Havana, December 29 (RHC-ACN)-- In Cuba, 19.8 percent of the population are over 60 years old, which is why the Ministry of Public Health (Minsap) increased services in 2017 to improve the quality of life of this age group. ... More


Ricardo Cabrisas, Minister for the Economy and Planning

Havana, December 29 (RHC)-- Cuban Minister for the Economy and Planning Ricardo Cabrisas underscored advances toward granting Cuban companies greater autonomy.... More


Washington, December 29 (RHC)-- Senior officials from the United States and Israel have secretly met in Washington to hammer out a deal on confronting Iran on several fronts, a new report says. ... More


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Santiago de Chile, December 29 (RHC)-- A Chilean court has acquitted 68 of 75 people convicted for kidnapping and disappearing Maria Angelica Andreoli, a nutrition and diet student, on August 6, 1974. The crime against member of the Revolutionary Left Movement, MIR, formed part of the Colombo Operation, a strategy planned by the National Intelligence Directorate, former dictator Augusto Pinochet's secret police, to cover up the forced disappearance of 119 people. ... More


The Cuban National Ballet Company, directed by dance legend Alicia Alonso, began 2018 with Don Quixote Celebrating 59th Anniversary of the Cuban Revolution... More


Cuban Public Health Minister, Roberto Morales

Havana, December 29 (RHC)—Cuba´s health system reached favorable indicators in 2017, including an infant mortality rate of 4.1 per thousand live births, the lowest in the history of the country, said Roberto Morales, Minister of Public Health.... More


Sergio Mattarella )File Photo)

Rome, December 29 (RHC)-- The Italian government has set March 4 as the date for the next parliamentary election.... More


President Nicolas Maduro attends year-end ceremony for Venezuela’s Bolivarian National Armed Forces  in Caracas, December 28 (PL Photo))

Caracas, December 29 (RHC)—At a year-end ceremony for Venezuela’s Bolivarian National Armed Forces (FANB) on Thursday, President Nicolas Maduro highlighted the armed forces’ victories in the last year, and announced that in 2018 a “popular defense system for peace” will be launched.... More


March in Lima to protest pardoning of former president Alberto Fujimori (EFE)

Lima, December 29 (RHC) - Thousands of Peruvians marched on Thursday to protest the president’s recent pardoning of former authoritarian leader Alberto Fujimori, calling for new general elections as a graft scandal ensnares established politicians.... More


 A man collects plastic and other recyclable materials from debris in the waters of Manila Bay in Manila, Philippines. Mismanaged waste from land is the primary

London, December 28 (RHC)-- Environmentalists are warning that fossil fuel corporations and other companies are investing a staggering $180 billion in the global plastics industry, threatening to propel a 40 percent rise in the production of plastics over the next 10 years. ... More


Democratic lawmaker Gregory Meeks (Photo: Press TV)

Washington, December 28 (RHC)-- U.S. Democratic lawmaker Gregory Meeks has labeled President Donald Trump as a "con man" for his support of the newly-passed Republican tax bill. ... More


Benjamin Netanyahu

Tel Aviv, December 28 (RHC)-- The Israeli cabinet has approved $11 million in funding for settlement activities in the occupied West Bank following a meeting between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and a group of Zionist rabbis. ... More


Havana, December 28 (RHC-Granma)-- The defense of national identity, patriotism and anti-imperialism will be the fundamental issues that delegates will debate at the Ninth Congress of the Committees for the Defense of the Revolution (CDR), which begins its initial phase on February 3rd.... More


Havana, December 28 (RHC)-- The traditional military ceremony at the San Carlos de la Cabaña fortress in Havana will take place on December 31st at midnight to salute the 59th anniversary of the triumph of the Cuban Revolution. ... More


Havana, December 28 (RHC)-- The National Ballet of Cuba will celebrate the 59th anniversary of the triumph of the Revolution with the ballet Don Quixote, one of the main classics of both the universal repertoire and the dance company.... More


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