Havana, March 7 (RHC) With the participation of 373 delegates the Cuban Women´s Federation (FMC) is holding its 9th Congress at Havana´s Conventions Palace focusing on issues related to the role of women in society.... More
London, March 7 (RHC) Lawmakers of different political parties in the United Kingdom demanded the release of three Cuban anti-terrorist fighters who are still held in US prisons and they also called for more international actions. ... More
Kiev, March 6 (RHC)-- Lawmakers of Ukraine’s autonomous Crimea region have requested Russia to let the region join the Russian Federation amid escalating tension over the territory.... More
Caracas, March 6 (RHC) -– The Venezuelan government has announced that it is cutting ties with Panama, citing the Central American country's complicity in a "conspiracy" against Caracas.... More
San José, March 6 (RHC) -– Costa Rican presidential candidate Johnny Araya, from the governing party, says he is abandoning his campaign for April's run-off election. ... More
Washington, March 6 (RHC)-- U.S. President Barack Obama has signed an executive order imposing a ban on visas and property of a number of individuals who the United States believes are violating the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine.... More
Washington, March 6 (RHC)-- According to reports from Washington, the newly proposed U.S. military budget for 2015 is $575 billion. The Pentagon is reportedly seeking an additional $79.4 billion in war funding, even though most U.S. troops are supposed to withdraw from Afghanistan by the end of the year.... More
La Paz, March 6 (RHC) -– The Bolivian government says 70 people have died, most of them in car accidents, during carnival festivities in the Andean country. Interior Minister Carlos Romero said on Wednesday that police reported 70 deaths, including 37 in traffic accidents.... More
Washington, March 6 (RHC)-- The oil giant Chevron has won a major victory in a lawsuit it brought against victims of its pollution in Ecuador. A group of indigenous plaintiffs won a landmark $9 billion judgment in 2011 for widespread contamination resulting from toxic dumping by Texaco, which Chevron later bought. ... More
Bogotá, March 6 (RHC) -– Five people were killed Wednesday by an armed group that invaded a farm in northern Colombia, the public defenders office said in a statement.... More
Houston, March 6 (RHC)-- A U.S. appeals court has rejected the oil giant BP’s attempt to limit payouts stemming from its 2010 oil spill in the Gulf.... More
Washington, March 6 (RHC)-- The CIA has launched an investigation of its own employees over a dispute with a u.s. Senate panel probing the agency’s torture and rendition program. ... More
Gaza City, March 6 (RHC)-- Israel is facing condemnation over the killing of Palestinians in the Occupied Territories. Over the past several days, Israeli troops shot and killed a Palestinian woman in the Gaza strip. ... More
Los Angeles, March 6 (RHC)-- U.S. border agents are facing new scrutiny for killing migrants, with 21 civilian deaths reported since 2010. ... More
Havana, March 6 (RHC) -– Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez reiterated his country's position against recent unrest stirred up by right-wing forces in Venezuela and Ukraine. ... More
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