Miami, September 30 (RHC)-- Two lawsuits filed in U.S. courts allege that U.S.-based weapons company Lockheed Martin has mishandled toxins at a Florida facility for decades, causing life-threatening health issues in workers and nearby residents.... More
Mexico City, September 30 (RHC)-- In Mexico, authorities are bringing criminal charges against military soldiers for the first time in the ongoing investigation into the 2014 disappearance and likely massacre of 43 students from a teachers’ college in Ayotzinapa, Guerrero. ... More
Havana, September 30 (RHC)-- The Foreign Ministry of the Republic of Cuca issued a Declaration on Wednesday, unmasking new maneuvers by the US Administration as part of its smear campaign against the island´s international medical cooperation. The full text of the Declaration follows.... More
Cleveland, September 30 (RHC)-- Political observers watching the first U.S. presidential debate on Tuesday evening said there were no clear winners. Most noted that both President Donald Trump and his challenger, Joe Biden, were unable to control themselves and ended up interrupting each other and constantly talking over the others comments.... More
Washington, September 29 (RHC)-- Cuba was elected to the Executive Committee of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) for a three-year term, with the support of all member states except the United States.... More
Statement by Manuel Marrero Cruz, prime minister of the Republic of Cuba to the debate of the United Nations General Assembly on financing for development in the Covid-19 era. September 29, 2020. ... More
Havana, Sep 28 (RHC)-- Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel rejected on Monday the negligent attitudes in the confrontation with the Covid-19 in the country, at the same time that he called for discipline to stop the contagion.... More
Havana, September 29 (RHC)-- The National Director of Epidemiology of the Cuban Ministry of Public Health, Dr. Francisco Durán, reported on Tuesday 48 new cases of Covid19 during the last 24 hours for a total of 5,536 since the beginning of the epidemic.... More
Washington, September 29 (RHC)-- The Donald Trump administration is preparing to introduce a new round of sanctions to prevent every last avenue of legal financial exchange with Iran, U.S. media reports say.... More
Washington, September 29 (RHC)-- U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has threatened to close the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad unless Iraqi forces can prevent rocket attacks on U.S. targets. Several sources say the U.S. is already preparing to withdraw diplomats from Baghdad. ... More
Brasilia, September 29 (RHC)-- In Brazil, Volkswagen has agreed to pay $6.4 million to former employees who were arrested and tortured after the car company reported them as “subversives” during Brazil’s military dictatorship of the 1960s, ’70s and ’80s. ... More
Address by the Minister of Public Health of Cuba, Dr. José Ángel Portal Miranda, at the 58th Directing Council of the Pan American Health Organization. September 28, 2020.... More
Paris, September 28 (RHC)-- France launched a free-spending budget plan saying a new spike in COVID-19 cases justified its unprecedented loosening of the purse strings.... More
Sacramento, September 28 (RHC)-- In the U.S. state of California, firefighters are struggling to contain more than two dozen major fires as hot weather and gusty dry winds fanned existing flames and sparked new blazes. ... More
Geneva, September 28 (RHC)--The global COVID-19 death toll has now surpassed one million, with over 33 million reported cases. ... More
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