Woman wearing a face mask on a bus in Santiago de Chile, April 7, 2020.  (Photo: Xinhua)

Santiago de Chile, April 20 (RHC)-- The Chilean Ministry of Health reported on Friday that the country has registered 9,252 cases of COVID-19, with 116 deaths.  The ministry's undersecretary of assistance networks, Arturo Zuniga, told a press conference that 385 patients are currently in intensive care units, 316 of whom are on ventilators, with 97 in critical condition.... More


Mexico City, April 20 (RHC)-- Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador administration has prohibited the cremation of unclaimed bodies who died because of COVID-19.... More


The Cuban medical brigade arrived in Honduras on Sunday.  (Photo: Honduran Presidency)

Tegucigalpa, April 20 (RHC)-- Cuban doctors and Honduran specialists studying on the island arrived in Tegucigalpa Sunday as part of Cuba’s medical missions across the world to fight the novel coronavirus. ... More


Havana, April 19 (RHC)-- Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez says that the defeat suffered 59 years ago by U.S. imperialism at Playa Giron -- the Bay of Pigs -- is irreversible.... More


April 19 (RHC)—With the latest round of PCRs tests in Cuba, the Caribbean island surpassed on Saturday the number of 1,000 people testing positive to COVID19... More


Havana, April 19 (RHC)-- Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel highlighted this Sunday the triumph of the people over the invading forces at Playa Girón -- the Bay of Pigs -- on the 59th anniversary of the victory.... More


Havana, April 19 (RHC)-- The president of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel, stated this Sunday that the men and women of science are opening up paths to better confront the COVID-19 pandemic.... More


Washington, April 19 (RHC)-- The U.S. reported 2,009 coronavirus-related deaths over the past day, surpassing the 39,000 mark, according to John Hopkins University.... More


Palestinian prisoners at an Israeli detention facility in the occupied territories. (Photo: Twitter)

United Nations, April 19 (RHC)-- United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has demanded the protection of Palestinian prisoners being held in Israeli jails and detention facilities amid the novel coronavirus pandemic.... More


Brasilia, April 19 (RHC)-- Amid a health crisis that has made Brazil the country with the largest number of COVID-19 cases in Latin America, President Jair Bolsonaro's administration has closed its embassy and consulates in Venezuela.... More


Damascus, April 19 (RHC)-- Local residents in the Syrian village of Abu Qasaib in northeastern province of Hasakah stopped a U.S. military convoy, forcing the American troops to return to their occupied base.... More


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


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