Vatican, March 18 (RHC-MERCOPRESS) -- Argentine President Cristina Fernández has criticized what she dubbed a “double standard” from Britain, which on the one hand condemned the Crimea referendum and on the other hand supported the presumed right of Malvinas residents to hold a vote on their future.... More


Montevideo, March 18 (RHC-NNN) -- Uruguayan foreign minister Luis Almagro confirmed that a delegation from Unasur (Union of South American Nations) is ready to sponsor dialogue towards solving the current situation in Venezuela, as was agreed upon at the recently held meeting of the bloc's foreign ministers in Santiago de Chile.... More


Tehran, March 18 (RHC-Xinhua) -- Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad-Javad Zarif said Monday that a new round of nuclear talks with the world powers scheduled for Tuesday would focus on uranium enrichment in the Persian Gulf nation. ... More


Islamabad, March 18 (RHC-KUNA) -- At least 13 people were killed and over 30 others wounded as a suicide attacker detonated an explosive-laden vehicle in a market place of northern Faryab province of Afghanistan on Tuesday, officials said.... More


La Paz, Mar 17 (Prensa Latina) The reconstruction plan for the areas affected by natural disasters in Bolivia will incorporate a medium-term development strategy, the Development Planning Minister, Viviana Caro said today.... More


A delegation headed by US lawmaker, James McGovern, thanked the island for the work done by the nation to preserve and promote US writer, Ernest Hemingway’s legacy in the country. ... More


Havana, March 18 (RHC)-- During a ceremony at the former home in Havana of Nobel Literature Prize winner Ernest Hemingway, US Congressman James McGovern said that there are no reasons for Cubans and Americans not to have normal relations. Further, he adsded, Cuba should be withdrawn from the US blacklist of so-called state sponsors of terrorism, ... More


Havana, March 18 (RHC) The Cuban television channel CubaVision International will broadcast to Angola and Mozambique as of March 23rd in the context of celebrations for the 26th anniversary of the heroic victory at Cuito Cuanavale.... More


Havana, March 18 (RHC) The 10th International Symposium on Education and Culture went into session Tuesday in Varadero, with a large academic agenda that includes over 150 specialized works to be debated by participants over five days. ... More


Tel Aviv, March 18 (RHC) Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon reiterated that his country must lead a military operation against Iranian nuclear facilities. ... More


Caracas, March 18 (RHC) The Venezuelan National Assembly (Parliament) called its first session in March with public attention focusing on the agenda at the center of debates by the lawmakers.... More


Havana, March 18 (RHC) Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez was received on Monday by Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan during an official visit Rodriguez is paying to that country as part of an African tour that also includes Djibouti, Ghana and Equatorial Guinea.... More


Havana, March 18 (RHC) Entrepreneurs, farmers and experts from 10 countries of the world attended the inauguration Monday in Havana of the 17th Agricultural and Agribusiness Fair FIAGRO 2014.... More


Simferopol, March 17 (RHC-Agencies) -- The Crimean parliament Monday declared independence from Ukraine, after latest official results show an overwhelming 96.77 percent of Crimean voters chose to join Russia in Sunday's referendum.... More


Kiev, March 17 (RHC)-- Ukrainian authorities and some Western countries including the United States, France, Germany and Britain have dismissed the referendum as "illegal," saying it violates the country's constitution.... More


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