Revista Bohemia
Mandela Undergoes Successful Biliary Endoscopy
15 de diciembre de 2012, 12:10Johannesburg, Dec 15 (Prensa Latina) South Africa""s ex president, Nelson Mandela (1994-1999), underwent successful endoscopic surgery to have galstones removed as he continues receiving treatment, one week after being h... Continue reading
Five-Day Break in Colombian Peace Talks
15 de diciembre de 2012, 12:05Havana, Dec 15 (Prensa Latina) The peace talks between the government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia-People''s Army (FARC-EP) will have a five-day pause starting on Saturday, while Bogota ... Continue reading
Nicaraguan National Assembly Concludes Legislature
15 de diciembre de 2012, 11:47Managua, Dec 15 (Prensa Latina) The twenty-eighth legislature of the Nicaraguan National Assembly will conclude on Saturday with the presentation of the annual report by the chairman of that body, René N&u... Continue reading
Conference to Chart Economic Plans in 2013 Opens in China
15 de diciembre de 2012, 11:13Beijing, Dec 15 (Prensa Latina) The central economic working conference, one of the most important specialized meetings in China, began here on Saturday to draw up the country's economic plans for 2013. Continue reading
Venezuela Celebrates Eighth Anniversary of ALBA
15 de diciembre de 2012, 10:56Caracas, Dec 15 (Prensa Latina) Representatives of the members countries of the Bolivarian Alliance for Peoples of Our Americas (ALBA) will meet on Saturday in Venezuela to celebrate the eight anniversary of this integra... Continue reading
Last 200 French Troops Leave Afghanistan
15 de diciembre de 2012, 10:46Paris, Dec 15 (Prensa Latina) The departure of the last 200 combat troops of Belfort''s 35th Infantry Division on Saturday completed France's withdrawal from the US-led multinational force in Afgh... Continue reading
UN Assesses Crisis Aftermath among Syrian Children
15 de diciembre de 2012, 10:39Damascus, Dec 15 (Prensa Latina) The UN General Undersecretary for Children and Armed Conflicts, Leila Zerrougui, arrived in Damascus to honor an invitation from the Syrian government to screen the direct impact of the o... Continue reading
Angola, Brazil Build Bridge on Telecommunications
15 de diciembre de 2012, 10:18Luanda, Dec 15 (Prensa Latina) Angola and Brazil will be interconnected by an underwater cable that will boost voice and data transmissions between Latin America, Africa and Asia, official sources noted here on Saturday. Continue reading
Russia and Brazil Renew Political and Economic Agenda
15 de diciembre de 2012, 10:00Moscow, Dec 15 (Prensa Latina) Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff left Russia on Saturday after a fruitful two-day official visit, during which she expressed her will to set up a political, economic and technological str... Continue reading
US: Senate Report Reveals Details of CIA Torture Methods
15 de diciembre de 2012, 00:30Washington, Dec 15 (Prensa Latina) The US Senate Intelligence Committee approved a report that details the techniques of physical and psychological torture methods employed by the Central Intelligence Agency in the so-ca... Continue reading
Cuban Beaches Selected Among Best in the World
15 de diciembre de 2012, 00:15Havana, Dec 15 (Prensa Latina) CubaâÖs tourist axes in Varadero and Cayo Coco figure today among the 25 best beach destinations worldwide, according to a survey of the website TripAdvisor, considered the largest global... Continue reading
Nicaragua will mark ALBAÂs Eighth Anniversary
15 de diciembre de 2012, 00:12Managua, Dec 15 (Prensa Latina) Nicaragua will mark Saturday the eighth anniversary of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA), created by the initiative of Fidel Castro and Hugo Chávez, whose reco... Continue reading
Colombia Gets Coral Award in Havana Film Festival
14 de diciembre de 2012, 18:05Havana, Dec 14 (Prensa Latina) Colombian film La Sirga by William Vega, won the Coral award here today in the category Opera Prima in the 34th edition of the New Latin American Film Festival. Continue reading
Argentina Extols Work of Cuban Coaches
14 de diciembre de 2012, 17:31Buenos Aires, Dec 14 (Prensa Latina) Officials from the Olympic Committee, the Sport Ministry and different Argentinian sport federations extolled the work done by Cuban coaches Sarbelio Fuentes and Ana Ibis Díaz. Continue reading
Obama Signs Law on Commercial Relations with Russia
14 de diciembre de 2012, 17:27Washington, Dec 14 (Prensa Latina) The President of the United States, Barack Obama, signed Friday the law that makes official the permanent normalization of trade relations with Russia, but introduces agreements on inte... Continue reading
Jamaican and Colombian Female Athletes Share Leadership
14 de diciembre de 2012, 17:20Havana, Dec 14 (Prensa Latina) Jamaican female sprinter Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and Colombian Mariana Pajon are sharing the ladies' leadership in the Prensa Latina sports poll to choose the best athletes of Latin... Continue reading
Colombia Ex-General to Jail for Paramiliatry Links
14 de diciembre de 2012, 16:11Washington, Dec 14 (Prensa Latina) A court of the US southern state of Virginia sentenced on Friday Mauricio Santoyo, former security chief of then President Alvaro Uribe to 13 years in prison for collaborating with Colo... Continue reading
Documentaries of Cuba, Ecuador and Chile Win Coral Awards
14 de diciembre de 2012, 16:09Havana, Dec 14 (Prensa Latina) Cuban documentary "El Evangelio segun Ramiro" (The Gospel according to Ramiro), by filmmaker Juan Carlos Saenz, was awarded the first Coral Award in this section of the ... Continue reading
Spanish Prisoner in Cuba to Fulfill Sanction in Spain
14 de diciembre de 2012, 15:55Havana, Dec 14 (Prensa Latina) The Ministries of Justice of Cuba and Spain decided that Spanish citizen Angel Francisco Carromero sentenced to prison in the Caribbean nation to fulfill his sanction in his country of origin. Continue reading
Syrian Opposition Leader Demands Unconditional Dialogue
14 de diciembre de 2012, 15:42Damascus, Dec 14 (Prensa Latina) Leader of the opposition People's Front for Change and Liberation in Syria, Qadri Yamil, said today that the only way out of the country's crisis is peaceful dialogue with... Continue reading
US: Pressure to Use Drones in Monitoring Missions
14 de diciembre de 2012, 15:39Washington, Dec 14 (Prensa Latina) Executives of US airplane manufacturing companies producing unmanned planes (drones) press the US White House to eliminate restrictions preventing to fly these devices in monitoring mis... Continue reading
Accusations of Fraud Require Resignation of Israeli FM
14 de diciembre de 2012, 15:27Tel Aviv, Dec 14 (Prensa Latina) Controversial Israeli Foreign Minister Avidor Lieberman announced his resignation to the post and parliamentary immunity due to allegations of fraud and breach of trust against him. Continue reading
Russia, Brazil Sign Strategic Agreements
14 de diciembre de 2012, 15:23Moscow, Dec 14 (Prensa Latina) Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Brazilian peer Dilma Rousseff signed on Friday, at the Kremlin's Malachite Hall, a joint communique and an Action Plan for Development of Bi... Continue reading
Brazil Places Education First, says Rousseff
14 de diciembre de 2012, 13:37Moscow, Dec 14 (Prensa Latina) Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff asserted on Friday that the main challenge to her country is education, at the closing ceremony of the 2nd Bilateral Business Forum, in which around 400 b... Continue reading
FELAP Expresses Solidarity with President Chavez
14 de diciembre de 2012, 12:56Buenos Aires, Dec 14 (Prensa Latina) The Latin American Federation of Journalists (FELAP) expressed solidarity with the president of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, who is recovering in Cuba from a new surgery.Read more: CARICOM... Continue reading