Roberto Morales Ojeda, Vice president of Councils of State and Ministers.

Havana, July 9 (RHC)-- Roberto Morales Ojeda, vice-president of the Councils of State and Ministers of Cuba has called for greater control on prescription drugs on the island to avoid shortages and crimes related to illegal marketing.... More


Havana, July 9 (RHC)-- Canadian Reverend Christopher Ferguson, secretary general of the World Communion of Reformed Churches, reiterated his rejection of the blockade and the intensification of U.S. hostility towards Cuba.... More


Caribbean Festival in Santiago de Cuba

Santiago de Cuba, July 9 (RHC) ‘The Burning of the Devil’ at La Alameda Avenue will put a close to the 39th International Caribbean Festival in the eastern Cuban city... More


Havana, July 9 (RHC) Cuban Roberto Garcia Pantoja was victorious in his fifth match and he is one of the four contenders that are aiming to displace Argentinian Alan Pichot from first position in the Continental Chess Tournament taking place in Sao Paolo, Brazil until July 13th. ... More


Havana, July 9 (RHC) The Cuban National baseball team has completed a series of exhibition matches against a North American team of players drawn from different universities, as part of the preparation to participate in upcoming tournament in Lima, Peru. ... More


Havana, July 9 (RHC)-- Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel says the 3rd Ordinary Session of the 9th Legislature of the National Assembly of People's Power (Parliament) which will be convened next Saturday will be historic.... More


Minister of Foreign Trade and Foreign Investment, Rodrigo Malmierca, made the announcement. PL Photo

Havana, July 9 (RHC)-- Cuba is working on the opening of its first technology park at the University of Informatics Sciences (UCI) in Havana to export goods and services with high value added.... More


Washington, July 9 (RHC)-- The acting head of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services said that Immigration and Customs Enforcement was ready to start rounding up and deporting 1 million people. ... More


Berlin, July 9 (RHC)-- Germany has rejected a call by the United States to deploy ground troops in Syria, a stance that will most likely anger U.S. President Donald Trump who wants the European country to commit to a bigger military role in the Middle East.... More


London, July 9 (RHC)-- “Inept, dysfunctional, insecure” are some of the words used by the United Kingdom’s Ambassador to the United States, Kim Darroch, to describe U.S. President Donald Trump and his administration, according to leaked diplomatic memos published by the Daily Mail of London.... More


Beijing, July 9 (RHC)-- China is offering $60 billion U$D in financial support and a debt write-off to impoverished African nations with no strings attached, Chinese President Xi Jinping said Monday.... More


Brasilia, July 9 (RHC)-- The historic "Music, Education and Culture"(MEC) Radio, Brazil’s first radio station which was founded in 1923 and donated to the federal government in 1936, was shut down by the Brazilian Communications Broadcaster (EBC), as part of the changes made by right-wing resident Jair Bolsonaro.... More


Brasilia, July 9 (RHC)-- In Brazil, conservative magazine "Veja" verified over 600,000 messages leaked by The Intercept and confirmed that they were legitimate. Brazil's "Veja" magazine and The Intercept published information which revealed that former judge Sergio Moro asked public officials not to include evidence against lawmakers to prevent the case against former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva from being transfered to the Supreme Court, an institution in which he had little-to-no much influence.... More


Rome, July 9 (RHC)-- An Italian court in Rome has sentenced 24 military personnel from Bolivia, Chile, Uruguay, and Peru to life imprisonment Monday for disappearing Italians during Operation Condor, during which left-wing activists were hunted down by military dictatorships in South America.... More


Caracas, July 8 (RHC)-- A Venezuelan delegation arrived in Barbados on Monday to continue the peace process through a dialogue with the opposition, which has been supported by the Government of Norway since May.... More


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