Personalities of the island’s art, cultural and thinking world received the Maestro de Juventudes Award by the Hermanos Saíz Association (AHS), grouping the island’s avant-garde young artists... More


The 24th International Ballet Festival of Havana will be held in the Cuban capital from October 28th through November 7th with the participation of prestigious guest companies and dancers... More


The 9th World Dancers congress and The Dance Academies of Casino and Salsa, 'Baila en Cuba' will dedicate their next event to Los Van Van.... More


Bayamo, October 17 (RHC) The Cuban Spirit Festival begins on Friday in Bayamo with a full program of musicians and performers.... More


For first time visitors, and indeed, for the many tourists who keep coming back to our wonderful Havana, Cathedral Square or Plaza de la Catedral, in Old Havana, is the stuff of which memories are made.... More


Sports News Roundup Oct 17

Cubans Lázaro Bruzón and Isam Ortiz will experience once again the struggle to qualify for the world cup at the Pan American Chess Cup in Río Grande do Norte, Brazil, with the participation of over 180 players from 11 nations, according to JIT online news.... More


Ramallah, October 17 (RHC)-- The Palestinian government aims to ask the United Nations Security Council to pass a resolution requiring Israel's retreat to the pre-1967 line. "The political council of the PLO (Palestine Liberation Organization) decided during its meeting last night... to go to the UN Security Council with the aim of getting a resolution passed to end the Israeli occupation in the Palestinian territories... by the end of this month," PLO Secretary General Yasser Abed Rabbo told reporters in Ramallah on Thursday. ... More


Caracas, October 17 (RHC-Xinhua) -- Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro hailed on Thursday the admission of his country as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council for the next two years.... More


Freetown, October 17 (RHC)-- The fatal Ebola virus has claimed the lives of at least two people in Sierra Leone's last unaffected area. The victims died in the northern Koinadugu district of Sierra Leone, the country's officials announced on Thursday. ... More


Mexico City, October 17 (RHC-NNN) -- Mystery deepens over the fate of 15 students who disappeared last month after clashes with police in the town of Iguala in Mexico. Vigilantes and volunteers found new, freshly-dug graves on Thursday, some with human remains in them, bringing to 19 the total number of graves found so far.... More


Freetown, October 17 (RHC)-- In West Africa, nearly 5,000 people have died as authorities struggle to contain the outbreak of Ebola. ... More


Brasilia, October 17 (teleSUR-RHC) -- Brazil's right-wing presidential candidate, Aécio Neves, is being aided by banks and ethanol corporations, unhappy with Dilma Rousseff's policies, according to a report on Thursday. ... More


Washington, October 17 (RHC)-- The fear of the deadly Ebola outbreak has led to the temporary closure of several schools across the United States, according to officials. Schools in Texas and Ohio cancelled their classes on Thursday because some staff members and students might have come in contact with a person infected with the virus. ... More


Paris, October 17 (RHC)-- Tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets across France to express their resentment over the latest austerity budget presented by President François Hollande, which will make it difficult to lead the nation's flagging economy back to steady growth, Press TV reports. ... More


Mexico City, October 17 (RHC-EFE) -– Federal Police arrested five men in possession of drugs and military-grade weapons in the western state of Michoacan, Mexico's National Security Commission said.... More


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