Popular British singer and actor, Tom Jones, visited the National Ballet School of Cuba, where he exchanged with professors and students and watched a program that included the Little Prince, a block of solos and the Grand Pas of ballet Paquita.... More


Brasilia, February 28 (RHC)-- Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff highlighted the work of Cuban health professionals that joined the program "More Doctors" and are lending their services in rural areas and special indigenous districts in this country.... More


Cuba will face very complex problems in 2014 and 2015 which cannot be solved in the short run, though they aim at a socialist economic development model, said vice-president Marino Murillo.... More


According to Dr. Roberto Morales, the Cuban Minister of Public Health. Cubans who are 80 or more years old today comprise 18.3% of the population, but their number in 2030 is expected to rise to 30%, The increase of the aged, while representing a victory for Cuban medicine, also poses a huge challenge to the Health Care system.... More


Kiev, Feb 27 (RHC-PL) The new Prime Minister of Ukraine, Arseni Yatseniuk, vowed today a financial improvement in his country by appreciating the International Monetary Fund and threatenng Crimea in the wake of its claims for more autonomy.... More


Caracas, Feb 28 (RHC-PL) President Nicolas Maduro said today that events known as Caracazo (the people's uprising against neoliberal measures imposed 25 years ago) were the start of the Revolution of the 21th Century.... More


Havana, February 28 (RHC) Cuban president Raul Castro held talks on Thursday with Namibia’s Prime Minister Hage Gottfried Geingob, who is on an official visit to Cuba.... More


Havana, February 28 (RHC)-- Cuban President Raul Castro accompanied former Brazilian head of state Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva to Havana’s Jose Marti International Airport on Thursday. Lula returned home after having paid a visit to Cuba this week.... More


US choir set to perform in Havana

The famous Yale University choir –the Yale Glee Club- will sing in Old Havana on March 13th along with its Cuban counterpart Entrevoces, led by maestra Digna Guerra. ... More


The University of Havana’s historical stairs will be the venue of a concert dedicated to the Cuban Five on Saturday, March 1st. ... More


Moscow, February 27 (RHC)-- Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered an urgent drill to test the combat readiness of the country’s armed forces across western Russia, including the border area towards Ukraine.... More


Caracas, February 27 (RHC) -- Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro opened a national peace conference on Wednesday aimed at ending three weeks of violent protests in the country.... More


Bogotá, February 27 (RHC) -- Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos Wednesday condemned an attack on a supermarket in northwestern Colombia, which killed four people and injured 17 others.... More


Caracas, February 27 (RHC) -- Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro Wednesday proposed a plan for boosting agricultural output to transform the nation's indigenous territories into economic powerhouse.... More


Beirut, February 27 (RHC)-- The Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah has confirmed that Israel targeted one of its bases in a recent airstrike, vowing to retaliate against the attack. Hezbollah on Wednesday condemned the act of violence, saying it would respond to the Israeli airstrike near the village of Janta, which hit a base on the Lebanon-Syria border on February 24th.... More


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