Santiago de Cuba, June 8 (RHC)-- On Cuban Jurist's Day, a representation of these professionals, complying with the measures of confrontation to the COVID-19, paid tribute to the founders of the Nation, in the Santa Ifigenia Patrimonial Cemetery, of this city, for being paradigms in the defense of Socialist Legality and in the provision of services to the people.... More
Brasilia, June 8 (RHC)-- The government of far-right Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has stopped publishing new reported coronavirus deaths and infections. Brazil’s health minister over the weekend took down a website that had published daily, weekly and monthly numbers of COVID-19 cases and deaths. ... More
Havana, June 8 (RHC)-- Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel congratulated the island's legal workers on their day. On his Twitter account, the Cuban leader noted that June 8th was chosen as the Day of the Legal Worker because on the same date in 1865, the independence leader Ignacio Agramonte discussed his thesis for his law degree at the University of Havana.... More
Havana, June 8 (RHC)-- The National Director of Epidemiology of the Cuban Ministry of Public Health, Dr. Francisco Duran, reported that there were 9 new cases of COVID-19, for an total of 2,200 positive cases across the island. ... More
Havana, June 8 (RHC) – Cuban musician, composer and film and video maker, Edesio Alejandro, has thanked producers of his film Mambo Man, recently nominated to two important international awards... More
Havana, June 8 (RHC)-- Cuba begins today a week that could prove decisive in the beginning of the 'new normal' that will impose the continuation of the confrontation with COVID-19. ... More
Paris, June 8 (RHC)-- More than one hundred organizations from 20 countries are today accompanying a platform launched in France to demand the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to the Cuban medical brigades that fight COVID-19 around the world.... More
As a pandemic that's killed over 393,000 people rages on and demonstrations demanding racial justice continue across the globe, the international community on Friday marked World Environment Day with scientifically supported warnings about the importance of protecting nature for the future of humanity.... More
At a special meeting convened by Mexico in its capacity as Pro Tempore Chair of CELAC, the Commission’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, submitted a detailed report on the region’s situation to the countries along with recommendations to support the post-pandemic recovery.... More
The United Nations regional commission joins the call to raise our voices for nature. To confront the pandemic effectively and sustainably, Latin America and the Caribbean must prioritize green, low-carbon solutions that are centered on people and on our planet.... More
During a televised roundtable discussion, aired over the weekend, Cuban health experts spoke about the country’s approach to the Covid-19 pandemic, particularly care for two highly vulnerable population groups –children and older adults—and the role being played by Cuban scientists in the fight against the pandemic.... More
Cuban singer-songwriter Raúl Torres has just released a new song entitled ‘Desbloquéame’ (Unblock me) -- a protest song against the US blockade on Cuba.... More
Cuba’s orchestra Leonardo Diago y la Nueva Era has released a new song as a tribute to Cuban health professionals, who are on the frontlines fighting the Covid-19 pandemic on the island and around the world. ... More
British singer-songwriter Paul McCartney reacted to the George Floyd case. He said he is "sick and angry" at the widespread cases of police brutality and systematic racism that still prevail in the United States and insisted that "saying nothing is not an option."... More
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Washington, June 8 (RHC)-- Colin Powell, who served as America's top military officer and top diplomat under Republican presidents, has said he will vote for Democrat Joe Biden, accusing Donald Trump of drifting from the U.S. Constitution. ... More
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