Dedicated to Cuban prima ballerina assoluta Alicia Alonso on the one hundredth anniversary of her birth, the Second International Festival of Spanish Dance and Flamenco ‘Cuba-Flamenco 2020’ began March 10th and runs through the 15th in Havana.... More


Fossil shows that miniature dinosaurs likely shared the earth with giants during the Mesozoic Era

A team of scientists from China, the United States and Canada have found the skull of a tiny dinosaur preserved in 100-million-year-old amber.... More


Havana, (RHC) - The World Baseball and Softball Confederation (WBSC), in conjunction with the host United States, announced the postponement of the U.S. qualifying tournament for the Tokyo-2020 Games, which was scheduled to take place in Arizona.... More


Havana, (RHC) - The possibility of a postponement of the Tokyo Olympic Games is already more than a hypothesis. Haruyuki Takahashi, one of the 25 members of the Organizing Committee of the competition to be held from 24 July to 9 August, let it be known in The Wall Street Journal that such a possibility is being handled, although he considers a total cancellation or holding the event behind closed doors impossible because of the disastrous economic consequences that would result.... More


Argentinian President Alberto Fernandez

Buenos Aires, March 13 (RHC) Argentinian President Alberto Fernandez has decreed a national health emergency and announced a 27 million dollar increase of the health budget to combat the Coronavirus pandemic.... More


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Havana, March 12 (RHC)-- Representatives of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the Board of the Green Climate Fund signed in Geneva an agreement for the implementation of the first collaborative project with Cuban agriculture.... More


Interior Minister Néstor Reverol addresses a press conference in Caracas on Thursday.

Caracas, March 12 (RHC)-- A fire reported on March 7 at a warehouse of Venezuela's National Electoral Council (CNE) was a terrorist act aimed at destabilizing the electoral system, Interior Minister Néstor Reverol said.... More


A Chilean student confronts riot police during a protest against President Sebastian Pinera's government on Wednesday,| AFP

Santiago, March 12 (RHC) – Students clashed with riot police in Chile’s capital Santiago during protests that marked the second anniversary of conservative President Sebastian Pinera took office on Wednesday.... More


United Nations, March 12 (RHC)-- The Secretary-General of the United Nations, António Guterres, canceled Thursday all United Nations system sponsored side events at Headquarters, from March 16  until the end of April, effective immediately.... More


Falls Church, March 12 (RHC)-- A federal judge on Thursday ordered the release of former Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning, ending roughly a year of incarceration that she had served for refusing to testify to a grand jury.... More


Washington, March 12 (RHC)-- Presidential hopeful and U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders spoke Thursday on the "health and economic crisis" facing the United States (U.S.) as the coronavirus spreads in the country.... More


The President requested the intensification of the investigation and study of suspicious patients until the end.

Havana, March 12 (RHC)-- Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel urged authorities to continue working with the people and to intensify the measures to confront COVID-19 after the Ministry of Public Health confirmed its presence on the island.... More


Cuban health authorities reported on Thursday a new case of Coronavirus, bringing to four the number of the new Coronavirus cases on the Caribbean island.... More


Havana, March 12 (RHC)— The Cuban Foreign Ministry announced on Thursday the postponement of the IV Conference the Nation and Emigration. Text issued by the Foreign Ministry follows.... More


The World Health Organization, the WHO, has now officially declared the coronavirus COVID19 outbreak a pandemic. ... More


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