Guatemala City, February 27 (RHC)-- In Guatemala, lawmakers are considering an amnesty bill that could free over 30 people convicted of crimes against humanity, including genocide, torture and enforced disappearances, during the country’s 36-year U.S.-backed slaughter, which ended in 1996.... More
Havana, February 27 (RHC) The new talent of Cuban male chess, the IM Carlos Daniel Albornoz (2577), will make his debut on Wednesday with clear figures in the Young Masters of Switzerland facing the German GM Dennis Wagner, first in the ranks of the tournament with 2587 units. ... More
Havana, February 27 (RHC)-- The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba strongly rejected on Tuesday the disrespectful press statement issued by the U.S. State Department, attributed to Michael Pompeo, which tries to question the validityof the constitutional referendum freely and sovereignly celebrated by Cubans last February 24th.... More
Havana, February 25 (ACN) Cuban judoka Idalis Ortiz (+78 kilos) won the title and placed her nation in fifth seat of the IJF Dusseldorf Grand Slam 2019, in Germany, contest attended by 605 athletes from 93 countries.... More
Havana, February 26 (RHC)--A Mig-21 military aircraft belonging to the Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces crashed Tuesday morning at Guira de Melena municipality, in the western province of Artemisa, some 50 kilometers from Havana. No fatalities were reported.... More
Havana, February 26 (RHC)-- China has congratulated Cuba on the massive support received by the country’s new Constitution in Sunday’s referendum, calling it a transcendental step towards the country’s development.... More
Bogota, February 26 (RHC)-- U.S. Vice President Mike Pence met with Venezuela’s self-proclaimed president Juan Guaidó Monday during a meeting of the Lima Group in Bogotá, Colombia. ... More
London, February 26 (RHC)-- In Britain, the leader of the opposition Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn, said Monday his party will back a second Brexit referendum if lawmakers fail to pass his party’s proposed amendments to the contested deal.... More
Havana, February 26 (RHC)-- Cuba’s diplomatic mission at the UN has joined the international campaign of support and solidarity with the Bolivarian Revolution and Venezuelan President, Nicolás Maduro.... More
Hanoi, February 26 (RHC)-- U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un arrive in Hanoi, Vietnam, today for their second round of talks on a possible denuclearization agreement.... More
United Nations, February 26 (RHC)-- Speaking at a UN conference on disarmament Monday, Secretary-General António Guterres warned that international arms control mechanisms are collapsing, and called on the United States and Russia to recommit to the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty—known as the INF—and to extend the New START Treaty before it expires in 2021.... More
Tokyo, February 26 (RHC)-- In Japan, residents of Okinawa opposed plans to relocate a U.S. air base elsewhere on the island in a referendum on Sunday. Over 70 percent of voters voted against the plan.... More
Washington, February 26 (RHC)-- Donald Trump's former personal lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen is set to testify before the Senate Intelligence Committee in a closed hearing. Reports say that Cohen may directly accuse Trump of criminal conduct. ... More
Havana, February 25 (RHC)—The president of the National Electoral Commission, Alina Balseiro Gutierrez, announced Monday that Cubans have ratified the new Constitution of the Republic.... More
Havana, February 25 (RHC)-- President Miguel Díaz-Canel said that the National Assembly of People’s Power (Cuban Parliament) must prepare now to legislate the enforcement of the country’s new Magna Carta.... More
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