Several Latin American countries will hold important elections during 2021, which will be potentially shaped by the outcomes of the COVID-19 pandemic and the discontent or indifference of the population towards the so-called "political class."... More
The International Monetary Fund, the IMF, it its most recent update of the World Economic Outlook, confirmed that the COVID-19 pandemic was a major setback to the living standards of many countries and will exacerbate inequalities in the future.... More
Only few days are left until the end of 2020 -- a year that has been particularly terrible for the United States, with an increase in mortality statistics not registered since 1918, after the end of World War I.... More
Nickolay Mladenov, UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, has warned that nearly half of the Palestinian population in the West Bank and Gaza Strip need humanitarian aid due to Israel’s ongoing aggressions.... More
The discovery of a new strain of COVID-19 in the United Kingdom -- up to 70% more contagious than those known so far -- has raised concern in several European Union member countries to the extent of suspending land, sea and air communications with the UK.... More
The start of the vaccination campaigns against COVID-19 in some developed countries, including the United States, places the situation of poor nations on the table, since they will be excluded from the benefit of these immunizers.... More
To celebrate the fifth anniversary of the signing of the Paris Agreement, the United Nations held the Climate Ambition Summit to renew the commitments of all nations to combat global warming.... More
The president of Argentina Alberto Fernandez, announced this week the signing of an agreement with the Sovereign Fund of the Russian Federation to acquire the amount of vaccine doses against COVID-19, called Sputnik V, which will allow the immunization of ten million people before the end of next February.... More
The former president of Uruguay, Tabaré Vásquez, passed away in the early hours of this Sunday morning, leaving a sound legacy that should be studied and debated in progressive and leftist parties in Latin America and the Caribbean.... More
Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel emphasized at the 31st Special Session of United Nations that the country’s commitment to the world and humanity is to continue working for solidarity, dignity and social justice. ... More
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
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
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
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