With their population now at around 900,000, coronavirus has reawakened fears of extermination.  (Photo: EFE)

Brasilia, April 19 (RHC)-- Deforestation, fires, land invasions, and now the coronavirus - Indigenous people in the Brazilian Amazon are isolating themselves from the pandemic in remote jungle areas to dodge a health crisis that has already claimed its first lives in their communities.... More


Market workers of Antigua Guatemala, April 2020  (Photo: Twitter/@UPCV_gt)

Guatemala City, April 19 (RHC)-- Guatemalan Civil organizations and lawmakers denounced massive layoffs during the labor stoppage due to COVID-19. The complainants claim that these suspensions occurred without any action or sanctions by the Ministry of Labor.... More


Havana, April 19 (RHC)-- The National Director of Epidemiology of the Cuban Ministry of Public Health, Dr. Francisco Duran, reported that there were 49 new cases of COVID-19, for an total of 1,035 positive cases across the island. ... More


Havana, April 19 (RHC)-- Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez says that Cuba has a government committed to the welfare of its people.  Writing on his official Twitter account, the top Cuban diplomat stressed that both the island's public health system and its scientific community are dedicated to the benefit of society, which is demonstrated in the current context of the fight against COVID-19.... More


Brussels, April 19 (RHC)-- The Belgian Coordinating Committee against the blockade of Cuba will launch a new campaign at the end of April to demand the lifting of the illegal measures imposed by the United States.  ... More


Havana, April 19 (RHC)-- Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez remembered Raúl Roa García, known as the "Foreign Minister of Dignity," on April 18th -- the 113th anniversary of his birth.... More


Havana, April 19 (RHC)-- The international community continues to demand that the U.S. end its blockade against Cuba.  The calls for Washington to lift its illegal measures against the island have increased during these times of the COVID-19 pandemic.  ... More


The National Liberation Army negotiator Israel Rodriguez.  (Photo: EFE)

Bogota, April 19 (RHC)-- The National Liberation Army (ELN) has asked Colombia's President Ivan Duque to continue negotiating a bilateral ceasefire and expressed its willingness to avoid armed clashes during the COVID-19 pandemic.... More


Rome, April 18 (RHC)-- Doctors working in Bergamo, one of the epicenters of the coronavirus outbreak in Italy, thanked Russian specialists for their help in treating some of the most difficult cases.... More


Tel Aviv, April 18 (RHC)-- U.S. intelligence agencies passed an early warning about the coronavirus to Tel Aviv and NATO as far back as November, Israel’s Channel 12 claims, even after a top U.S. medical intel officer dismissed a recent similar report.... More


Havana, April 18 (RHC)—In Cuba 986 positive cases of COVID-19 have been detected. As of Friday, 725 of them remain active.  The Caribbean island already reports 32 deaths, for a lethality of 3.2%.... More


A health worker checks temperatures in Jika Joe informal settlement in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa.  (Photo: Twitter/@larazon_es)

Pretoria, April 18 (RHC)-- The World Health Organization (WHO) reports that 16,800 positive cases of COVID-19 and more than 850 deaths from the virus have already been recorded in Africa.... More


Mexico City, April 18 (RHC)-- Protests have erupted outside factories in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez in recent days after the deaths of several workers, including some employed by U.S. companies, from what the protesters said was the coronavirus.... More


People wearing handmade protective gears wait to enter a supermarket in Buenos Aires.  (Photo: Xinhua)

Buenos Aires, April 18 (RHC)-- Argentina's capital Buenos Aires on Thursday installed its first network of infrared cameras to help contain the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.... More


Havana, April 18 (RHC)-- The National Director of Epidemiology of the Cuban Ministry of Public Health, Dr. Francisco Duran, reported that there were 63 new cases of COVID-19, for an total of 986 positive cases across the island.  ... More


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