Washington, July 29 (RHC) –- U.S. Representative Tom Emmer and a bipartisan group of House colleagues on Tuesday introduced a bill that seeks the lifting of U.S. trade restrictions on Cuba. This as part of recent Congressional efforts to remove Washington's economic blockade on Havana and kick start the business relationship between both neighbors.... More
Washington, July 29 (RHC) -– American Airlines recently welcomed the reopening of United States and Cuban embassies in Havana and Washington.... More
Panama, July 29 (RHC) -- Panamanian Minister of Social Development Alcibiades Vasquez has recognized the advantages of the Cuban literacy method "Yo sí puedo" (Yes I Can), implemented in the country to learn how to read and write.... More
Miami, July 29 (RHC) –- Pearl Seas Cruises, a small U.S. ship line, announced this week plans for seven- to 10-night sailings to Cuba out of Florida in the spring of 2016.... More
With the introduction of the project ´Friends of a Friend´ at the ALBA Cultural House in Havana, the Young Communist League (UJC) recalled the Eternal Comandante Hugo Chavez yesterday, July 28th, when we commemorated the 61st birthday of the leader of the Bolivarian Revolution of Venezuela.... More
Mexico City, July 29 (teleSUR-RHC)-- App-based taxi booking service Uber was the target of violent demonstrations in Mexico City on Tuesday, as angry cab drivers destroyed five vehicles used by the multinational company, while others were pelted with flour and eggs. ... More
Tegucigalpa, July 29 (teleSUR-RHC)-- A judge presiding over the case of journalist David Romero, who is awaiting a sentence over charges related to his exposed corruption in the Honduran government, has accused the government of threatening him and other justices to hand the reporter a prison sentence. ... More
Panama City, July 29 (teleSUR-RHC)-- An indigenous tribe in Panama has requested the intervention of Pope Francis in their fight to shut down a hydroelectric project that could cause mass displacement and damage sacred sites. ... More
Mexico City, July 29 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Five men have been given a 697-year prison sentence for cases of femicide in Mexico on Tuesday -- an unprecedented move in a country where the systematic killing of women often goes unpunished. ... More
Brasilia, July 29 (teleSUR-RHC)-- The Brazilian government will start using drones to monitor and investigate slave labor in rural areas in the country, a Labor Ministry official said on Tuesday. "Drones don't substitute the inspector's physical presence, but they will be useful out in the country, in the case of farms that are hard to reach by road, for example," Bruno Barcia Lopes, coordinator of Rural Supervision at Rio de Janeiro’s Labor Secretariat, told Reuters. ... More
Jose Ramon Fernandez, president of the Cuban Olympic Committee (COC), welcomed on Monday afternoon the last group of Cuban athletes that took part in the XVII Pan-American Games Toronto 2015 held in Canada.... More
Moscow, July 28 (RHC)-- A group of 16 young Russian solidarity activists climbed a 2600-meter high mountain in the Russian region of Sniagorsk to celebrate July 26th -- National Rebellion Day in Cuba -- which this year marks the 62nd anniversary of the revolutionary attacks on the Moncada and Carlos Manuel de Céspedes barracks by a group of revolutionaries led by then young lawyer Fidel Castro.... More
Caracas, July 28 (RHC)-- The Venezuelan people and friends of the Bolivarian Revolution all over the world are paying homage to the Supreme Commander, the late Hugo Chávez, on the 61st anniversary of his birth.... More
Havana, July 28 (RHC)-- Cuba will host the 7th International Congress on Sexual Orientation and Education, set for September 14th through the 18th at Havana's Convention Center.... More
Kabul, July 28 (RHC)-- At least 21 people have been killed in Afghanistan in a gunfight during a wedding ceremony in the northern province of Baghlan. ... More
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