Beijing, March 8 (RHC) China’s foreign minister Wang Yi said in Beijing on Saturday that he is very optimistic about his country’s new relations with Latin America and the Caribbean and he added that this year offers new opportunities to develop such links.... More


Havana, March 8 (RHC) The delegates to the 9th Congress of the Cuban Women´s Federation (FMC) which ran till Saturday, acknowledged Revolution leader Fidel Castro as the main promoter of the achievements of the Revolution and of their organization.... More


London, March 8 (RHC) The British daily The Guardian published on Saturday a letter signed by members of parliament and unionists protesting the decision of London to deny an entry visa to Cuban anti-terrorist fighter Rene Gonzalez. The list of signatures supporting the letter is headed by those of lawmaker Diane Abbot, of the Labor Party and the general secretary of the National Union of Teachers, Christine Blower.... More


A special gala dedicated to International Women’s Day will be held at the National Theater’s Covarrubias Hall on Saturday with the performance of Jorge Luis Pacheco and his quartet, and jazz pianist, maestro Ruy López-Nussa, as a guest artist.... More


Geneva, March 7 (RHC)-- The Venezuelan mission in Geneva rejected statements by some UN experts at the Human Rights Council by describing them as part of an international misinformation campaign.... More


Caracas, March 7 (RHC) -- Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro warned Thursday against attempts to incite foreign intervention in Venezuela, and pledged to solve the country's political unrest within the regional framework.... More


Brussels, March 7 (RHC)-- A leaked phone call has bolstered claims anti-government forces were actually behind sniper attacks on protesters in Kiev last month. ... More


Washington, March 7 (RHC)-- More details have emerged in the unfolding dispute over the CIA’s alleged spying on a U.S. Senate panel probing the agency’s torture and rendition program. ... More


Caracas, March 7 (RHC) -- Venezuela asked the Panamanian ambassador to leave the country within 48 hours Thursday after it severed ties with Panama for attempting to interfere in Venezuela's internal affairs.... More


Quito, March 7 (RHC)- Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa announced on Thursday that the foreign ministers of the countries making up the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) would hold a meeting next Wednesday, March 12th, in Chile on the situation in Venezuela.... More


Quito, March 7 (RHC-PL) -- The attorneys representing those affected by the pollution caused by the oil company Chevron said that the adverse verdict issued by a U.S. judge will not prevent the implementation by other countries of a previous ruling by an Ecuadorian court.... More


Bogota, March 7 (RHC) -- Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos has ordered an investigation into the southern department of Valle del Cauca in a place called Buenaventura to normalize the situation there, currently dominated by clashes between criminal gangs.... More


Sevastopol, March 7 (RHC)-- Thousands of people have demonstrated in Ukraine’s port city of Sevastopol to show their support for Crimea’s plan to join Russia. Waving Russian flags and chanting "Russia, Russia, Russia," the demonstrators on Thursday expressed their support for the autonomous Crimea region's bid to secede from Ukraine.... More


Washington, March 7 (RHC)-- Amid simmering tensions between Washington and Moscow over the crisis in Ukraine, U.S. Navy officials say a U.S. guided-missile destroyer which is en route to the Black Sea has been sent there on a “routine” deployment.... More


Gaza City, March 7 (RHC)-- Egypt has prevented a group of 100 European and American female activists from reaching the besieged Gaza Strip.... More


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