Spanish-French writer, Ignacio Ramonet, presented Pope Francis I with two of his books: Fidel Castro. Biografía a dos voces and Hugo Chávez. Mi primera vida... More
US photographer, Rebekah Bowman, says that the economic, financial and trade blockade against Cuba is anachronistic. ... More
United Nations, Oct 28, (RHC), -- In his intervention at the 69th session of the United Nations General Assembly which debated today a resolution on the necessity to end US sanctions on Cuba, Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla decried the strengthening of the US economic, financial and trade blockade imposed on Cuba for over half a decade.... More
The curtains of Havana’s Karl Marx Theater went up Tuesday, October 28th, as the 24th International Ballet Festival got underway in the Cuban capital with a tribute to the memory of William Shakespeare... More
Kabul, October 28 (RHC)-- U.S. and British forces have formally ended combat operations in Afghanistan’s Helmand province. On Sunday, the NATO occupation handed over formal control to the Afghan military. ... More
Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermúdez, Politburo member and Cuba's first Vice-president of the Councils of State and Ministers, delivered the flag to the Cuban delegation that will participate in the XXII Central American and Caribbean Games in Veracruz, Mexico.... More
Mexico City, October 28 (RHC-NNN) -– Police searching for missing students have found more human remains in a new area of southern Guerrero state in Mexico. Authorities said it would take several weeks before the remains can be identified.... More
Ramallah, October 28 (RHC)-- A Palestinian American has been killed in the latest shooting of a young teenager by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank. The victim, 14-year old Orwah Hammad, was shot in the head in the village of Silwad. ... More
Washington, October 28 (RHC)-- The governors of New York and New Jersey are facing federal pressure to reverse new quarantine rules on medical workers returning from West Africa. Under the policy, arriving passengers with a risk of Ebola exposure will be placed in a 21-day quarantine. Illinois has implemented a similar policy. ... More
Brasilia, October 28 (RHC-Xinhua) -- Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff's re-election to a second term is a vote of confidence in the country's economic outlook, outgoing Finance Minister Guido Mantega said Monday.... More
United Nations, October 28 (RHC)-- For the 23rd consecutive year, the vast majority of the international community represented at the UN General Assembly rejected the U.S. economic, commercial and financial blockade of Cuba and demanded an end to the criminal policy.... More
Geneva, October 28 (RHC)-- The World Health Organization says nearly 5,000 people have now died from Ebola out of 10,000 known cases. But the actual death toll may be significantly higher in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, the three worst-hit countries. ... More
Washington, October 28 (RHC-Xinhua) -- The White House on Monday congratulated Dilma Rousseff on her re-election as Brazil's president, pledging to continue efforts to boost the bilateral relationship.... More
New York, October 28 (RHC)-- Amnesty International is calling for an investigation of potential human rights abuses in the police crackdown on protests in Ferguson, Missouri. In a new report, Amnesty says police committed violations in the weeks that followed the killing of unarmed teenager Michael Brown by officer Darren Wilson. ... More
Berlin, October 28 (RHC-EFE) -- Chilean President Michelle Bachelet announced Monday in Berlin that her government plans to broaden the Association Agreement with the European Union it signed in 2003, and open negotiations for a global agreement on extradition.... More
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