Managua, April 12, (RHC), -- Two strong earthquakes, measuring 6.2 and 6.6 on the Richter scale respectively, have rattled western Nicaragua since Thursday, killing one and injuring dozens of others.... More


Havana, April 12, (RHC), – France’s foreign minister Laurent Fabius is travelling to Cuba on Saturday, the first such visit in over three decades and a sign of improving ties between the European Union and Havana.... More


Havana, April 12, (RHC), – A delegation headed by the president of the Cuban Friendship Institute (ICAP), Kenia Serrano, wound up a visit to Vietnam after meeting on Friday with members of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee. ... More


Havana, April 12, (RHC), – Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi will visit Cuba as part of a Latin American tour next week which also includes Venezuela, Argentina and Brazil. ... More


Havana, April 12, (RHC), – The Cuban program of anti-vectorial struggle to control malaria and other diseases transmitted by mosquitoes, rats and mice continues with successful results in 18 Angolan provinces, the Cuban coordinator of the program said Friday. ... More


Sport News Roundup April 11

Cuban GM Leinier Dominguez beat his Russian counterpart Ernesto Inarkiev to maintain his unbeatable performance and contributes to the success of St. Petersburg, exponent monarch at the Russia's Chess League Team. ... More


Washington, April 11 (RHC), -- On Thursday, the US Senate ordered a probe into Zunzuneo, the so-called Cuban Twitter, and asked the US Agency for International Development (USAID) to hand in all information on that subversive program against Cuba.... More


Lisbon, April 11 (RHC), -- Portugal General Workers’ Confederation, the largest union organization in the country, urged US President Barack Obama to release the three antiterrorist Cubans who are still serving prison sentences in the United States.... More


Caracas, Apr 11 (RHC), – Venezuelan President, Nicolas Maduro, and opposition leaders have held talks for the first time in a bid to end weeks of deadly unrest in the Latin American country.... More


GENEVA, Apr 11 (NNN-Xinhua), -- The crisis in Ukraine has not affected Moscow’s and Washington’s determination to cooperate on Syrian settlement, Russia’s permanent representative at the UN office and other international organisations in Geneva, Aleksei Borodavkin, told Russia's Itar-Tass news agency on Thursday.... More


Havana, April 11 (RHC), -- Cuban authorities invited foreign entrepreneurs in the construction field to invest in the Mariel Harbor Special Development Zone.... More


Havana, April 11 (RHC), -- The Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba (UNEAC) today opened its eighth national congress, focused on strengthening the nation's rich cultural heritage.... More


Caracas, April 11, (RHC), -- Venezuelan President, Nicolas Maduro, Thursday condemned vandalism "against national assets" in the wake of a dawn attack against two government buildings in the state of Zulia.... More


Havana, Apr 11, (RHC), – Cuban sugar holding company, Azcuba, is planning to install up to 19 biomass power plants in the island, local officials announced.... More


Havana, April 11 (RHC), – The upcoming visit to Cuba by French Foreign Minister, Laurent Fabius, on Saturday will be the first one by a high-level government official from that country in the past 30 years and it reveals the common will to re-launch bilateral relations between Paris and Havana.... More


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