A pandemic within a pandemic

With the slogan "Global Solidarity, Shared Responsibility," December 1st marks World AIDS Day -- the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome -- a disease overshadowed in the media by COVID-19, but which infects and kills a large number of people. ... More


A painful farewell

2020 is going down in history as one of the years that has posed the greatest danger for humanity and now, in addition to intense natural phenomena and the COVID-19 pandemic, it took away someone who made a difference in the lives of millions for several generations: Argentinean soccer star Diego Armando Maradona.... More


Say NO to violence against women!

Violence against women can be found in many forms -- physical, sexual and psychological. It is a globally latent problem where one in every three women has has been subjected to some kind of abuse, according to international organizations.... More


In recent days, Cuba reiterated its support for the work of the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, with which the island maintains a long and fruitful cooperation relationship.... More


The use of renewable energy sources is a necessity and a challenge of the present aimed at guaranteeing a future for humanity and our planet.  Therefore, Cuba has drawn up a strategy to promote the use of these resources, which is included among the objectives of the Sustainable Development Agenda 2030.... More


COVID: Unstoppable pace

With more than 54 million infections worldwide, COVID-19 maintains an unstoppable pace as we are approaching one year of the first cases being detected, during which time around 1.3 million people have lost their lives.... More


Justice and the snake

El Salvador's Supreme Court dealt a heavy blow to the hopes of victims of human rights violations during that country's civil war, when it prohibited the prosecution of those responsible for the 1989 Jesuit massacre.... More


Women, young people under 25 and people with limited education and technical training are the main victims of the unemployment increase caused in Latin America and the Caribbean by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the latest statistics.... More


Justice at last

A few days before the third anniversary of the tragedy of the San Juan submarine belonging to the Navy of the Argentinian Republic, where its 44 crew members perished, it was announced that the military commanders linked to the poor management of this event will be submitted to a court martial.... More


This week marked the fifteenth anniversary of the day that a group of countries in our region overturned a project of the United States government, aimed at shackling the economy and leaving the future of these people entirely to the whims of Washington.... More


Those of us who support the work of the United Nations remember well that November 2nd was proclaimed as the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists.... More


Final stretch to the White House

The November 3rd presidential and congressional elections in the United States are in the final stretch amid much uncertainty, both about the final results and the attitude of the president and candidate for re-election, Donald Trump.  What will happen if the vote doesn't go his way?... More


One language, one universe

This Wednesday, millions of people around the planet are celebrating the International Day of Creole, or Kreyol, instituted to highlight the importance of this language born from the merging of different cultures during the bitter era of colonialism and the slave trade in the Americas.... More


The debt of the pandemic

Apart from COVID-19's high human and health costs, the pandemic has brought about a series of economic disruptions worldwide, most notably an uncontrolled increase in debt, for both countries and the business sector.... More


A new sign of the erratic international policy of the current U.S. administration is that they did not celebrate the 75th anniversary of the United Nations on October 24th.... More


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