Quito, May 10 (RHC) – Ecuador has called for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to leave the country by the end of September.... More


Baghdad, May 10 (RHC)-- At least 16 people, including security forces, have been killed in a series of bomb blasts and shootings in northern Iraqi cities. Police officials said on Saturday that the deadliest attack took place in the town of Dujail, north of the capital, Baghdad, after a bomber hit his explosive-laden car at a checkpoint. Six security forces and a civilian were killed and 15 others injured.... More


Bogota, May 10 (RHC) -- The dialogue between the Colombian government and unemployed farmers resumed on Friday with the issue of refinancing loans and with the presence of observers from the United Nations.... More


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


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