The United Nations torture investigator has voiced concern about the U.S. Republican presidential candidates’ call for authorizing the use of torture, saying it is a violation of domestic and international law.... More


The Front for Victory party in the House of Deputies, proposed consulting the people about the government of Mauricio Macri paying vulture funds, with which the executive pledges to down pay huge sums that create a heavy debt for Argentina.... More


U.S. whistleblower Edward Snowden says the FBI’s claim to need Apple to break into a terrorist’s iPhone is a sham. The former contractor with the U.S. National Security Agency was speaking from Moscow to a conference on the threat Big Data and mass surveillance poses to democracy.... More


Sports News Roundup March 10

Boxers Roniel Iglesias, Robeisy Ramirez, Erislandy Savon, and Leiner Pero will try to win their Olympic tickets to Rio 2016. Starting on Friday, the qualifying event will kick off in Buenos Aires, Argentina.... More


Economic Update March 10

President Barack Obama's administration will announce further measures to ease travel and trade restrictions on Cuba on March 17th, ahead of his historic visit to Cuba this month, U.S. congressional sources recently said.... More


Sports News Roundup March 9

With the technical meeting and the draw of 8 categories, 4 in each sex, the activities of the Pan-American Taekwondo Olympic Qualifying, with a stage in the Mexican city of Aguascalientes, began on Wednesday.... More


Sports News Roundup March 8

The Cuban capital's baseball team, Industriales, defeated Pinar del Rio by a narrow margin of 5-4 and secured the 3rd place in the regular Season at the 55th Cuban Baseball Championship.... More


Sports News Roundup March 7

The legendary Latinoamericano Stadium in the Cuban capital is undergoing a complete refurbishment, including the infield and outfield areas.... More


Cuban President Raúl Castro has met in Havana with Hoang Binh Quan, special envoy of the Secretary General of the Communist Party of Vietnam, Nguyen Phu Trong.... More


Cuba's Granma newspaper notes that lifting Washington's economic, commercial and financial blockade against Cuba is essential towards normalizing U.S.-Cuba relations.... More


President Nicolas Maduro has called on grassroots and social movements to join a national march against a decree that was recently renewed by U.S. President Barack Obama referring to Venezuela as "a threat."... More


Syrian government forces have taken four villages from Takfiri terrorists in the northern province of Aleppo. ... More


Cuba has confirmed the third imported case of Zika virus in the country.... More


The U.S. is set to announce further measures on March 17 to relax its travel and commercial controls on Cuba, before President Barack Obama’s historic visit to the Caribbean island later in the month, U.S. congressional sources said on Tuesday.... More


Dozens of women marked International Women’s Day yesterday by rallying outside the Honduran Mission to the United Nations to demand justice for the murder of Honduran environmental activist Berta Cáceres.... More


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