Lima, August 7 (RHC)-- Nine-time Olympic gold medalist Carl Lewis said that female athletes deserve fair and equal pay and criticized U.S. President Donald Trump as a “racist and misogynist.”... More


Washington, August 6 (RHC)--U.S. author Toni Morrison, whose 1987 novel “Beloved” about a runaway slave won a Pulitzer Prize and contributed to a body of work that made her the first Black woman to be presented the Nobel Prize in Literature, has died at the age of 88, her publisher said on Tuesday.... More


Havana, August 6 (RHC)-- Cuba has expressed its full support to the people and government of Venezuela, in the aftermath of Washington's further tightening of economic sanctions against the South American nation.... More


President Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez

Havana, August 6 (RHC)-- Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel recalled this August 6, the U.S. atomic bombings on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, 74 years ago.... More


The Venezuelan ambassador to the UN has requested the intervention of the Security Council  (Photo: teleSUR)

United Nations, August 6 (RHC)-- Venezuela has sent a letter to the Security Council of the United Nations and its Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, in which Venezuela urges condemnation of the total economic blockade ordered by U.S. President Donald Trump.... More


Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza  (Photo: teleSUR)

Caracas, August 6 (RHC)-- Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza strongly denounced the total economic blockade imposed by the administration of Donald Trump by way of an executive order.... More


Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodríguez  (Photo: Google)

Caracas, August 6 (RHC)-- The Venezuelan government firmly rejects the blockade ordered by U.S. President Donald Trump, Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodríguez said Tuesday and defined the blockade as an attack against the entire country.... More


UNEAC President of Honor, poet and ethnologist Miguel Barnet

Havana, August 6 (RHC) – The Brazilian Writers Association has presented Cuban poet and ethnologist Miguel Barnet with the Jorge Amado Medal – the entity’s top award... More


Cuba in Lima: August 5 Summary

Lima, August 6 (RHC) – Monday, August 5th was a good day for Cubans at the Basque Pelota Courts in Lima as in the Women´s Doubles Frontenis, Cubans Yasmary Medina and Leyanis Castillo crushed Peruvians Nathaly Paredes and Mia Rodriguez in two games (15-3 and 15-11). ... More


Havana, August RHC)-- The Cuban Ministry of Transportation has announced  a readjustment in tariffs for landing and parking rights for aircrafts and aeronautical services on the island.... More


Washington, August 6 (RHC)-- The U.S. Senate has confirmed 13 more of President Donald Trump’s nominees to the federal bench in a flurry of votes before lawmakers left Capital Hill for the August recess.... More


Havana, August 6 (RHC)-- Cuban president Miguel Diaz Canel made a call  to take full advantage  of the resources available to improve the island’s road infrastructure, whose state is currently considered as far from ideal.... More


Lima, August 6 (RHC) – Jordan Diaz, Cuba´s new Triple Jump sensation, is in a great form and focused on winning the Gold medal in the Lima 2019 Pan-Am Games, said his coach.... More


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Montevideo, August 6 (RHC)—The government of Tabare Vazquez in Uruguay on Monday suggested the US government to mind on its own business by issuing a warning to its citizens traveling to the United States after two mass shootings over the weekend that killed 31 people in Texas and Ohio.... More


Havana, August 5 (RHC)--Cuban corporation CIMEX S.A. and the Union Cuba Petróleo will defend themselves in a U.S. federal court against the lawsuit of the multinational ExxonMobil, under Title III of the Helms Burton Act.... More


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