Brussels, April 4 (RHC)-- The European Parliament's Group of Friendship and Solidarity with Cuba thanked the Cuban government for its decision to send medical brigades to European countries affected by COVID-19. ... More
Havana, April 4 (RHC)— Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez assured Friday that the guiding principle of those who are working to confront the COVID-19 pandemic on the island is to save people's lives.... More
![Jair Bolsonaro in Brasilia, March, 2020. "Do I hear an Amen?" (Photo: Twitter/ @festhiago)](https://www.radiohc.cu/articles/1929-bolsonaro-blessing.jpg "Jair Bolsonaro in Brasilia, March, 2020. "Do I hear an Amen?" (Photo: Twitter/ @festhiago)")
Brasilia, April 4 (RHC)-- After lashing out at his health minister because he does not have a "humble attitude," Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro has announced that he and other religious leaders will perform a fast as a form of sacrifice to rid Brazil of the COVID-19 pandemic.... More
New York, April 4 (RHC)-- New York City has joined Los Angeles in recommending that all residents wear masks or otherwise cover their faces while in public.... More
Washington, April 4 (RHC)-- In the U.S., the Democratic National Committee has announced it will delay its presidential nominating convention in Milwaukee by a month, to August 17th. ... More
Brasilia, April 4 (RHC)-- In Brazil, Amazon land defender and indigenous leader Zezico Guajajara has been assassinated. His body was found near his village with gunshot wounds, marking the fifth assassination of Amazon forest protectors in the past six months. ... More
United Nations, April 3 (RHC)-- The UN General Assembly has unanimously approved a resolution for the first time on the coronavirus pandemic, calling for “multilateralism” in the fight against the virus, but failed to condemn unilateral U.S. sanctions against countries.... More
Mexico City, April 3 (RHC)-- Mexico's alternative news portal Chiapas Paralelo warned about the precarious health conditions in which the Indigenous communities live in Chiapas, a Mexican state where the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic will be aggravated by the prevailing poverty situation.... More
Berlin, April 3 (RHC)-- Berlin’s top security official has accused Washington of using “Wild West methods” to divert and obtain a delivery of face masks originally destined for the German capital. Berlin State Interior Minister Andreas Geisel denounced the diversion of the masks as an “act of modern piracy,” Reuters reported on Friday.... More
Madrid, April 3 (RHC)-- Spain now has more confirmed cases of COVID-19 than Italy, with the number of infections soaring to over 117,000 on Friday – an increase of around 7,000 from the previous day.... More
The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on Thursday adopted a resolution on COVID-19, calling for "intensified" international cooperation to defeat the COVID-19 pandemic. Resolution 74/270 states that the 193-member UNGA notes "with great concern" the threat to human health, safety and well-being caused by COVID-19, which continues to spread globally.... More
Throughout the current global epidemiological crisis, generated by the ravaging COVID-19 pandemic, health workers have been bearing the brunt of the effort to save the lives of victims, often at great personal risk of catching the virus themselves.... More
The Casa de Iberoamérica, an institution devoted to the promotion of Ibero-American culture, located in eastern Holguin province, is organizing a series of online performances by local Holguin soloists and musical groups through Facebook Live and other digital platforms.... More
Cuba’s ballet company Ballet Nacional de Cuba joins the special TV broadcasts aimed at bringing art directly to Cuban family homes in times of COVID-19. The company’s version of the ballet Coppelia will be aired on national television at 9:30 pm (Cuban Time) on Sunday, April 5th.... More
The European Heritage Label has been awarded to ten new sites that have played a significant role in the history and culture of Europe or the building of the European Union. The awards were announced on March 31st, 2020.... More
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