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CARACAS -- Venezuela's opposition on Monday released an audio recording that it said contains a prominent member of the ruling party discussing political strategy with a Cuban intelligence ... Continue reading
  Michelle Knight, one of the three women kidnapped, raped, and imprisoned in Cleveland reported that she had repeatedly miscarried pregnancies as a result of her captor’s abuse. In response, Ohio prosecutors announced that they are... Continue reading
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- Venezuela's opposition on Monday released an audio recording that it said contains a prominent member of the ruling party discussing political strategy with a Cuban intelligence ... Continue reading
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela's opposition has released an audio recording that it says contains a prominent member of the ruling party discussing political strategy with a Cuban intelligence officer.Opposition lawmaker Ismael ... Continue reading
Havana, May 20 (Prensa Latina) Beyond its cultural, historical and linguistic, the Caribbean as a whole has a unitary essence, said today the director of Casa de las Americas, Cuban writer Roberto Fernandez Retamar. During the inauguration of the Inter... Continue reading
Miami Dade College President Dr. Eduardo Padron presented a group of Cuban dissidents, Damas de Blanco, Ladies in White, - rom left- Laura Maria Labrada, Berta Soler and Belkis Cantillo, with the MDC Presidential Medal, during an event to honor their f... Continue reading
Cincinnati Reds to blow a save for a second consecutive appearance? How about Chapman being bloated from binging on "18," he said, of the yummiest Cuban pastries anyone could stuff in their face Sunday before the Reds faced the Phill... Continue reading
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- Venezuela's opposition has released an audio recording that it says contains a prominent member of the ruling party discussing political strategy with a Cuban intelligence ... Continue reading
Havana, May 20 (Prensa Latina) The state sector and cooperatives represent the key to success in the economic reform process Cuba is carrying out to increase its efficiency and productivity, said National Economy Prize winner Joaquin Infante today. Acc... Continue reading
HAVANA, Cuba, May 20 (acn) The 63rd International Marlin Fishing Tournament opens today at ... Continue reading
HAVANA, Cuba, May 17 (acn) Valentina Matvienko, president of the Council of Federations of the Russian ... Continue reading
Havana, May 20 (Prensa Latina) The work of Martinican writer Edouard Glissant (1928-2012) will be discussed today at the International Colloquium "Cultural Diversity in the Caribbean", attended by a large delegation of intellectuals f... Continue reading
A man is facing an aggravated assault charge after police say he fired several shots outside his girlfriend's Little Havana restaurant early Monday ... Continue reading
President Barack Obama will be speaking on his administration's evolving counterterrorism policies on Thursday, a White House official has said. The official told POLITICO that the president will also be discussing the administration's controversial us... Continue reading
Obama will address the U.S. secret drone program's legality and his pledge to shut the Guantanamo Bay detention camp, a White House official said. Obama will address them in a speech Thursday at the Defense Department's National Defe... Continue reading
Santiago de Cuba, 20 May (Prensa Latina) The 4th Ministerial Meeting on the Caribbean Biological Corridor (CBC) will be held May 21st-May 23rd in this city of eastern Cuba, said authorities from that regional initiative. The previous meetings were held... Continue reading
(credit: photo courtesy of Daniel Shak via Twitter) LAS VEGAS (105.3 THE FAN) - So Mark Cuban, Chris Paul and Tiger Woods walk into a bar… It sounds like the beginning of a joke in need of a punchline. But in fact, it’s the rich a... Continue reading
President Barack Obama will address the legality of his administration's controversial drone program during a speech this ... Continue reading
Regional cooking is defined by the intricate mix of foods and seasonings found naturally in each area. With Cuban flavors, for example, ... Continue reading
ATLANTA (Reuters) - President Barack Obama, under fire for security lapses at a U.S. mission in Libya, will in a speech on Thursday lay out his wide-ranging counter-terrorism policy, from the controversial use of drones to efforts to close the U.S. mil... Continue reading
San Juan, May 18 (Prensa Latina) The Cuban athletics team excelled at the Ponce Grand Prix by winning two gold medals and rising to the podium in another three occasions. The gold medals were pocketed by Liuba Maria Saldivar, in triple jump (13.66) and... Continue reading
BLOOMINGTON -- Well before Jackie Robinson broke the Major League Baseball color line in 1947 (a story well told in the new big screen biopic "42"), Latin Americans had already made inroads into the lily-white world of the national pa... Continue reading
Puerto Rico staged a spirited comeback to beat Cuba in a dramatic five-setter (25-27, 23-25, 25-22, 25-18, 15-11) at the Beilun International Women's Volleyball Tournament here on Saturday.Yoana Mendoza Palacio and Ana Yilian Cleger each score... Continue reading
KUALA LUMPUR, 18 Mei (Bernama) -- Hubungan Malaysia-Cuba semakin kukuh bila Barisan Nasional (BN) terus menerajui kerajaan, kata duta besar Cuba ke Malaysia, Ruben Perez Valdes. "Hubungan Cuba dengan Malaysia cukup baik selama beberapa tah... Continue reading
MOSCOW, May 18 (Itar-Tass) - The entry into force of the agreement on the settlement of Cuba’s debt will boost its financial and investment rating, Federation Council Chairperson Valentina Matviyenko said upon arrival in Moscow on Saturday, M... Continue reading
HAVANA, Cuba, May 18 (acn) Regional meteorologists forecast a very active hurricane season in the Caribbean area and the Atlantic Ocean this year, with medium standards according to the usual season in the part of the ... Continue reading
SANCTI SPIRITUS, Cuba, May 18 (acn) The minister of the Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces, Army Corps General Leopoldo Cintra Frias called for effective actions in the event of any natural ... Continue reading
HAVANA, Cuba, May 18 (acn) In an effort to further reduce the ... Continue reading
HAVANA, Cuba, May 17 (acn) Army General Raul Castro, President of the Cuban councils of State and Ministers, held on Friday a meeting with Valentina Matvienko, President of the Council of the Federation of ... Continue reading
HAVANA, Cuba, May 17 (acn) Cuba has very good transplant programs in spite of the blockade imposed on the island by the United States for over half a century now, asserted in this capital Doctor Robert Janus, president of the Latin American Societ... Continue reading
HAVANA, Cuba, May 18 (acn) A training program for deaf and blind children opened in central Villa Clara province in an effort to teach the kids first-aid actions, so that they help rescue victims of accidents and natural ... Continue reading
Five decades after Fidel Castro ordered Cuba's golf courses to be closed down because he considered them "elitist", the island's communist government has approved the construction of a luxury golf resort, complete wi... Continue reading
Havana, May 17 (Prensa Latina) Cuban duo Buena Fe promised a night of love and life and Spanish singer David DeMaria made it true, reviewing their greatest hits before a demanding Cuban audience. The concert "Buena Fe introduces David DeMaria&... Continue reading
SCOTS are at the heart of a new deal to build the first golf course and resort development in Cuba since the communist revolution more than half-a-century ... Continue reading
The relations between Cuba and Russia are under full expansion, Esteban Lazo, president of Cuban parliament, said on Friday. Lazo made the remarks after signing an agreement with the visiting leader of Russian Senate, Valentina Matviyenko, to boost th... Continue reading
Havana, May 18 (Prensa Latina) At least three Olympic Games medallists from London 2012 will be present in the 43rd edition of Cuban boxing tournament Giraldo Cordova Cardin in Memoriam, from June 4 to 9 in this capital. The top-ranked visitors are: Ny... Continue reading