A Panamanian presidential security detail walks on the deck of North Korean-flagged ship at the Manzanillo International container terminal in Panama on July 16, 2013. Panamanian officials have announced detaining a North Korean flagged ship at the Panama Canal, alleging that the vessel, which departed from Cuba, was engaged in arms trafficking. Panama’s President Ricardo Martinelli said on Tuesday... 

Ex-CIA contractor Edward Snowden was not seen aboard the plane to Havana on which he was reportedly traveling, reports RT’s correspondent on the flight. The plane has already landed in the Cuban capital. The Russian airline Aeroflot previously confirmed that Snowden had checked in for flight SU150 to Havana with two seats (17A and 17C) in his name. However, journalists on board the plane said there... 

Washington says it expects the Russian government to ‘look at all options available’ to expel Edward Snowden to the US to face espionage charges. That’s after the White House expressed ‘disappointment’ China and Hong Kong didn’t detain the NSA leaker. “We expect the Russian government to look at all options available to expel Mr. Snowden back to the U.S. to... 

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez speaks during a press conference in Caracas on October 9, 2012. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has died after a two-year battle with cancer, Vice President Nicolas Maduro has announced. Maduro, flanked by political and military leaders, made the announcement on Tuesday evening on national television. “We have just received the most tragic and awful information.... 

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez waves during the proclamation act in Caracas, October 10, 2012. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez’s medical team in Cuba has successfully completed an operation that targeted an aggressive cancer. On Tuesday, Vice President Nicolas Maduro said that the “complex operation” which lasted almost six hours and was “correctly and successfully” completed. Chavez... 

Cuba’s former revolutionary leader Fidel Castro Cuba’s former revolutionary leader Fidel Castro has appeared in public for the first time in months, challenging the rumor mill that he is on death’s door. Commercial director at the Hotel Nacional, Yamila Fuster, told The Associated Press on Sunday that the 86-year-old politician dropped off a Venezuelan guest on Saturday afternoon, and then... 

Uruguayan Foreign Minister Luis Almagro Uruguayan Foreign Minister Luis Almagro has told leaders and diplomats gathered in New York for a UN session that the US trade embargo on Cuba violates international law. Almagro made the remarks on Saturday in an address during the 67th session of the United Nations General Assembly. “Our country rejects any coercive unilateral or extra-territorial measure... 

Admiral Chabanenko, Russian destroyer arriving at Havana’s harbor. Russia is planning to expand its military muscles in some of Moscow’s soviet-era ally countries including the Latin American country of Cuba, Asian country of Vietnam and the Indian Ocean island of Seychelles. According to the commander-in-chief of the Russian Navy, Moscow is holding talks with the some countries outside of... 

Russia and Cuba are strengthening ties again, after a break which followed the collapse of the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union supplied Cuba with oil – up to 13 mn tons each year – and quantities of arms. In return, it received Cuban tobacco, coffee, fruit and sugar and enjoyed the right to build and operate military facilities on Cuban territory. After the Soviet collapse, however, these exchanges... 

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez during a reunion with government members in ‎Miraflores Presidential Palace in Caracas on April 11, 2012.‎ Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has flown back to Cuba for another round of radiation therapy for his cancer, few days after undergoing same treatment there. “I must return (…) to Havana,” he said in a message broadcast on radio and television... 

Pope Benedict XVI with Cuban leader Fidel Castro (R) during a meeting on March 28, 2012 in Havana Pope Benedict XVI has denounced the US economic embargo on Cuba, saying such punitive measures “unfairly burden” the ordinary Cuban people. “Restrictive economic measures imposed from outside the country unfairly burden its people,” the pope said on Wednesday in reference to US economic... 

Cuba’s revolution leader Fidel Castro Cuba’s revolution leader Fidel Castro has warned Washington against a military attack on Iran, describing such a move as the worst mistake in US history. In an article titled “The Roads Leading to Disaster,” published in the official daily Granma on Thursday, Castro said there is no doubt that the US would be making the greatest mistake in its history... 

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (L) and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez Following the expansion of economic and political relations between Tehran and Caracas, US President Barack Obama has demanded the Venezuelan government sever all ties with Iran. “I think the government’s ties with Iran and Cuba have not benefited the interests of Venezuela and its people,” Obama said in the email... 

Russian warship docking in Cuba Russia has decided to resume defense cooperation with the country, which remains in a state of a conflict with the United States, even though it is situated very close to US borders. It goes about Cuba. Russia will resume cooperation with this country against the background of the rising tensions in the US-Russian relations. Russia’s defense export giant Rosoboronexport... 

Towards the twentieth condemnation of U.S. blockade against Cuba. While the United States intensified its economic blockade against Cuban trade and finance, the UN General Assembly advanced a new condemnation almost unanimously, against this siege, the twentieth in 20 consecutive years. The topic will be considered by the highest organ of the United Nations next Tuesday, when it will vote on a resolution...