La Paz, June 19 (Xinhua-RHC) -- At least two million Bolivians have been lifted out of extreme poverty in the past eight years, the Bolivian Information Agency (ABI) said on Wednesday.... More


United Nations, June 19 (RHC)-- U.S. observers who monitored the June 3rd presidential election in Syria have said that President Bashar al-Assad's victory is legitimate and an expression of the people's will.... More


Madrid, June 19 (RHC)-- Felipe VI has become the new king of Spain after his father, King Juan Carlos, abdicated to pave the way for his son to take over as his successor. The 46-year-old Felipe took the Spanish crown early Thursday as an act of parliament signed by his father came into force.... More


Tripoli, June 19 (RHC)-- Libya has condemned a U.S. raid that nabbed a suspect accused of plotting the 2012 attack in Benghazi. Ahmed Abu Khattala was captured by U.S. Special Forces over the weekend and immediately whisked away to a U.S. ship. ... More


Tegucigalpa, June 19 (PL-RHC) -- The Honduran National Commission for Human Rights (CONADEH) has confirmed that it will appeal to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in an attempt to support thousands of children who are still detained in the United States.... More


Havana, June 19 (RHC) –- The General Director of the United States Division at the Cuban Foreign Ministry, Josefina Vidal, has issued a statement upon learning about the passing of the mother of U.S. citizen Alan Gross, who is serving a 15-year prison term in Cuba.... More


Havana, June 19 (RHC) -– Cuban President Raul Castro received his Angolan counterpart Jose Eduardo dos Santos who is paying an official visit to Cuba.... More


Havana, June 19 (RHC) –- Cuba and Angola signed a memo of understanding on Wednesday to deepen bilateral cooperation relations, during the visit here by Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos.... More


Havana, June 19 (RHC)-- The President of the Cuban Society of Poultry Farming Clemente Alberto Ramirez said in Havana that the economic sector in Latin America has safeguarded its competitiveness for the past fifty years, as it fosters agri-industrial development in an efficient and productive way.... More


Life Expectancy Increases in Cuba

Havana, June 19 (RHC) -– Life expectancy in Cuba increased to 78.45 years during 2011-2013, standing for a 0.48-year growth with respect to the period between 2005-2007, according to the National Statistics Office.... More


Havana, June 19 (PL-RHC) -- Theodor Friedrich, representative of the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization in Cuba (FAO), highlighted the need of world agricultural sectors of becoming climate-smart.... More


Havana, June 19 (PL-RHC) -- Climate change has increased the possibilities Cuba is hit by more intense hurricanes, said José Rubiera, Chief of the national forecasting center at the Cuban Meteorology Institute.... More


Havana, June 19 (PL-RHC) -- The Cuban Official Gazette has published the new Labor Code of the Republic of Cuba and its complementary provisions supporting legal safeguards for employees and employers.... More


Sports News Roundup June 18

Thanks to the capture of 5 Dorados and 4 Marlins, Cuba won the 64th Ernest Hemingway International Marlin Fishing Tournament, which was the 2nd most attended edition in the last decade.... More


Brasilia, June 18 (RHC) –- Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff held talks on Tuesday with U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, in the first trip to Brasilia by a senior White House representative since the revelations of U.S. espionage against Brazil.... More


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