Sanaa, March 21 (RHC)-- In Yemen, where a U.S.-supported, Saudi-led war has killed over 100,000 people and shattered the healthcare infrastructure, medical workers are bracing for the rapid spread of coronavirus. To date, 80% of Yemenis rely on humanitarian assistance, with high rates of malnutrition, malaria and cholera. ... More
Havana, March 21 (RHC) -- For this Saturday at 3pm, Cuba time, an online mini-concert by Omara Portuondo and the Failde Orchestra has been announced. ... More
La Paz, March 21 (RHC)-- Bolivia's coup president Jeanine Añez and her health minister, Erwin Viruez, rejected Cuban health cooperation amid the COVID-19 pandemic. In an interview with local news media, Viruez affirmed that Bolivian doctors have "the capacity to respond to this or any other contingency."... More
Washington, March 21 (RHC)-- In a favorable outcome for U.S. President Donald Trump's foreign policy towards Latin America, twenty-three countries of the Organization of American States (OAS) Friday re-elected Luis Almagro as the Secretary-General of this institution, a position that he will hold until 2025.... More
Washington, March 21 (RHC)-- Ecuador's former President Rafael Correa, Bolivia's former Vice-President Alvaro Garcia Linera, Colombia's former presidential candidate Gustavo Petro, and other progressive intellectuals Friday called on the international community to make multilateral financial institutions and other private creditors sensitive to the ongoing economic situation and forgive the Latin American countries' sovereign external debt.... More
Cristina Fernández de Kirchner thanks Cuba for its support in the recovery of her daughter Florencia
Havana, March 21 (RHC) Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, announced that she is returning to Argentina from Havana, Cuba, with her daughter Florencia Kirchner.... More
Quito, March 20 (RHC)-- In Ecuador’s Amazon region, hundreds of families were left homeless this week as extreme weather swelled the Bobonaza River basin, washing away homes, schools, crops, animals and a bridge in the Sarayaku community. ... More
Washington, March 20 (RHC)-- In climate news, newly released data from NASA shows Greenland lost a record 600 billion tons of ice during an exceptionally warm summer in 2019, surpassing the previous record melt set in 2012. ... More
New York, March 20 (RHC)-- In Queens, New York, Amazon employees shut down a fulfillment center after a worker tested positive for COVID-19. The confirmed case came two days after 1,500 Amazon workers around the world called publicly for Amazon to adopt stronger safety measures. In Brooklyn, employees of the retail store Art To Frames held a protest outside their shop yesterday to demand more protections.... More
New York, March 20 (RHC)-- Economists at Goldman Sachs have estimated that some 2.25 million Americans filed for their first week of unemployment benefits this week — the fastest rush of jobless claims in U.S. history. ... More
Newark, March 20 (RHC)-- In the U.S. state of New Jersey, a medical worker at the Elizabeth Immigration Detention Center has tested positive for COVID-19 and has entered self-quarantine. Officials with Immigration and Customs Enforcement said one other ICE employee had tested positive elsewhere in the U.S., though the agency declined to say where. ... More
Atlanta, March 20 (RHC)-- In the U.S. state of Georgia, all 236 state legislators have been urged to self-isolate for weeks, after a state senator disclosed he tested positive for COVID-19. ... More
Havana, March 20 (RHC) Cuban Health Minister, Dr. José Angel Portal Miranda, confirmed that after the tests carried out this Friday, the number of COVID-19 cases increased by 5, bringing to 21 the number of infected people on the island.... More
Havana, March 20 (RHC)-- Cuba announced on Friday a set of measures aimed at controlling the spread of COVID-19 in the national territory, which includes border restrictions, and stopping the entry of tourists.... More
Havana, March 20 (RHC)-- Representatives of Cuba and Namibia ratified on Friday the political will to continue strengthening bilateral ties, during the commemoration of the 30th anniversary of the independence of that African country and the establishment of diplomatic relations.... More
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