United Nations, February 27 (RHC)--The United States is in breach of its obligations as a UN host country and is impeding the participation of representatives of official delegations from member states, including Cuba, in UN events.... More
U.S. health officials say they’ve identified the first case of a coronavirus infection by a person who had not traveled to any of the affected regions of the world, nor had known contact with anyone else who did. ... More
Washington, February 27 (RHC)-- U.S. President Donald Trump has sought repeatedly to dismiss the threat of the coronavirus, tweeting on Wednesday morning: “Low Ratings Fake News MSDNC (Comcast) & CNN are doing everything possible to make the Caronavirus look as bad as possible, including panicking markets, if possible. Likewise their incompetent Do Nothing Democrat comrades are all talk, no action. USA in great shape!” President Trump tweeted, misspelling the word “coronavirus.”... More
Washington, February 27 (RHC)-- In the United States, a new report by Physicians for Human Rights finds the Donald Trump administration’s separation of families at the U.S.-Mexico border is tantamount to torture. ... More
Phoenix, February 27 (RHC)-- In the U.S. state of Arizona, federal prosecutors have dropped a misdemeanor charge against humanitarian aid volunteer Scott Warren, one day before he was to be sentenced for driving on protected lands to drop water, food and other aid to migrants crossing the Sonoran Desert. ... More
Havana, February 27 (RHC)—The money transfer service Western Union announced Thursday that it has suspended all money transfers to Cuba, except those from the United States, as a result of Washington's escalation of sanctions.... More
Cuba participated in the latest edition of the “DANISH TRAVEL SHOW” fair, held February 21 to 23 at the “MCH Messecenter” site in the city of Herning, in Denmark.... More
Havana’s Historian Eusebio Leal received Wednesday the diploma and robe that accredit him as Doctor Honoris Causa in Legal Sciences and Law History with the Pontifical Lateran University of the Vatican. ... More
Cuban musician Alain Perez presented Wednesday his latest album ‘El cuento de la Buena Pipa’... More
Cuban singer/songwriter Liuba María Hevia was presented this past Tuesday with the Artistic Excellence prize ‘Cuba 2019’. ... More
A concert by the popular Cuban band Los Van Van was the main attraction Wednesday at the 5th International Salsa Festival, which runs here in Havana until Sunday, March 1st.... More
Cuba’s contemporary dance company Danza Contemporánea de Cuba has announced a commemorative season of its 60th anniversary. ... More
Havana will host the International Cuban Dance Festival ‘Ritmo Cuba’ from April 20th through the 26th. ... More
London, February 27 (RHC)-- The U.S. government plotted to kidnap or kill Julian Assange while he was holed up at the Ecuadorian embassy in London, a UK court was told during the WikiLeaks publisher’s extradition hearing.... More
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