Tokio, April 22 (RHC)-- Tetsuzi Sagawa, Director General of the Japanese Committee of Solidarity with Cuba reiterated his country's solidarity with and support of Cuba, as well as the Asian nation's rejection of Washington's over 50 year-long blockade against Cuba.... More
Havana, April 22 (RHC) – At least five people died and 42 were injured in a traffic accident on Monday in eastern Cuba, where a truck full of passengers turned over, local media said.... More
The 36th International New Latin American Film Festival will be dedicated to one of its precursors, Colombian writer Gabriel García Márquez.... More
Cuban GM Lázaro Bruzón, currently ranked 70th in the world rankings, won for best playoff system the 2014 Open Chess Tournament of Mexico, which concluded on Sunday at the Tabasco Gallerias 2000 Convention Center.... More
Caracas, April 21 (RHC) – Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi arrived in Venezuela on Monday for a visit that will help strengthen China-Venezuela cooperation ties, El Universal newspaper reports.... More
La Paz, April 21 (RHC) – The Minister of Communications of Bolivia, Amanda Dávila, has warned of an ongoing media war against President Evo Morales ahead of the upcoming general elections in that South American country.... More
Baghdad, April 21 (RHC)-- At least 16 people have been killed and a number of others injured in separate terrorist attacks across Iraq amid a surge of violence ahead of the country’s parliamentary elections. ... More
Mexico City, April 21 (RHC) – The presidents of Mexico and Colombia attended a memorial ceremony for novelist Gabriel Garcia Marquez on Monday. The homage to the late writer is being held at Mexico City's most prestigious cultural venue, the Bellas Artes theater.... More
San Salvador, April 21 (RHC) – Salvadorians are ready to resume the country’s busy political agenda after the Holy Week holidays. One of the issues pending, is the transfer of power to the newly elected president, Salvador Sánchez Cerén, from the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN) party, who will take office on June 1st.... More
Brasilia, April 21 (RHC) – The world’s largest ever swarm of genetically modified (GM) mosquitoes has been released in a Brazilian town to combat dengue -- a leading cause of illness and fatality in several Mercosur countries, except for Uruguay.... More
Saana, April 21 (RHC)-- Dozens of people have been killed in two consecutive days of U.S. drone attacks inside Yemen. Around 15 people died over the weekend when a U.S. missile hit a road in the central province of al-Bayda. Between three to six civilians were killed, while the rest were described as suspected al-Qaeda militants. ... More
Buenos Aires, April 21 (RHC) – Argentina's National Institute for Agricultural Technology (INTA) has invented a way to convert cow flatulence into usable energy, and it involves putting a plastic backpack on a cow, Mercopress news agency reports.... More
Gaza City, April 21 (RHC)-- The Israeli regime has launched new airstrikes on the besieged Gaza Strip, as the wave of aggression on the blockaded Palestinian enclave continues unabated. Israeli drones on Monday carried out airstrikes on the central and southern parts of Gaza, leaving at least two Palestinians wounded. ... More
Washington, April 21 (RHC)-- The Barack Obama administration has again delayed a decision on approval or rejection of the Keystone XL oil pipeline. The U.S. State Department says it will await the results of legal challenges to the pipeline’s proposed route through the state of Nebraska, which would not come until after the mid-term elections in November. ... More
Merida, April 21 (RHC) – Member states of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA) have condemned a social networking system developed by the United States to stir anti-government protests in Cuba.... More
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