Barbados made a feeble start to their bid to qualify for this year’s FIVB Men’s Volleyball World Championship in Poland by falling to hosts Cuba in straight sets at the Ciudad Deportiva Coliseum on Wednesday night, newspaper Nation News reported.... More
The Ciego de Avila provincial team has won the 99th Cuban National Soccer Championship, after they bet Cienfuegos 1-0 on Thursday.... More
Brasilia, May 23 (PL-RHC) -- Brazilian President Dilma Roussef has regained people's backing over the past few weeks with 40 percent of voter intention, which would apparently secure her re-election in a first round on October 5th.... More
United Nations, May 23 (RHC)-- Russia and China have once again vetoed a Western-backed resolution at the UN Security Council to refer Syria to the International Criminal Court. Moscow and Beijing used their veto power on Thursday for the fourth time to abort a resolution against Syria.... More
Bogotá, May 23 (PL-RHC) -- Several road closures, prohibition on alcohol, ban on carrying weapons and suspension of bikeways service are some measures being taken for the presidential election on Sunday, which will be guarded by about 10,000 soldiers.... More
Damascus, May 23 (RHC)-- The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) says the last batch of Syria's chemical weapons has been packed and will be taken out of the country as soon as the security situation permits.... More
Santiago, May 23 (Xinhua-RHC) -- Lackluster economic performance expected in Latin America is likely to stall employment in 2014, a new study shows.... More
Port au Prince, May 23 (PL-RHC) -- In Port au Prince, the Prime Minister of Haiti, Laurent Lamothe, welcomed the approval of a bill on naturalization by the Congress of the Dominican Republic.... More
Ramallah, May 23 (RHC)-- The Palestinian Authority's caretaker Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah has secured a consensus between two main political factions of Hamas and Fatah to lead the new Palestinian unity government.... More
Washington, May 23 (RHC)-- U.S. activists have vowed to continue their struggle to force the closing of the illegal U.S. prison at Guantanamo. ... More
Santiago de Cuba, May 23 (RHC) -- On Friday, Cuban President Raul Castro congratulated two Cuban folk dance groups on the the 55th anniversary of their creation. In a latter, the statesman stressed the commitment of the Oriente Folk Ballet and the Cutumba Folk Ballet to the protection and preservation of Cuba's African roots and culture.... More
Havana, May 23 (RHC) -- A new event in Solidarity with Cuba and the Cuban Five takes place tomorrow, Saturday, in Chicago, Illinois, in the framework of the Latin America Studies Association (LASA) annual Congress.... More
Washington, May 23 (RHC) –- Church leaders in the United States have called on the administration of President Barack Obama to open up a high-level dialogue with Cuba aimed at normalizing relations between the two countries.... More
Havana, May 23 (RHC) -- The Seventh International Law and Justice Meeting has wrapped up in the Cuban capital Havana, after several days of dialog and master conferences starring jurists from nearly 20 countries.... More
Washington, May 23 (RHC) -- The U.S. House of Representatives has rejected an initiative that intended to authorize President Barack Obama to close the prison at the U.S. Naval Base in Guantanamo.... More
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