Caracas, February 15 (RHC) -- The first Southern Common Market (MERCOSUR) Labor Congress opened in Caracas on Friday with host Industries Minister Wilmer Barrientos calling upon MERCOSUR members to use the bloc to promote unity and social development.... More
Tel Aviv, February 15 (RHC)-- A report says Israeli spies have been ordered to try to link supporters of an economic boycott against Tel Aviv to terrorists and enemy states.... More
Caracas, February 15 (RHC) -– Repsol signed a financing deal Friday with Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA that calls for the Spanish energy major to invest 1.2 billion dollars to boost the output of the companies' Petroquiriquire joint venture, Mercopress news agency reported today.... More
Kabul, February 15 (RHC)-- In news from Afghanistan, a $4 billion road network once touted as a symbol of U.S. accomplishment is now falling apart.... More
Washington, February 15 (RHC)-- The Barack Obama administration has announced it will nominate Vice Admiral Michael Rogers to become the new head of the National Security Agency.... More
San Salvador, February 15 (RHC)-- El Salvador’s Supreme Court has ordered an unprecedented probe of a 1981 massacre of civilians by U.S.-backed troops. ... More
Houston, February 15 (RHC)-- Shell has abandoned its plans to drill for oil off the coast of Alaska for this year after a court ruling cast doubt on its leases in the Chuckchi Sea. Last week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit said the government had inadequately assessed the drilling’s potential environmental impact.... More
Washington, February 15 (RHC)-- The U.S. Army will fly giant surveillance blimps with the capacity to track a broad area of the U.S. east coast beginning in October, according to The Washington Post. News that this tracking and surveillance technology -- used by the U.S. military in Iraq and Afghanistan -- will be deployed domestically is now sparking public outcry.... More
Washington, February 15 (RHC)-- A long-awaited report from the U.S. State Department has dealt a potential major blow to efforts to stop the Keystone XL oil pipeline. An impact assessment says the pipeline’s northern leg would not have a major impact on climate change. ... More
Washington, February 15 (RHC)-- The Cuban Interests Section in Washington, DC has suspended its consular services given the impossibility to find a bank that will accept its financial accounts -- a consequence of the U.S. economic, financial and commercial blockade of Cuba.... More
Havana, February 15 (RHC)-- Cuba's First Vice President Miguel Diaz-Canel said that the University 2014 International Congress, which wound up Friday in Havana, was the most honest and sincere forum for all those who really love their higher education centers.... More
Mexico City, February 15 (RHC)-- Cuba has presented five specific proposals with practical suggestions on how to implement the prohibition and elimination of nuclear weapons.... More
Havana, February 15 (RHC)-- Cuban deputy Adriana Perez called on lawmakers of the world to join the demand for the release of the Cuban anti-terrorist fighters still imprisoned in U.S. jails since 1998.... More
Lusaka, February 15 (RHC)-- The historic leader of Zambia, Kenneth Kaunda, received the vice president of the Cuban Friendship Institute Alicia Corredera, who is paying a brief visit to that African country.... More
The first stage of the First Cycling Classic Championship will open Saturday as local cyclists will participate in a 60 kilometer race in eastern Camaguey province, in their route to the capital Havana.... More
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