Dallas, October 15 (RHC)-- The identity of a female nurse who is the first known person to contract the Ebola virus in the United States has been confirmed. ... More


Lima, October 15 (RHC-Xinhua) -- Some 25 Latin American countries on Tuesday signed a declaration to eradicate child labor, as part of a regional gathering organized by the International Labor Organization (ILO) held in Lima, Peru.... More


Washington, October 15 (RHC)-- A new report released by the Pentagon says climate change will pose major challenges for the United States' military. In a detailed report dubbed as a Climate Change Adaptation Roadmap, the Pentagon calls climate change a "threat multiplier" that has the power to aggravate many of the challenges the United States faces today, including "infectious diseases and terrorism." ... More


Lima, October 15 (RHC-Andina) -- The Americas was reaffirmed as a zone of peace by defense leaders from 34 nations attending the XI Conference of Defense Ministers of the Americas held in Arequipa city, southern Peru.... More


Havana, October 15 (RHC-AIN), -- U.S. Reverend Jesse Jackson called to end the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States on Cuba over the last 52 years, as published on Tuesday by the Web site of the Chicago Sun-Times newspaper.... More


Havana, October 15 (RHC) -- Health is a sector with a huge potential for cooperation between Ecuador and Cuba, the Public Health Minister of Ecuador Carina Vance asserted on Tuesday.... More


Havana, October 15 (RHC) -- From a standpoint of satire and humor, Cuban cartoonists skewered the economic, trade and financial blockade imposed by the U.S. government against Cuba for over half a century.... More


Havana, October 15 (RHC) -– The Eighth Cuban Congress on Microbiology and Parasitology continues today with the keynote speech "Situation of infectious diseases in the Americas: advances and challenges." ... More


Lisbon, October 15 (RHC) -- A workshop attended by over 150 tour operators at Altis Park Hotel preceded a tour of several cities in the Iberian Peninsula, as part of the campaign Autentica Cuba to promote the Islands' tourist attractions.... More


Havana, October 15 (RHC-PL) -- The opening of new air routes by the Swiss airline Edelweiss aims to promote leisure travel from that European country towards Cuba, says an official report.... More


Havana, October 15 (RHC-Xinhua), -- A recent New York Times editorial urging the United States to end its embargo of more than 50 years against Cuba is a reflection of the "difficult situation" the North American country now faces, said former Cuban leader Fidel Castro.... More


Sana'a, October 15 (RHC-SABA) -- Yemen and Cuba signed in the Yemenite capital Sana'a an agreement on mutual visa exemption.... More


Kingstown (St. Vincent), October 15 (NNN-RHC), -- Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves has returned home from Cuba where he had received 18-day medical treatment for an injury to a muscle in his right thigh.... More


La Paz, October 15 (RHC-Xinhua) -- Bolivian President Evo Morales, recently re-elected by a landslide to a third consecutive five-year term, has said the key to his popularity lies in policies that have generated stability and economic growth in the South American nation.... More


Havana, October 15 (RHC-PL), -- The Cuban Centre of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (CGEB) showed today its advances in the creation of a vaccine against the different serotypes of dengue.... More


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