Havana, January 31 (RHC) -- The historic leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro, met on Thursday with Nicolas Maduro, President of Venezuela.... More


Havana, January 31 (RHC) -- Cuban President Raul Castro said goodbye to his Venezuelan counterpart Nicolás Maduro at Havana's Jose Marti International Airport on Thursday evening. ... More


Havana, January 31 (RHC) -- The President of Ecuador, Rafael Correa, is expected attend the International Book Fair of Havana 2014, scheduled for February 13th to the 23rd to present his book "From Banana Republic to No Republic."... More


London, January 31 (RHC) -- British legislator George Galloway on Thursday called on world politicians and civil society to provide greater support to the cause of the Cuban anti-terrorist fighters unjustly imprisoned in the United States.... More


Havana, January 31 (RHC) -- Brazil and Cuba have signed three Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs) to boost investment in Cuba's first special development zone at Mariel port, whose first phase was inaugurated Monday.... More


Havana, January 31 (RHC) -- Cuba’s exports of pharmaceutical and biotechnological products reach more than 50 countries, according to the Granma newspaper.... More


Shanghai Symphony musicians will join their Cuban counterparts in a unique concert conducted by Chinese maestro Cao Peng at Havana’s National Theater.... More


Havana, January 30 (RHC) -– The Summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) underlined in its final declaration its determination to strengthen the regional space among Latin American and Caribbean countries and, at the same time, ratified its full support for Argentina's claim over the Malvinas Islands.... More


Beijing, January 30 (RHC) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday congratulated the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) on its successful second summit and lauded its approval of a special statement on the establishment of a China-CELAC forum.... More


Buenos Aires, January 30 (RHC) -– Argentinean President Cristina Fernandez underwent tests for an incident of lumbago or back pain at a Buenos Aires hospital on Wednesday afternoon, according to an official release from the hospital and the Government House Public Communication Office. ... More


Geneva, January 30 (RHC)-- UN-Arab League Special Envoy to Syria Lakhdar Brahimi says there is a "quite large" gap between rival sides in the Geneva II conference. ... More


Washington, January 30 (RHC)-- Western nations have doubled arms supplies to mercenaries fighting the Syrian government, according to report amid ongoing talks on the Arab country’s crisis. The United States increased more than twice its supply of light weaponry and munitions to militants linked to the so-called Free Syrian Army's Supreme Military Command during the month of January. ... More


Kabul, January 30 (RHC)-- The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, NATO, is pressuring Afghan President Hamid Karzai to sign the so-called bilateral security agreement with the United States. ... More


Gaza City, January 30 (RHC)-- An Israeli drone has reportedly crashed in the southern Gaza Strip near the coastal sliver’s border with Israel. The drone apparently fell east of the city of Rafah on Wednesday, the Palestinian Ma’an News Agency reported. ... More


Madrid, January 30 (RHC)-- Spain’s economic recession is taking its toll on children’s well-being with more than one-third of Spanish children living at risk of poverty. The aid charity Save the Children blamed the mounting child poverty on the government’s crippling austerity measures, saying the austerity policy has worsened the situation. ... More


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