Washington, May 6 (RHC)-- The Barack Obama administration has launched a review of execution procedures following last week’s botched killing of a death row prisoner in Oklahoma. ... More


Caracas, May 6 (Xinhua-RHC) -- Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and Panamanian President-elect Juan Carlos Varela have pledged to waste no time in normalizing relations and relaunching diplomatic, economic and trade ties cut off two months ago, Venezuela's Foreign Ministry has announced.... More


New Brunswick, May 6 (RHC)-- Former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has cancelled an appearance at Rutgers University following a wave of campus protest. ... More


Havana, May 6 (RHC) -– The Cuban Parliament denounced on Monday the continued U.S. media war against the island in a context marked by the use of new information and communication technologies with subversive aims. ... More


Havana, May 6 (RHC) -- Cuba and France signed a new accord on a short-term credit line to expand bilateral trade in Havana.... More


Havana, May 6 (RHC) –- Four U.S. congressional representatives agreed in Havana on Monday that there are favorable conditions for direct and unconditional dialogue between Havana and Washington to normalize bilateral relations.... More


Havana, May 6 (RHC) –- The speaker of the Syrian People’s Council, Mohammad Jihad al-Laham, sent on Monday messages to speakers from countries friendly to Syria, including Cuba, inviting their delegations to Damascus to monitor the presidential election slated for June 3rd... More


Havana, May 6 (RHC) -– Cuba's International Tourist Fair opens today in Havana with France as an honored guest and source of over 90,000 visitors to the island this year, said Dalila Alba, Communications Director at the Tourism Ministry.... More


Havana, May 6 (RHC) –- Delegates from 21 nations of America, Europe and Africa have confirmed their attendance to the IX Cuban Congress of Otolaryngiology-Head and Neck Surgery to be held from May 17 to 21 in Havana.... More


Havana, May 6 (RHC) -- High blood pressure is a common chronic disease among Cuban seniors, according to results from the National Survey on Aging Population, carried out nationwide.... More


Panama City, May 5 (RHC) -- Juan Carlos Varela from the opposition Panamanian Party won the presidential election, Supreme Electoral Court President, Erasmo Pinilla, said on Sunday.... More


Havana, May 5 (RHC-Mercopress) -- The head of the Caribbean Public Health Authority (CARPHA), Dr James Hospedales, has declared the Chikungunya virus has reached epidemic proportions in the Caribbean. The mosquito-borne illness was first detected in the Caribbean in December 2013, in St Martin, and last week Antigua and St Vincent and the Grenadines became the latest countries to declare an outbreak.... More


Gaza City, May 5 (RHC)-- Hamas deputy leader Mussa Abu Marzuq says the Palestinian resistance movement will not recognize Israel, despite its recent unity deal with the Palestine Liberation Organization. At a news conference in Gaza City over the weekend, the Palestinian leader said that the Zionist state will never receive the recognition of Hamas.... More


Montevideo, May 5 (RHC) -- Uruguayan authorities have revealed how marijuana will be produced and sold legally in the country following the approval of the bill last December. Licensed pharmacies will sell the drug for approximately one U.S. dollar a gram with consumers allowed 40g a month.... More


Washington, May 5 (RHC)-- Reports of sexual assault in the U.S. military have increased 50 percent. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said the rise means more victims are choosing to come forward following efforts to address the issue. ... More


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