Mexico City, April 21 (RHC) – The presidents of Mexico and Colombia attended a memorial ceremony for novelist Gabriel Garcia Marquez on Monday. The homage to the late writer is being held at Mexico City's most prestigious cultural venue, the Bellas Artes theater.... More
San Salvador, April 21 (RHC) – Salvadorians are ready to resume the country’s busy political agenda after the Holy Week holidays. One of the issues pending, is the transfer of power to the newly elected president, Salvador Sánchez Cerén, from the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN) party, who will take office on June 1st.... More
Brasilia, April 21 (RHC) – The world’s largest ever swarm of genetically modified (GM) mosquitoes has been released in a Brazilian town to combat dengue -- a leading cause of illness and fatality in several Mercosur countries, except for Uruguay.... More
Saana, April 21 (RHC)-- Dozens of people have been killed in two consecutive days of U.S. drone attacks inside Yemen. Around 15 people died over the weekend when a U.S. missile hit a road in the central province of al-Bayda. Between three to six civilians were killed, while the rest were described as suspected al-Qaeda militants. ... More
Buenos Aires, April 21 (RHC) – Argentina's National Institute for Agricultural Technology (INTA) has invented a way to convert cow flatulence into usable energy, and it involves putting a plastic backpack on a cow, Mercopress news agency reports.... More
Gaza City, April 21 (RHC)-- The Israeli regime has launched new airstrikes on the besieged Gaza Strip, as the wave of aggression on the blockaded Palestinian enclave continues unabated. Israeli drones on Monday carried out airstrikes on the central and southern parts of Gaza, leaving at least two Palestinians wounded. ... More
Washington, April 21 (RHC)-- The Barack Obama administration has again delayed a decision on approval or rejection of the Keystone XL oil pipeline. The U.S. State Department says it will await the results of legal challenges to the pipeline’s proposed route through the state of Nebraska, which would not come until after the mid-term elections in November. ... More
Merida, April 21 (RHC) – Member states of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA) have condemned a social networking system developed by the United States to stir anti-government protests in Cuba.... More
Havana, April 21 (RHC) – Chinese Foreign Mnister Wang Yi said that “Cuba is a reliable partner,” ratifying Beijing's willingness to “keep reinforcing bilateral strategic cooperation.”... More
Playa Giron, April 21 (RHC)-- On Saturday, Cubans celebrated the 53rd anniversary of their victory over the US-backed mercenary invasion of 1961 in the Bay of Pigs, which is marked here as the first military defeat of the United States in Latin America.... More
Havana, April 21 (RHC)-- Cuban President Raul Castro held talks Sunday afternoon with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, who paid a one-day official visit to Cuba as part of a regional tour.... More
Havana, April 21 (RHC)-- The U.S. State Department has imposed a 5.9-million-dollar fine on the Dutch CWT B.V. travel agency for having commercial relations with Cuba. ... More
The 12th International Competition for young ballet students is set to start in the Cuban capital on Tuesday, April 22nd, as part of the 20th International Ballet Academies Encounter gathering in Havana with more than 650 participants from all over the world. ... More
The National Dance Award for 2014 has been conferred upon National Folk Dance Ensemble dancer and teacher, Silvina Fabars, in recognition of the work of her entire artistic life.... More
Havana, April 19, (RHC), -- The Yomiuri Giants of Nippon Professional Baseball announced that it has a deal with Cuban outfielder Frederich Cepeda, a longtime star on the Cuban national team who will join the Giants next month. According to the Associated Press, Cepeda has a one-year, $1.5 million contract.... More
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