cuba and advance the development of health care facilitie... More


Havana, May 13 (RHC) – Young and renowned mixologists from countries around the world are to travel to Havana for the final phase of the 10th Havana Club International Cocktail Grand Prix to take place next month in the Cuban capital.... More


Sport News Roundup May 12

The Cuban beach volleyball pairs gave an excellent demonstration at the 2nd phase of the NORCECA Circuit, where men won the gold medal again while the women managed to get the bronze.... More


Caracas, May 12 (RHC) – Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has strongly denounced U.S. sanctions against his government over alleged human rights violations. Maduro called U.S. lawmakers' bid for punitive measures against Venezuela as a “stupid idea.”... More


Abuja, May 12 (RHC)-- In Nigeria, the Boko Haram has released a video showing the first images of the kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls since their abduction nearly one month ago. Nearly half of the almost 300 girls are seen on the tape, chanting what appears to be a verse from the Koran. ... More


Tehran, May 12 (RHC) – A political commenter says the United States is providing arms to the “terrorist organizations” that attempt to fuel the political unrest gripping Venezuela.... More


Washington, May 12 (RHC)-- The Nigerian government has faced criticism for a delayed response to the girls’ kidnapping. Both the U.S. and British governments are now accusing President Goodluck Jonathan of being slow to accept their offers of assistance. ... More


Mexico City, May 12 (RHC) – Mexico's rural police force is recruiting members of self-defence vigilante groups that have been established to fight local drug cartels in the western state of Michoacan.... More


United Nations, May 12 (RHC)-- A United Nations official has urged organizations and companies around the world to boycott products from Israel’s illegal settlements.... More


La Paz, May 12 (RHC-NNN) -- A group of Costa Rican business leaders want Bolivia to ship $500,000 worth of natural gas annually to the Central American country, Bolivian President Evo Morales said.... More


Sanaa, May 12 (RHC)-- The U.S. State Department says U.S. operatives in Yemen have killed two people in a failed kidnap attempt. A Special Operations commander and a CIA officer were apparently getting haircuts in the capital Sanaa last month when two armed militants tried to take them into captivity. It is unclear what the American operatives were doing in Yemen, but they’ve since left the country. ... More


Caracas, May 12 (RHC-ITAR-TASS) -- Venezuela “does not recognize and will not recognize as legal a government that emerged as a result of a state coup,” the Bolivarian Republic’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement over the weekend.... More


Quito, May 12 (RHC)-- A major Washington D.C. law firm has dropped out of a lawsuit against the oil giant Chevron for pollution in Ecuador’s Amazon rain forest. ... More


Bloomington, May 12 (RHC) -- The Association of Illinois Corn Growers wants U.S. President Barack Obama to expand trade opportunities between Washington and Havana.... More


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