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15 February, 2018 Elections Schedule Progress in Venezuela

The Electoral Register of Venezuela has reported to date some 180 thousand movements since the beginning of a special day of registration and updating with a view to the presidential elections next April.

15 February, 2018 Cuban First Vice-President Diaz-Canel Meets Palestinian Leader

Cuban First Vice-President Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermúdez met with the minister of Education and Higher Education of the State of Palestine, Sabri Saidam, in this capital yesterday night, according to an official report in Granma newspaper. Saidam is visiting Cuba as a special envoy and brought a message from Palestine President Mahmoud Abbas to the president of the Councils of State and of Ministers, Raul Castro Ruz, the official press release says.

15 February, 2018 Cuba and the United States Talk about Trafficking in Persons

Representatives of Cuba and the United States exchanged in Washington on human trafficking, at the fifth bilateral meeting on the subject, which weighed progress, experiences and discussed the challenges in prevention and confrontation with that crime.

15 February, 2018 Putin and Poroshenko Analyze Prisoners Issue

Russian President Vladimir Putin, on the telephone with his similar Ukrainian, Petro Poroshenko, addressed cooperation to investigate the accident of an AN-148 aircraft and the possibility of continuing the exchange of prisoners in Donbass.

14 February, 2018 Bolivia Calls for South American Summit for Threats to Venezuela

The President of Bolivia, Evo Morales, demanded a summit of the Union of South American Nations in the face of the American threats to intervene militarily in Venezuela from Colombia.

14 February, 2018 Cuban Vice President in Seychelles

The Vice-President of the Cuban State Council, Mercedes Lopez Acea, was received by the President of Seychelles, Danny Faure, in a meeting described by the Cuban Chancellery as cordial and friendly.

14 February, 2018 Venezuela Keeps Security System Activated during Carnivals

The Minister for Interior Relations, Justice and Peace of Venezuela, Nestor Reverol, reported that the security system is kept active to protect the return to their homes of the people who traveled during the carnival.

13 February, 2018 Bolivian President Urges South America to Defend Venezuela

Bolivia’s President Evo Morales expressed his solidarity with the Venezuelan Government in the face of the U.S. military threat, and urged South America to unite and defend that nation.

13 February, 2018 They Offer First Version on Cause of Russian Plane Catastrophe

A technical malfunction could give a wrong flight speed to the crew of an An-148 plane that which with 71 people on board collapsed on the outskirts of Moscow, the intergovernmental Committee on Aviation reported.

12 February, 2018 President of Ghana Receives Cuban Vice President

The President of Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo, received Cuban Vice President Mercedes Lopez Acea, who visits that country as part of a work tour by Africa.

12 February, 2018 Prosecutor Denounces Intentions to Attack Venezuela from Colombia

Venezuelan Attorney General Tarek William Saab, denounced the coordinated actions of the governments of the USA and Colombia, with the pretensions of attacking Venezuela militarily from the neighboring country.

12 February, 2018 Cuban Diplomats and Journalists Visit Hezbollah Museum

Cuban ambassador in Lebanon Miguel Porto and the President of the Latin Press, Luis Enrique Gonzalez, coincided in similarities between the Lebanese Islamic Resistance and that of Cuba against the blockade of the United States.

9 February, 2018 Venezuela Rejects Attack on Its Democracy

Venezuela rejected a statement from the U.S. Department of State attacking the legitimacy of the presidential election of April 22 and the democratic institutions of that nation.

9 February, 2018 Lula for Brazil New Caravan Will Begin

Former presidents of Uruguay Jose Mujica and Brazil´s Luiz Inacio Lula de Silva will talk about the situation in South America on February 27, in the frontier town of Santana do Livramento, after which the fourth stage of the Lula for Brazil caravan will start.

9 February, 2018 Venezuelan Chancellor Arrives in Haiti

The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Venezuela, Jorge Arreaza, is in Haiti as part of the Dignity Tour, which which takes place since February 1st through Latin America and the Caribbean.

9 February, 2018 Cohiba Cigars Attract Smokers from All Over The World to Cuba Again

The 20th Habano Festival will be held in this capital this year by the end of the current month, with Cohiba and Partagas as the main cigar labels in the event, expected to attract again smokers of Premium Habanos from all over the world.

9 February, 2018 Cuba, Czech Republic Ratify Development of Ties

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Martin Tlapa, has expressed his government”s satisfaction for the state of relations between Cuba and his country, diplomatic sources informed today.

9 February, 2018 Cuban Vice President Completes Agenda in Equatorial Guinea

Cuban Vice President Mercedes Lopez today completes an agenda in Equatorial Guinea as part of an official visit, which will help strengthen the links of brotherhood between both countries.

8 February, 2018 They Set Date for Presidential Elections in Venezuela

The National Electoral Council of Venezuela set for April 22 the upcoming presidential elections, and pledged to ensure that political differences are settled through voting and popular expression.

8 February, 2018 UN Considers Urgent Dialogue between Pyongyang and Washington

The Secretary General of the United Nations (UN), Antonio Guterres, considered absolutely necessary and urgent that the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and USA sit at the table of dialogue to avoid more crises on the peninsula.