Canberra, November 4 (RHC)-- Australia has temporarily stopped processing visas for people from West African countries worst hit by Ebola in an effort to prevent the virus from entering the country. Australia’s Immigration Ministry said in a report to the parliament that the new rules would apply to Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea. ... More
Lima, November 4 (RHC-Mercopress) -- As of December, Brazil and Uruguay will be able to use local currencies in bilateral trade disregarding US dollars, based on the agreement signed last Friday between the central bank presidents of the two countries, Alexandre Tombini (Brazil) and Alberto Graña (Uruguay).... More
Caracas, November 4 (RHC-Xinhua) -- Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Monday announced a 15-percent increase in the minimum wage to protect the poor from high inflation. As of December 1st, the minimum wage would be 4,889 bolivars, Maduro told workers and union leaders in a televised event.... More
Mexico City, November 4 (RHC-EFE) --A police general responsible for overseeing security forces in the northern region of the northeastern Mexican state of Tamaulipas has been murdered, authorities in the neighboring state of Nuevo Leon said Monday.... More
Santiago, November 4 (teleSUR-RHC), -- Less than two months after a terrorist attack targeted a subway station in Santiago de Chile, the government has presented a bill which aims to strengthen the current anti-terrorist law.... More
Iguala, November 4 (teleSUR-RHC), -- Dozens of people started a 122-mile march on Monday from Iguala, Guerrero to Mexico City to demand the national government find the 43 students of the Ayotzinapa Teacher Training College, missing since Iguala police kidnapped them on the night of September 26.... More
Washington, November 4 (RHC)-- It's Election Day in the United States, where an estimated $4 billion has been spent on the most expensive midterms in U.S. history. Despite the record spending, voter turnout is expected to hit one of its lowest levels in years. ... More
Berlin, November 4 (RHC)-- The prospect of a nationwide strike by train drivers looms over Germany after the collapse of closed-door negotiations between the train drivers’ union and German rail operator, Deutsche Bahn. On Monday, Deutsche Bahn said talks with the German Train Drivers' Union (GDL) ended in failure, raising concerns about the prospect of a major industrial action that could significantly harm Europe’s biggest economy. ... More
Havana, November 4 (RHC) –- Cuban First Vice President Miguel Diaz-Canel held talks on Monday with Portugal's First Deputy Prime Minister Paulo Portas, who is on an official visit to Cuba.... More
Havana, November 4 (RHC) -- A list of 246 potential projects that would cost $8.7 billion to build were presented as part of an investment portfolio, launched on Monday during the second day of the 32nd International Fair of Havana (FIHAV 2014). ... More
Havana, November 4 (RHC) -– The foreign ministers of Cuba and Uruguay, Bruno Rodriguez and Luis Almagro, have agreed to further strengthen cooperation relations between their nations. ... More
Havana, November 4 (RHC) –- Brooklyn Mack, first dancer with the Washington Ballet, said after his performance in Havana that he was so moved that he will come back to the island.... More
International Ballet Festival audiences gave a standing ovation to Cuban prima ballerina, Viengsay Valdés and renowned Ukrainian dancer, Ivan Putrov, who packed Havana’s Karl Marx Theater on Tuesday... More
Havana, November 4 (RHC) -– The 2014-2015 Sugar harvest in Cuba will get underway in late November with the operation by 44 sugar plants as announced by Dionis Perez, executive with the island´s Sugar Industry.... More
Havana, November 4 (RHC) -– Cuba and Mexico expect to expand economic and trade relations as the island announced that Mexico has proposed 31 cooperation projects, which are under consideration by Cuban authorities.... More
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