Mayagüez, July 19 (RHC)-- A group of independence fighters on Saturday exalted the figure of nationalist fighter Rafael Cancel-Miranda, on his 90th birthday, at the Vivaldi Cemetery in Mayagüez, where his remains have been laid to rest since March 8th.... More


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Washington, July 19 (RHC)-- For the first time since Pastors for Peace began traveling to Cuba from the United States, that caravan is unable to come to the Caribbean nation, due to the COVID-19 pandemic that is hitting the world.... More


Havana, July 19 (RHC)-- The National Director of Epidemiology of the Cuban Ministry of Public Health, Dr. Francisco Duran, reported that there was only one new case detected of COVID-19, for a total of 2,446 positive cases across the island. ... More


Havana, July 19 (RHC)-- Cuba is celebrating Children's Day this Sunday with the guarantee of their rights, especially universal and free access to health services and education.... More


Havana, July 19 (RHC)-- Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel expressed his condolences for the death of urban music artist Daniel Alejandro Muñoz, member of the duo Yomil (Roberto Hidalgo) and Dany.... More


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Georgetown, July 19 (RHC)-- In news from Guyana, The Chronicle has revealed that the Government of Guyana rejected the request of the U.S. government to broadcast content of the Voice of America against Venezuela from Guyanese territory.... More


Washington, July 19 (RHC)-- In the United States, deaths from the novel coronavirus exceeded 140,000 on Saturday as cases continued to rise in 43 out of 50 states over the past two weeks, according to both Johns Hopkins University and Reuters tallies.... More


Brussels, July 19 (RHC)-- Leaders of the European Union have extended until Sunday their summit after failing to agree on a massive stimulus fund to revive their coronavirus-hammered economies after two days of fraught negotiations, Reuters news agency reported.... More


San José, July 18 (RHC)-- The newspaper Libertad of Costa Rica publishes the speech of the president of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel, where he announces the strategy to boost the economy in the face of the world crisis caused by the COVID-19.... More


United Nations, July 18 (RHC)-- Cuba's alternate permanent representative to the UN, Ana Silvia Rodriguez, called for working together to build the world of peace, freedom, equality and justice, saying that was Nelson Mandela's dream.... More


Nairobi, July 18 (RHC)-- A brigade of the Henry Reeve International Contingent of Doctors for Disasters and Major Emergencies has arrived in Kenya to support the Kenyan response to the pandemic caused by the new SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, which causes COVID-19 disease.... More


Havana, July 18 (RHC)-- Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez expressed his condolences on learning of the death of U.S. Congressman John Lewis.  On his Twitter account, the foreign minister expressed his sorrow at the passing of the "recognized fighter for civil rights in his country, against racism and inequality."... More


United Nations, July 18 (RHC)-- Coronavirus has revealed the "fragile skeleton" of societies and could push 100 million people into extreme poverty, United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres said on Saturday.... More


Washington, July 18 (RHC)-- U.S. Homeland Security Acting Secretary Chad Wolf announced that borders with Mexico and Canada would remain shut to most travel to stem to spread of the coronavirus for another month to August 20th.... More


Washington, July 18 (RHC)-- More U.S. state governors required residents to wear face-coverings in public, siding with the view that mask mandates are necessary to fight a worsening coronavirus pandemic rather than simply a matter of personal choice.... More


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