New York, June 12 (RHC)-- New York City has settled a lawsuit over the false arrest of more than a dozen Occupy Wall Street protesters in 2011. The city will pay $583,000 to plaintiffs detained after officers surrounded them and refused to let them disperse. ... More
Havana, June 12 (RHC) –- Cuban authorities found the dead bodies of four persons who were murdered presumably in an attempt to illegally leave the country, in the western province of Artemisa.... More
Quito, June 12 (RHC) -– Ecuadorian Foreign Minister Ricardo Patiño said in Quito that without Cuba’s full participation, there will be no Summit of the Americas in Panama next year. ... More
Havana, June 12 (RHC) -– Cuba ratified at the UN General Assembly its commitment to fight all acts and forms of terrorism.... More
Santiago de Cuba, June 12 (RHC) –- Experts from the U.S. Geology Service are visiting the eastern Cuban city of Santiago de Cuba, where they met with specialists from the local university and the National Seismological Research Center. ... More
Port au Prince, June 12 (RHC) -– Haiti opened on June 11th its third community hospital with the support of Cuba and Brazil, after the earthquake that hit the nation in January 2010.... More
Havana, June 12 (RHC) -- The final declaration to be adopted by the upcoming Summit of the Group of 77 plus China will condemn Washington’s unilateral and offensive actions against Cuba, including the most recent and subversive Twitter program Zunzuneo.... More
Ballet Lizt Alfonso Dance Cuba will give another three shows at Havana’s Mella Theater on June 20, 21th and 22nd. ... More
Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, Cuban first vice president, said on Tuesday that the victory of the Cuba Domadores team at the 4th World Series of Boxing overjoyed their followers and confirmed the island's prestige in the sport.... More
Bogotá, June 11 (NNN-RHC) -- The United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Colombia, Fabrizio Hochschild, welcomed a peace initiative announced jointly by the Colombian government and the National Liberation Army (ELN) guerrilla group.... More
Caracas, June 11 (PL-RHC) -- The situation in Venezuela, a target of violent actions generated by the extreme right, is a highlight on the agenda of the 13th Political Council of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA) in Venezuela's capital.... More
Geneva, June 11 (RHC)-- The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has censured the Bahraini regime for human rights violations in the country. On Tuesday, 46 members of the international body expressed deep concern over the Al Khalifa regime's crackdown on peaceful protesters.... More
Washington, June 11 (RHC)-- In a move that is being described as a victory for ultra right-wing forces in the United States, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor has lost Virginia’s Republican primary in one of the biggest upsets in Congressional history. Cantor fell to Tea Party challenger David Brat, whose campaign accused Cantor of being insufficiently right-wing. ... More
Saint John's, June 11 (PL-RHC) -- The Community of the Caribbean (CARICOM) and the Organization of American States (OAS) will be observers in the general election to be held Thursday in Antigua and Barbuda.... More
Baghdad, June 11 (RHC)-- An estimated 500,000 people have fled Iraq’s second-largest city following its capture by Al Qaeda militants. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant — ISIL — seized Mosul on Tuesday with a sweeping attack on the city’s airport, TV stations, government buildings, and prisons, setting over 2,000 inmates free. ... More
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