Havana, February 5 (RHC) -– Cuba will reduce production at one of its two nickel plants this year so it can carry out maintenance and capital improvements to make the plant competitive at low international prices.... More
Havana, February 5 (RHC)-- Although Cuban banks have offered the growing private sector enough opportunities to apply for credit lines to boost businesses, the number of credit applications is still low.... More
Havana, February 5 (RHC) -- A German ship carrying 30 students has dropped anchor off the coast of Cuba's western province Pinar del Rio, one of the destinations on its multinational itinerary.... More
Havana, February 5 (RHC)-- The Cuban government announced the resumption of visas for Paraguayan youths interested in taking medical courses on the island.... More
Cuba has also joined the world campaign "Chavez was here", being conducted in many countries of the world from this Tuesday until Five March, the first anniversary of his untimely death in Caracas, the victim of cancer.... More
Improved health assistance, better education and a higher standard of living for all of the Salvadoran population are included among the main concerns of the ruling government’s Farabundo Martí Front for National Liberation in the Central American Republic of El Salvador and this has been its concern of that governmen for the past four years.... More
Bangui, February 4 (RHC)- Seventy people have been killed in the latest round of clashes in the Central African Republic. Police said Monday that the fatal clashes took place in the central city of Boda, located some 100 kilometers (62 miles) west of the capital, Bangui. Local reports said Christian armed men attacked Muslims in the town and torched some thirty houses. ... More
Baghdad, February 4 (RHC)-- In Iraq, a group of suicide bombers and gunmen attacked a government building in Baghdad, taking hostages and killing a number of people before security forces regained control. Reports on the precise death toll varied, with some tallies as high as 24.... More
Ramallah, February 4 (RHC)-- Israeli regime forces have raided a protest village in the Jordan Valley region of the occupied West Bank. According to reports, the Israeli troops stormed the al-Awdeh protest village, demolishing all tent structures there on Monday. The reports said that the soldiers also detained several activists. ... More
Ramallah, February 4 (RHC)-- The funeral for two Palestinian victims, whose remains were held by the Israeli regime for over a decade, has been held in the occupied West Bank. On Monday, thousands of people attended the funeral for Ayat al-Akhras, from Duheisha refugee camp, and Daoud Abu Swayy, from the village of Artas, in the West Bank town of Bethlehem.... More
Moscow, February 4 (RHC)-- An adviser to Edward Snowden has ruled out plea talks with the U.S. government unless Snowden is offered amnesty. U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said last week he is open to meeting with Snowden’s lawyers, but ruled out the prospect of amnesty or clemency. ... More
Ottawa, February 4 (RHC)-- The Canadian intelligence agency has defended spying through the wireless Internet service at a major airport, claiming it would not be able to locate its targets without the technology.... More
Luanda, February 4 (RHC)-- Cuban Minister of Science, Technology and the Environment, Elba Rosa Perez, paid tribute on Tuesday to the first Angolan President Agostinho Neto, at his memorial in the capital, Luanda.... More
Minsk, February 4 (RHC)-- Belarus and Cuba are currently considering new actions to boost the exchange of technology and products related to human and animal health, developed by the Cuba's Labiofam pharmaceutical enterprise.... More
Havana, February 4 (RHC)-- Nearly 50 researchers from Mexico, Ecuador and Cuba are holding the 7th International Conference on the Cultural Heritage of Ibero-American Nations in the eastern Cuban city of Bayamo.... More
