Bogota, August 22 (RHC) -- A high-level Colombian military delegation traveled to Cuba Thursday to meet with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) rebels for peace talks, according to President Juan Manuel Santos.... More
Havana, August 22 (RHC) -– The preservation of coastal environments, mangroves and soils in Cuban north eastern region is the prime objective of the "Ecoarte" child-youth project.... More
Santiago de Chile, August 22 (RHC) -– Thousands of students filled the central streets of Chile's capital city, Santiago, on Thursday, in a march to remind President Michelle Bachelet that their patience is running out as to when she will deliver promised education reforms.... More
St. Louis, August 22 (RHC)-- In the U.S. state of Missouri, Governor Jay Nixon has ordered the National Guard to leave Ferguson, as peaceful protests continue over the police killing of unarmed Black teenager Michael Brown. Brown’s funeral is scheduled for Monday and is expected to draw a huge crowd. ... More
Havana, August 21 (RHC) -– In his most recent article entitled “True Friendship,” Fidel Castro tells about his most recent meeting in Havana, on August 19th, with Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro and praises Venezuela’s assistance to the people of the Gaza Strip, under the atrocious Israeli attack.... More
Gaza City, August 21 (RHC)-- More than 40 Palestinians have been killed in the Gaza Strip over the past two days, taking the death toll from Israel’s war against the Palestinian enclave to over 2,065.... More
Lisbon, August 21 (RHC) -— Cuban Ambassador to Portugal Johana Tablada has strongly rejected critical statements against the Cuban medical cooperation in that country by the president of the Bastonario da Ordem dos Medicos, or Portuguese Medical Association, Jose Manuel Silva -- describing the statements as disrespectful and irrational. ... More
Buenos Aires, August 21 (RHC) -- Argentinian Economy Minister Axel Kicillof Wednesday justified a bill to facilitate the country's foreign debt payments.... More
Havana, August 21 (RHC) -– The head of the International Sanitary Control Department at Cuba’s Health Ministry, Niurka Molina, said that the country has adopted all necessary measures to prevent the introduction on the island of the Ebola Virus, a condition affecting four western African nations.... More
Havana, August 21 (RHC) – Google Chrome is now downloadable in Cuba, the Web giant announced Wednesday, saying the Internet browser was available specifically to Cubans via google.com.cu.... More
Buenos Aires, August 21 (Mercopress-RHC) --Anticipating what seems to be an imminent order of contempt of court by U.S. Judge Thomas Griesa, Argentinian Cabinet Chief Jorge Capitanich said that Argentina cannot end up in contempt because Argentina was a sovereign country.... More
Washington, August 21 (RHC)-- The Barack Obama administration has launched new airstrikes on Islamic State militants in Iraq. The strikes came after the Islamic State released a video of the beheading of American journalist James Foley and threatened to kill another U.S. journalist if the airstrikes do not stop. On Wednesday, Obama vowed to continue the fight against the militants, who are also known as ISIL.... More
Monrovia, August 21 (RHC)-- In Liberia, residents of a neighborhood in the capital Monrovia clashed with police and soldiers Wednesday after all entrances to the area were sealed off amidst fears of Ebola. ... More
The International Rumba Festival, Timbalaye 2014, is underway in Cuba with classes on the genre for guests from Mexico, Italy and Cuba. ... More
Cuban rower Orlando Sotolongo closed in the 6th position in the single sculls men's final modality at the II Youth Olympics and was awarded an Olympic Diploma in a colorful ceremony held in the Chinese city of Nanjing, capital of Jiangsu province.... More
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