Brasilia, March 6 (RHC)-- Opposition parties in Brazil reaffirmed in a document their unity to resist the neoliberal and anti-democratic agenda of far-right president Jair Bolsonaro while urging the population to demonstrate.... More
Santiago de Chile, March 6 (RHC)-- The Chilean Senate has approved a bill on gender parity in the body charged with the eventual drafting of a new Constitution. ... More
United Nations, March 6 (RHC)-- Around 13 million, or one in 20 girls between the ages of 15 and 19 worldwide have experienced rape during their lifetime, according to a report published Tuesday by the United Nations’ Children’s Agency, UNICEF.... More
Tehran, March 6 (RHC)-- Iran says the U.S. and Israel are seeking to undermine the “constructive cooperation” between the country and the UN nuclear agency by forcing the latter to act outside its purview.... More
Havana, March 5 (RHC)-- Cuba´s foreign minister regretted on Thursday the passing of former UN Secretary-General, Peruvian Javier Perez de Cuellar.... More
Havana, March 6 (RHC)-- The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Benin, Aurélien Agbénonci, will visit Cuba beginning March 7, diplomatic sources of the Caribbean nation have announced.... More
Havana, March 6 (RHC)-- The Council of Ministers met in an extraordinary session on Thursday to update the Plan for the Prevention and Control of the new coronavirus in Cuba.... More
Chinese scientists have identified the mechanism of how the novel coronavirus works to infect humans, which could explain the molecular basis for coronavirus recognition and infection and provide a basis for the development of therapeutics.... More
Caracas, March 5 (RHC)-- Venezuela's National Constituent Assembly (ANC) President Diosdado Cabello Wednesday reported that the alleged assassination attempt against Juan Guaido was staged by those who support the opposition lawmaker and carried out by a person who received $400 dollars for his performance.... More
As three more countries confirmed their first cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday and the caseload continued to spike in worst-hit regions, the World Health Organization (WHO) called for early and aggressive measures to break the chains of transmission worldwide.... More
Geneva, March 5 (RHC)-- The World Health Organization is warning the number of cases of COVID-19 caused by coronavirus is approaching 100,000 worldwide, with more than 3,100 deaths due to the illness. Most of the deaths and infections have occurred in China, where health officials reported 139 new cases and 31 new deaths Wednesday. ... More
Washington, March 5 (RHC)-- The World Health Organization announced that the global death rate from the disease caused by the new coronavirus is 3.4% — far deadlier than the seasonal flu. But the very next day, President Donald Trump said he had a “hunch” the number was actually much lower. ... More
Damascus, March 5 (RHC)-- Syrian air defenses have intercepted several Israeli missiles over Quneitra province in the country's southwest and the central province of Homs, reports say. "At 00:30 on Thursday our air defense monitored Israeli warplanes coming from northern occupied Palestine towards Sidon, and several missiles were fired from Lebanese airspace towards the central area," Syria's official news agency SANA quoted a military source as saying.... More
Students from the Mariana de Gonitch Singing Academy will begin a tour of Havana neighborhoods, to pay tribute to the Federation of Cuban Women (FMC) on the occasion of its 60th anniversary, and especially to the FMC founder, the late Vilma Espin Guillois.... More
Buenos Aires, March 5 (RHC)-- Argentinean activist and human rights defender Adolfo Perez Esquivel announced that he has nominated the former Bolivian president, Evo Morales, for the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize.... More
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