Havana, May 19 (RHC) The Chief of Staff of the Chinese Army, Colonel General Fang Fenghui paid tribute on Sunday to Cuban Independence hero Antonio Maceo as part of a two-day official agenda on the island heading a military delegation. ... More


Caracas, May 17 (RHC), – Venezuelan President, Nicolas Maduro, urged opposition leaders on Friday to return to political talks intended to stem unrest around the country or face the "repudiation" of the nation.... More


Bogotá, May 17 (RHC), – Colombia's Revolutionary Armed Forces (FARC) guerrillas reached a landmark agreement with the government toward eliminating the illegal drug trade and called a weeklong ceasefire on Friday, giving a political boost to President Juan Manuel Santos in his re-election bid.... More


Kabul, May 17 (RHC)-- Afghan police say at least 11 people have been killed in an air raid conducted by U.S.-led forces in eastern Ghazni Province. Local officials claimed the victims were all Taliban members who came under attack somewhere near the Andar district. Taliban militants have yet to comment on the incident.... More


Washington, May 17 (RHC)-- Years before Edward Snowden pulled back the curtain on the National Security Agency (NSA), the spy agency shared the legal basis behind its phone data collection with Sprint.... More


Washington, May 17 (RHC)-- The release of court documents regarding Sprint and the U.S. National Security Agency comes weeks after the administration revealed details about a separate instance in which a phone company had challenged the NSA’s ability to collect the records. ... More


Caracas, May 17 (RHC), – Venezuelan President, Nicolas Maduro, pledged Friday to send oil and diesel to the Palestinian Authority, as part of agreements signed with its leader, Mahmoud Abbas, during his visit to Caracas. ... More


Washington, May 17 (RHC)-- Less than a quarter of voters in the United States say congressional incumbents deserve reelection, according to a Gallup poll released earlier this week. The poll found only 22 percent of voters say most members of Congress deserve reelection. The latest results are up slightly from the 17 percent Gallup measured in January.... More


Havana, May 17 (RHC), -- Cuba and New Zealand agreed to strengthen bilateral cooperation relations during the visit to Havana on Friday by Murray Stuart McCully, Foreign Trade and Investment minister of that country.... More


Havana, May 17 (RHC), -- Cuban vice-president, Salvador Valdes Mesa, met in Havana with Saleh Rafat, Defense and Security Chief of the Organization for the Liberation of Palestine, PLO, and vice-secretary general of the Palestinian Democratic Union.... More


Havana, May 17 (RHC), -- Cuban Health minister, Roberto Morales, is in Geneva to preside over the 67th World Health Assembly to take place May 19-24 at the Palace of Nations.... More


Havana, May 17 (RHC), -- Cuba welcomed the most recent partial agreement reached this week between Colombia’s Revolutionary Armed Forces (FARC) and the government of Juan Manuel Santos on the issue of illegal drugs and crops and expressed its willingness to keep contributing to the peace process as a guarantor to the talks.... More


Havana, May 16 (Xinhua-RHC), -- The Cuban Baseball Federation (FCB) has disclaimed any liability associated with the case of baseball outfielder, Alfredo Despaigne, who reportedly used a fake Dominican passport to travel to Mexico and register for the Mexican Baseball League (LMB).... More


Havana, May 17 (RHC), -- Miguel Barreto, Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean for the World Food Program (WFP), expressed on Thursday his satisfaction with the development of cooperation projects carried out in Cuba.... More


Havana, May 17 (RHC) With the aim of fine-tuning plans to mitigate the impact of natural phenomena and other disasters, Cubans are involved in the nationwide exercise Meteoro 2014.... More


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