Havana, October 17 (RHC) -- Alicia Alonso, most likely the best ballerina of the 20th century, is an inspiration for the hundreds of Cuban ballet dancers who graduate on the island’s ballet schools each year... More
United Nations, October 17 (RHC)-- Venezuela has been elected as a new member of the United Nations Human Rights Council, with its headquarters based in Geneva.... More
Havana, October 17 (RHC)-- Cuba legendary prima ballerina assolluta and choreographer, passed away in Havana on Thursday. She was 98.... More
Mexico City, October 17 (RHC)—The President of the Republic of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, arrived in Mexico Thursday for an official visit... More
Barcelona, October 17 (RHC)-- Spain’s Interior Minister sent about 2,000 police officers to Catalonia to control demonstrations which started when nine pro-independence leaders were sentenced to jail terms ranging from 9 to 13 years.... More
Washington, October 17 (RHC)-- The United States has reportedly carried out a secret cyber attack against Iran in the week following Yemen’s strikes on key Saudi oil facilities, which Washington blames on Tehran.... More
Washington, October 17 (RHC)-- Eighteen leaders from human rights and faith organizations were arrested in a civil disobedience action protesting the Donald Trump administration’s efforts to gut the refugee resettlement program. ... More
Philadelphia, October 17 (RHC)-- In Pennsylvania, a British family has been held in immigration detention at the Berks Family Residential Center after they say they mistakenly drove across the U.S.-Canada border during a vacation to Vancouver. ... More
Ottawa, October 17 (RHC)-- In Canada, a member of the Mohawk community in Kanehsatà:ke in southwestern Quebec has gone on a hunger strike amid an escalating land struggle between the First Nations tribe and real estate developers. The residents are asking Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to implement a short-term moratorium on all development in their territory. Trudeau has promised reconciliation with Canada’s First Nations. He’s facing the possibility of being unseated in Canada’s federal elections next week. ... More
Amsterdam, October 17 (RHC)-- Traffic on some of the busiest roads in the Netherlands ground to a halt on Wednesday as Dutch farmers ramped up protests against farming taking the rap for climate change. ... More
London, October 17 (RHC)-- Britain and the European Union say they’ve reached a new Brexit deal ahead of the October 31st deadline for Britain to leave the European Union. The deal will still need to be ratified by both British lawmakers and European leaders. ... More
Caracas, October 17 (RHC)-- The Minister of Communications of Venezuela Jorge Rodríguez said that progress has been made around the agreement between the government and opposition parties, one month after the installation of the political dialogue in Caracas. ... More
Quito, October 17 (RHC)-- Unemployment in Ecuador reached 4.9 percent in September, growing 0.9 percent since September 2018, the National Institute of Statistics and Census (INEC) reported Wednesday. ... More
Brasilia, October 17 (RHC)-- Brazil's National Congress is discussing a proposal sent by President Jair Bolsonaro to put an end to the "minimum wage valuation policy" which currently increases the worker's income above the percentage of inflation increase.... More
Belgrade, October 17 (RHC)—The vice-president of the National Assembly of People's Power and the Council of State, Ana María Mari Machado, condemned Wednesday the U.S. economic blockade on Cuba at the 141st General Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU).... More
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