Argentinean economy is crashing.  Photo: teleSUR

Buenos Aires, December 21 (RHC)-- As international investors pull out of high-risk Argentina, the government's plan to finance billions in public works with investor cash has become untenable. ... More


  Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during his annual press conference in Moscow on December 20, 2018.  Photo: AFP

Moscow, December 21 (RHC)-- Russian President Vladimir Putin says the United States is making nuclear war more likely by threatening to leave an arms control treaty with Moscow and refusing to discuss the future of another such bilateral agreement. ... More


Little Jakelin Caal Maquin died in U.S. custody.  Photo: AP

Washington, December 21 (RHC)-- U.S. lawmakers are demanding answers about the conditions that led to the death of 7-year-old Guatemalan indigenous migrant Jakelin Caal Maquín in U.S. custody after she was detained at the U.S.-Mexico border. ... More


 Blackwater mercenary Nicholas Slatten.  Photo: Democracy Now

Washington, December 21 (RHC)-- In Washington, D.C., former Blackwater contractor Nicholas Slatten has been found guilty of first-degree murder for his role in the 2007 Nisoor Square massacre in central Baghdad. ... More


 Five-month-old girl who traveled with migrant caravan hospitalized in California.  Photo: Press TV

San Diego, December 21 (RHC)-- In the U.S. state of California, a 5-month-old girl who traveled to the U.S.-Mexico border with the Central American migrant caravan has been hospitalized with pneumonia after she spent five days in freezing government cells known as hieleras, or “iceboxes.” ... More


 Catholic Church withheld information on child sexual abuse by 500 priests.  Photo: AP

Chicago, December 21 (RHC)-- In the U.S. state of Illinois, a new report by the attorney general finds that nearly 700 Catholic priests have been accused of sexually abusing minors... More


CNN reveals "Trump Tower Moscow" documents.  Photo: CNN

Washington, December 21 (RHC)-- CNN has revealed that U.S. President Donald Trump signed a letter of intent during negotiations on the proposed Trump Tower Moscow, despite his lawyer Rudy Giuliani claiming just days ago Trump never signed such a document. ... More


U.S. immigration activist who scaled Statue of Liberty found guilty.  Photo: Democracy Now

New York, December 21 (RHC)-- In the U.S., the activist who climbed the Statue of Liberty to protest Donald Trump’s anti-immigrant policies has been found guilty on multiple counts, including trespassing and interfering with government agency functions. ... More


Aftermath of a settler attack on the Palestinian Beit Hanina neighborhood in East Jerusalem.  Photo: Twitter

Jerusalem, December 21 (RHC)-- Scores of extremist Jewish settlers have vandalized private Palestinian vehicles in Israeli-occupied East Jerusalem, slashing the tires of more than two dozen parked cars and spraying racist graffiti on a wall. ... More


Havana, December 21 (RHC)—Cuban president Miguel Diaz-Canel reiterated Thursday that the island’s cooperation in the field of health will never be profit-oriented, and will always be guided by the values ​​of humanism, solidarity and internationalism.... More


Cuba ends 2018 with lowest maternal-infant mortality rates ever

Havana, December 20 (RHC)-- Cuba is set to end the year with the lowest maternal-infant mortality rate in its history. ... More


San Salvador, December 20 (RHC)-- The Seventh Cuba-El Salvador Policy Meeting is currently underway in the Salvadoran capital, San Salvador.   ... More


Havana, December 20 (RHC)-- Speaking at the Havana International Convention Center Cuban Minister of Culture Alpidio Alonso, presented next year's plan for the sector; with efforts geared toward the spiritual enrichment of the population. ... More


Havana, December 20 (RHC)-- The Spanish company Newrest Catering Mariel, S.A., specializing in food and beverage production and preparation for their supply to companies, restaurants and other facilities, was established as a new user in the Mariel Special Development Zone... More


Italian company to build Iberostar Hotel in Trinidad

Havana, December 20 (RHC)-- In the presence of the Minister of Construction of Cuba, René Mesa Villafaña, the Italian group T.O.MA. signed a contract worth 80 million dollars for the construction of a new IBEROSTAR Hotel in Trinidad.... More


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