Havana, April 23 (RHC) Arnaldo Rodríguez y su Talisman has composed a song to celebrate May Day, International Workers' Day... More


Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas during an Arab League emergency meeting in the Egyptian capital Cairo on February 1, 2020. (Photo: AFP)

Ramallah, April 23 (RHC)-- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas says the Palestinian Authority’s agreements with Israel and the United States will be “completely cancelled” if Israel annexes the occupied West Bank.... More


Phoenix, April 23 (RHC)-- In the U.S. state of Arizona, asylum seekers jailed at the La Palma Correctional Center near Phoenix are receiving waivers from CoreCivic, freeing the for-profit prison company from liability if immigrant prisoners contract COVID-19. ... More


Salvadoran citizen stranded at Mexican airport. | Photo: Twitter/@antonio_friends

San Salvador, April 23 (RHC)-- El Salvador's President Nayirb Bukele has vetoed two legislative decrees under unconstitutionality arguments.  Decrees 620 and 621 made viable the return of stranded Salvadorans by the pandemic and for health personnel to have life insurance.... More


Bogota, April 23 (RHC)-- In Colombia, Meta Department Governor Juan Zuluaga confirmed 40 new COVID-19 cases in the Villavicencio prison, a public facility where 70 infected people have been registered so far.... More


Havana, April 22 (RHC)-- The National Director of Epidemiology of the Cuban Ministry of Public Health, Dr. Francisco Duran, reported that there were 46 new cases of COVID-19, for an total of 1,235 positive cases across the island.  ... More


 Brasilia, April 23 (RHC)-- Former Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff expressed her gratitude to Cuban health professionals who participated in the founding of the "Mais Medicos" ("More Doctors") program, which brought health care to the nation's most remote communities.... More


Havana, April 23 (RHC)-- Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel highlighted this Thursday the upcoming celebration of International Workers' Day, complying with the measures of social distancing established to isolate COVID-19.... More


Workers bury a coffin in a grave at a cemetery for coronavirus victims in Jakarta, Indonesia.  (Photo: Reuters)

Brussels, April 23 (RHC)-- More than 180,000 people across the world have died from the novel coronavirus, nearly two-thirds of them in Europe, since the deadly disease emerged in China last December, according to an AFP tally based on official sources.... More


Havana, April 23 (RHC)-- After 43 days since the first confirmed cases of COVID-19 on the island, the Cuban government, headed by President Miguel Díaz-Canel and Prime Minister Manuel Marrero, continued the detailed analysis of the implementation of the Plan for the Prevention and Control of the New Coronavirus.... More


Havana, April 23 (RHC)-- The General Secretary of the Confederation of Cuban Workers -- Central de Trabajadores de Cuba (CTC) -- Ulises Guilarte, highlighted the broad expression of solidarity with the Cuban Revolution by trade unions around the world.... More


Havana, April 23 (RHC)-- The implementation of the first bioenergy Atlas and also the improvement of the quality of life FOR over 700 families using biogas are the results of the UNDP cooperation in Cuba.... More


Havana, April 23 (RHC)-- The 22nd brigade of the Henry Reeve International Contingent of Doctors Specialized in Disaster Situations and Serious Epidemics left on Wednesday for the African country of Cape Verde.... More


Oil pipeline located in the Orinoco Belt, Venezuela.  (Photo: EFE)

Washington, April 23 (RHC)-- U.S. President Donald Trump has ordered U.S.-based multinational oil companies to gradually shut down their activities in Venezuela.... More


Mexico City, April 23 (RHC)-- Mexican officials say the country has entered its most severe stage in the spread of the coronavirus — what they refer to as Phase 3 — as cases surge, with the death toll topping 2,600. ... More


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