Bogota, January 29 (RHC)-- The Colombian Institute for Development and Peace Studies (Indepaz) revealed that in the first 27 days of 2020, 27 social leaders and four former combatants and signatories of the 2016 Peace Agreement have been killed.... More
Seattle, January 29 (RHC)-- In the U.S. city of Seattle, Washington, thousands of nurses and caregivers at the Swedish-Providence Medical Center launched a three-day strike to demand fair wages, adequate staffing and better conditions for patients. ... More
Brasilia, January 29 (RHC)-- In Brazil, record-breaking rains and widespread floods have killed at least 46 people and displaced tens of thousands in the southeastern state of Minas Gerais and the surrounding area. ... More
Washington, January 29 (RHC)-- The U.S. Supreme Court has voted 5 to 4 to allow Trump’s so-called public charge rule to take effect. The vote lifts a prior injunction blocking the measure while it’s being challenged in the courts. ... More
Madrid, January 29 (RHC)-- The Spanish humanitarian organization Open Arms has rescued 158 migrants who were sailing in the central Mediterranean Sea and at risk of a shipwreck on two different boats.... More
Today we are going to focus on the Cuban actor, author and theatrical entrepreneur, Arquímedes Pous. He was born in the city of Cienfuegos on the 18th of May in 1801, in a wealthy family who wanted to see him become a successful physician. ... More
The Fifth Meeting of Identity Guitars has gotten underway in Havana with the exchange of experiences and opinions on new trends and styles in that musical instrument.... More
The good folks of Cienfuegos, both city and province, like their cousins in Havana, characteristically enjoy their own boardwalk or Malecon, they also proudly stroll through their own Prado, the longest of its kind in Cuba. Events such as the snapper run are immensely popular, as is their typical dish, floured crab, All part of their most entrenched customs.... More
The Cuba Tourist Board announced earlier this month that Canadian visitors to Cuba have surpassed arrival numbers registered in 2018.... More
Russian tourism to Cuba grew by about 30 percent in 2019, when there were almost 178,000 visitors from that Eurasian country, a figure listed as a record for that market that has become one of the emerging issuers to the Caribbean island. ... More
La Paz, January 29 (RHC)-- The Movement Towards Socialism (MAS) presidential candidate Luis Arce Wednesday morning arrived at the Prosecutor's Office to give statements in an investigation for a case of alleged corruption at the Indigenous Peoples and Farmers' Development Fund (FONDIOC).... More
Havana, January 29 (RHC)--Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez met Tuesday with intellectuals and artists who make up the jury of the Casa de las Américas Prize.... More
Havana, January 29 (RHC)--The Cambodian Prime Minister, Hun Sen, received this Tuesday in Nom Pen, the Cuban Ambassador, Liurka Rodriguez, as part of the celebrations for the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between both countries.... More
Brasilia, January 29 (RHC)-- Former Brazilian President Fernando Collor de Mello defended the international medical collaboration of Cuba, one of the foundations of the Caribbean island in its relations with the world.... More
Santiago de Cuba, January 29 (RHC) The National Center of Seismological Research (CENAIS), described the earthquake of magnitude 7.1 on the Richter scale, which occurred at 14 hours and 10 minutes Tuesday, as the strongest registered instrumentally in the history of the Cuban seismological service.... More
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