Geneva, September 12 (RHC) -– Cuba is sending 165 health workers to help tackle the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, the World Health Organization announced during a press conference.... More


Cairo, September 12 (RHC) -– Cuba has sent six tons of humanitarian aid to the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, following Israel's latest devastating military offensive there.... More


Damascus, September 12 (RHC)-- Damascus and Moscow have denounced possible unilateral U.S. air raids against ISIL terrorists in Syria, saying the attacks without a UN mandate would constitute an act of aggression.... More


Hanoi, September 12 (RHC) -– The Secretary General of the Communist Party of Vietnam, Nguyen Phu Trong, expressed his support and solidarity to Cuba as he welcomed Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez, who concluded an official visit to that South East Asian country on Thursday.... More


Buenos Aires, September 12 (RHC) -- Argentina's lawmakers Thursday passed a bill that allows the government to pay its foreign debt through domestic banks.... More


Cuba to Increase Sugar Production

Havana, September 12 (RHC) -- Cuba has set a target to raise its sugar production by 15-20 percent during its new harvest year over its output of 1.6 million tons in the previous year, an official said Thursday. ... More


Nizhny Novgorod, September 12 (RHC-RIA Novosti) -- Latin America will never impose sanctions against Russia, since the two enjoy an excellent political dialogue, Cuban Ambassador to Russia, Emilio Losada Garcia said.... More


Wilmette, September 12 (RHC) -- Delegates from the Illinois Cuba Working Group (ICWG) were in Washington, D.C., on Thursday to ask Congress and the Barack Obama Administration to loosen trade restrictions so Illinois farmers and agricultural organizations can provide food to Cuban consumers.... More


Baghdad, September 12 (RHC)-- A chain of car bomb explosions has claimed the lives of at least 19 people and injured dozens more across Iraq’s capital city of Baghdad. ... More


Bogota, September 12 (RHC) -– Six guerrilla fighters with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) were killed in an operation launched jointly by police and the military, officials said Friday.... More


John Hemingway, the grandson of the author of the Old Man and the Sea, said in Havana that visiting Cuba has had a special significance to begin to deeply understand his grandfather’s personality.... More


Havana, September 11 (RHC) -– Some 300 delegates from 50 nations of the world are attending the 10th International Colloquium with the Cuban Five and against Terrorism, which runs Thursday and Friday at Havana’s Convention Center.... More


Geneva, September 11 (RHC) -– Given the history of Cuban international collaboration, particularly in the health field, we have been asked to join the group of countries that will give initial response to an urgent call against Ebola in Africa, said Cuban Health Minister Roberto Morales after a meeting in Geneva with World Health Organization Director General, Margaret Chan.... More


Washington, September 11 (RHC)-- U.S. President Barack Obama says the United States is prepared to expand its bombing campaign against ISIL terrorists and launch airstrikes in Syria. During a speech delivered at the White House on Wednesday, the U.S. president outlined Washington's strategy against ISIL, saying he would hunt down terrorists "wherever they are."... More


Hanoi, September 11 (RHC) -– Vietnam and Cuba will continue to actively promote effective cooperation mechanisms through the singing of high-level agreements and the establishment of joint economic projects.... More


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