Havana, October 17 (RHC) -- Hurricane Gonzalo is bearing down on Bermuda on Friday. Meteorologists from the Cuban Meteorologist Institute say the storm will continue along the same path moving away from Cuba within the next 12 to 24 hours, although its exact path is unknown. Gonzalo is currently a Category 4 hurricane.... More
New York, October 17 (RHC)-- A New York prisoner has been freed after 29 years behind bars for a crime he did not commit. David McCallum, who is African-American, was ordered released on Wednesday after prosecutors said he had falsely confessed at the age of 16. ... More
Bogotá, October 17 (RHC-Xinhua) -- Travelers who lie on a questionnaire about the deadly disease of Ebola upon arrival at Colombia's airports might face a prison sentence between four to eight years, a border agency official said in Bogotá.... More
Bogotá, October 17 (RHC-EFE) -- Medellin, Colombia's second largest city, is positioning itself as a hub for Latin America's space industry, an effort spearheaded by a public-private corporation known as Ruta N that is planning to launch its first aerostatic balloons in November.... More
Lima, October 17 (RHC-Andina) -- Peruvian President Ollanta Humala has met with Rajendra Pachauri, chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and recipient of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize, to discuss preparations for COP20 to be held in Peru in December.... More
Moscow, October 17 (RHC) -– A draft appeal to the UN General Assembly on the necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States against Cuba was introduced in Russia's lower house, the State Duma, according to RIA Novosti.... More
Washington, October 17 (RHC) –- Guatemala's Eduardo Stein, one of the candidates seeking to become head of the Organization of American States, says it would be regrettable if the presence of Cuba at the 2015 Summit of the Americas prompted other countries to boycott the event.... More
Lobamba, October 17 (RHC) -– His Majesty King Mswati III of Swaziland has expressed his gratitude to the government of Cuba for its efforts in the fight against the Ebola virus in Africa.... More
Havana, October 17 (RHC) -– Cuba's prestigious Granma Naval Academy on Thursday was awarded the Antonio Maceo Order, during a military ceremony and political event on occasion of the school's 55th anniversary.... More
Havana, October 17 (RHC-PL) -- Cuba and Togo called for the strengthening of bilateral and cooperation relations, in the framework of a working visit to Havana by Togo's Foreign Minister Robert Dussey.... More
Havana, October 17 (RHC-Xinhua) -- Cuba will roll out new national identity cards as of October 29th, the Juventud Rebelde newspaper reported Thursday.... More
Havana, October 17 (RHC-ACN) -- Tobacco planting in western Pinar del Rio will employ over 15 thousand 900 hectares of land for the 2014-2015 campaign, 115 hectares more than last year, when the local production was way behind schedule, mainly due to unfavorable weather conditions.... More
Port-au-Prince, October 17 (RHC) -– Haiti’s Sunrise Airways is continuing its Caribbean expansion, this time with the launching of flights from its hub in Port-au-Prince to Santiago de Cuba, th Caribbean Journal website reports.... More
LIMA, Oct 16 (NNN-ANDINA) -- Peruvian singer-songwriter, Susana Baca, known as the voice of Afro-Peruvian music tradition, will perform in Havana as guest of honor of the Third Meeting of Popular Voices.... More
U.S. Reverend Jesse Jackson called for an end to the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States on Cuba over the last 52 years, as recently published by the Web site of the Chicago Sun-Times newspaper.... More
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