Washington, June 13 (RHC)-- A new report reveals the Barack Obama administration is pressuing local police departments to conceal information about powerful surveillance technology they are using to vacuum up cellphone data from entire neighborhoods. ... More


Lima, June 13 (Andina-RHC) -- Peru plans to allocate $2 billion USD for the construction of the Trans-Andean tunnel in order to eventually implement the country’s Central Railroad, the Transport and Communication Ministry (MTC) said.... More


New York, June 13 (RHC)-- The great actress, civil rights activist, poet, Ruby Dee has died at the age of 91. Her career as a performer spanned seven decades, beginning in the 1940s. ... More


Paris, June 13 (RHC)-- A top executive of France’s BNP Paribas Bank has been forced into retirement amid a dispute involving a 10 billion dollar fine that Washington intends to impose on the financial institution in an extraterritorial action for having violated U.S. sanctions against Cuba, Sudan and Iran. ... More


Miami, June 13 (RHC)-- Some 53 percent of citizens in the U.S. state of Florida support the lifting of the over-50-year U.S. economic, commercial and financial blockade against Cuba, according to a recent poll by Public Policy Polling.... More


Holguin, June 13 (RHC)-- Cuban Vice President and Commander of the Revolution Ramiro Valdes corroborated on Thursday the advancement of a project to set up a 184-megawatt power plant in eastern Cuba. The plant, replacing two old electric generation facilities, will provide energy to a nickel processing plant, the population and other facilities in the eastern locality of Moa, located 180 kilometers east of the city of Holguin.... More


Santiago de Cuba, June 13 (RHC)-- Cuban Hero Fernando Gonzalez laid a floral wreath Thursday on behalf of The Cuban Five at the mausoleum of National Hero Jose Marti, at the Santa Ifigenia Cemetery... More


Tokyo, June 13 (RHC-PL)-- Japan and Cuba discussed strengthening cooperation in agriculture and fishing sectors during a meeting between Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi and Cuban Ambassador Marcos Rodriguez, Prensa Latina news agency reported.... More


Matanzas, June 13 (RHC)-- The Cuban beach resort of Varadero is among the top ten Caribbean destinations, says Ivis Fernandez, a Ministry of Tourism (MINTUR) representative for the western province of Matanzas.... More


The New Cuban Foreign Investment Law aims at encouraging and promoting foreign investment on Cuban territory through activities that contribute to the strengthening of the country’s economic capacity and sustainable development, on the basis of respect to national sovereignty and independence and the protection and rational use of natural resources. Next up, the full text of the New Legislation.... More


Guayaquil, June 13 (RHC)-- Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa revealed on Thursday that a dialog between the Colombian government and that country’s National Liberation Army (ELN) got underway two months ago in the northern Ecuadorian province of Imbabura.... More


Paris, June 13 (RHC)-- A top executive of France’s BNP Paribas Bank has been forced into retirement amid a dispute involving a 10 billion dollar fine that Washington intends to impose on the financial institution in an extraterritorial action for having violated U.S. sanctions against Cuba, Sudan and Iran. ... More


Holguin, June 13 (RHC)-- Cuban Vice President and Commander of the Revolution Ramiro Valdes corroborated on Thursday the advancement of a project to set up a 184-megawatt power plant in eastern Cuba. The plant, replacing two old electric generation facilities, will provide energy to a nickel processing plant, the population and other facilities in the eastern locality of Moa, located 180 kilometers east of the city of Holguin.... More


Sports News Roundup June 12

Denia Caballero and Ernesto Revé yesterday won bronze medals in the Diamond League of Athletics, which is taking place in Oslo, Norway's capital. It is the 5th time this event has taken place.... More


Caracas, June 12 (PL-RHC) -- President Nicolas Maduro said that he will take evidence of right-wing plots to assassinate him to international organizations and the United States, in an attempt to denounce the "dirty war" against Venezuela. ... More


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