Cairo, May 10 (RHC)-- Egypt's riot police have attacked protesters in the capital, Cairo, as well as in the cities of Alexandria and Giza, injuring a number of people and arresting nearly two dozen. Security forces also attacked supporters of ousted president, Mohamed Morsi, at Cairo’s al-Azhar University on Friday.... More


Lima, May 10 (RHC-ANDINA) -- The United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) has introduced proposals to move toward regional integration through more coordinated production among countries.... More


Washington, May 10 (RHC)-- The U.S. House of Representatives has advance a measure that would curb the bulk collection of phone records by the National Security Agency. ... More


Montevideo, May 10 (RHC) – Uruguayan president Jose Mujica is travelling to the United States over the weekend and on Monday will be walking into the White House for a sixty minutes meeting with President Barack Obama. ... More


Washington, May 10 (RHC)-- Protesters have set up camp outside the Federal Communications Commission in Washington to protest new rules that would effectively abandon net neutrality, the concept of a free and open Internet. ... More


Gaza City, May 10 (RHC)-- Hundreds of farmers and fishermen in the besieged Gaza Strip have taken to the streets to express solidarity with thousands of Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails, Press TV reports.... More


La Paz, May 10 (RHC) – Bolivian President Evo Morales, upon returning to his country from a tour of Cuba and Costa Rica, said in a public address that during his meeting in Havana with President Raul Castro, they agreed to develop a tight collaboration in the pharmaceutical industry to counter dependence on international corporations.... More


Havana, May 10 (RHC) – South Africa considers of great importance bilateral relations of friendship and cooperation with Cuba and is willing to keep strengthening such links at all levels, said South African ambassador to Havana Naptal Manana during a ceremony marking the 20th anniversary of the end of apartheid and the establishment of bilateral diplomatic relations with the island.... More


Havana, May 10 (RHC) – Cuba has been acknowledged this week for its fulfillment of hunger eradication goals set by the United Nations -- along with Chile, Argentina, Barbados, the Dominican Republic and Venezuela -- during the 33rd Regional Conference of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).... More


Havana, May 10 (RHC, – The president of Vietnam's Central Bank Doan Hoai Anh said in Havana that Cuba has great potential to attract foreign investment and that many Vietnamese businesses are interested getting involved, given the opportunities opening here with the update of the island's economic model.... More


Havana, May 9 (RHC) –- Cuban President Raul Castro received on Thursday evening Bolivian head of state Evo Morales, who paid a brief visit to the island. ... More


Moscow, May 9 (RHC) –- The Russian Foreign Ministry said the U.S. State Department’s decision to put Cuba on the list of countries that supposedly support terrorism was unmotivated.... More


Moscow, May 9 (RHC)-- Russian President Vladimir Putin says his country is militarily prepared for anything. Putin was overseeing drills involving Russia's military forces as tensions grow with the West over the Ukraine crisis. ... More


Bogotá, May 9 (RHC) – Riot police have been deployed in Bogota where students from various universities in the capital protested in favor of agricultural reforms and strikes, which on Friday entered their eleventh day.... More


The 30th anniversary of Havana’s Fine Arts Biennial is being celebrated this year in May under the slogan “a living lab”. ... More


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