Havana, January 18 (RHC)-- Cuban First Vice President Miguel Díaz-Canel has welcomed the Deputy Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China, Chen Changzhi, who is paying an official visit to the Caribbean island.... More
Tegucigalpa, January 18 (RHC)-– Honduran lawmakers have passed legislation that allows the government to shoot down planes suspected of trafficking illegal drugs through the impoverished country. ... More
Gaza City, January 18 (RHC)-- Three Palestinian youths have been injured by Israeli soldiers who fired live rounds and tear gas at protesters near the border fence in the Gaza Strip. ... More
London, January 18 (RHC)-- WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange sharply criticized U.S. President Barack Obama’s proposed surveillance reforms Friday, calling them “small” and saying it is “embarrassing for a head of state to go on like that for 45 minutes and say almost nothing.”... More
Columbus, January 18 (RHC)-- In the United States, the family of an Ohio man whose “agonizing” execution took nearly 25 minutes is to sue the state, saying the way he was executed was in violation of his constitutional rights.... More
Moscow, January 18 (RHC)-- Russia has criticized the European Union for portraying itself as a human rights champion while facing serious problems concerning violation of rights. The Russian Foreign Ministry published a report this week, evaluating the human rights situation in EU member states in 2013.... More
Quito, January 18 (RHC)-- A second group of Ecuadorian soldiers arrived in Santiago de Cuba on Thursday to join the support mission set up by the army of that Andean country to help relief efforts in that eastern city, devastated by Hurricane Sandy in 2012.... More
Havana, January 18 (RHC)-– Cuba continues to make progress in the leasing of State-owned land to small farmers, who since 2008 have received over a million hectares of what was previously idle land. One of the main reforms promoted by President Raúl Castro to promote domestic food production and help cut the huge imported food bill that conditions Cuban international reserves.... More
Havana, January 18 (RHC)-- The Cuban National Seismological Station Network registered on Friday a mild earthquake of 3.4 degrees in the Richter scale in the country's central region.... More
Havana, January 18 (RHC)-- For the first time in more than 50 years, a commercial passenger aircraft has flown from Key West, Florida to Havana, Cuba, reestablishing the direct connection the two cities, the blog “In Transit” recently reported.... More
Jan 17, -- While looking forward to its 2nd game of the trip, the University of Tampa baseball team spent Thursday at a local school, followed by attending a game as spectators.... More
Jan 17, -- Artemisa won 5-1 to Mayabeque and Las Tunas 3-1 to Matanzas and went on to command the rise of Cuban football tournament that gives two tickets to the National Championship, which starts the 25th of this month, with the presence of 10 selections on five stadiums in the country.... More
Cuban GM Leinier Dominguez scored his 2nd consecutive win at the Tata Steel Chess Tournament after winning to his Hungarian counterpart Richar Rapport on Friday, in a contest which takes place until January 26th in 3 cities of Holland.... More
Mexico City, January 17 (RHC)-– Mexican federal forces have taken over police duties in 20 towns in the state of Michoacan, where vigilante groups are fighting a drug cartel, an official said on Thursday.... More
New York, January 17 (RHC)-- Human Rights Watch has sent a letter to U.S. President Barack Obama, urging him to rein in Washington's spying activities and respect the privacy rights of people around the world. The letter, sent to the U.S. president on Thursday, says that "the U.S. government should make clear in words and in practice its commitment to respecting the privacy rights of all people, in the U.S. and beyond.” ... More
