A concert dedicated to the works of musician Pablo Milanes will open this year’s JoJazz festival in Havana on Thursday. Havana’s Lazaro Peña Theater will welcome artists William Roblejo, Rolando Luna, Aire de Concierto, Zule Guerra, Yanet Valdes, Sexto Sentido and others, who will perform classics by the Cuban singer-songwriter, as well as a lesser known piece composed by Milanes and Chucho Valdes.... More


Sports News Roundup Nov. 11

Sports facilities in the Mexican city of Xalapa were delivered by Carlos Sosa Ahumada, General Director of the sport event on Monday, and are now ready for the Central American and Caribbean Games, Veracruz-2014 from the 14th to the 30th of this month.... More


Washington, Nov. 11 (RHC), -- U.S. lawyer Robert Muise, one of the most knowledgeable US legal experts about US-Cuba relations, has affirmed that the normalization of relations between the two nations will require a series of presidential actions on the part of the United States. ... More


Gaza Strip, November 11 (RHC)-- Many Palestinians are still suffering from displacement as their homes were destroyed during Israel's recent onslaught on the Gaza Strip, according to media reports. ... More


Caracas, November 11 (RHC-EFE) –- The Venezuelan government will abolish two police corps and will take over three more in keeping with its review of 141 of the country's police departments, Freddy Bernal, the president of the commission created to implement the so-called "police revolution," announced Monday.... More


Tel Aviv, November 11 (RHC)-- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has warned the West against striking a deal with Iran on the Islamic Republic's nuclear energy program. Netanyahu claimed on Monday that a "hasty" nuclear agreement between Iran and the five permanent members of the UN Security Council -- Russia, China, France, Britain and the US -- plus Germany would allow Tehran "to rush to the bomb." ... More


Bolivia to Build 200,000 Houses

La Paz, November 11 (teleSUR-RHC), -- Bolivia’s State Housing Agency, AEVIVIENDA has been constructing thousands of houses across the country. Houses built are handed over at no charge to communities living in precarious housing conditions as well as to those who have lost their homes in natural disasters.... More


Beijing, November 11 (RHC-NNN) – Chilean President Michelle Bachelet has invited Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang to visit her country in the coming year to strengthen relations and firm up agreements in sectors such as science and technology.... More


United Nations, November 11 (RHC)-- United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says he will launch a probe into reports that Britain spied on fellow governments at global climate summits in 2009 and 2010. ... More


Washington, November 11 (RHC)-- The United States Postal Service (USPS) said on Monday the personal information of its employees as well as some of its customers may have been compromised in a cyber attack. ... More


Caracas, November 11 (RHC), -–The General Secretary of the World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU) George Mavrikos praised efforts by trade unions in Cuba and Venezuela towards integration of Latin America and the Caribbean.... More


Havana, November 11 (RHC-PL), -- The second secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba (CPC), José Ramón Machado Ventura received today a member of the Secretariat of the Communist Party of Vietnam, Tran Quoc Vuong, who is on an official visit to Havana.... More


Buenos Aires, November 11 (RHC-Mercopress) -- Argentinian President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner has been discharged from Otamendi Hospital in Buenos Aires, where she had been admitted a week ago to be treated for sigmoiditis, an infection of the colon.... More


Atlanta, November 11 (RHC)-- Prisons across the United States are "disproportionately" filled with Black people who are being incarcerated increasingly in solitary confinement, an African-American activist in Georgia says. ... More


Wellington, November 11 (RHC-Xinhua) -- A convicted killer who escaped New Zealand and fled to Chile has traveled on to Brazil, New Zealand Police said Tuesday.... More


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