Cuba registers 1,129 new cases and seven Covid deaths (June 3)
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Cuba registered on Friday 1,129 new cases of covid-19 and seven deaths, according to the...
June 4, 2021Section
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Pandemic is an opportunity to fight corruption in Latin America – UNOPS
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - (EFE) The crisis unleashed by covid-19 has generated great risks in corruption. Still, it also...
June 3, 2021
Raul Castro, now 90 years old and “retired” from Cuban political life
Former Cuban President Raul Castro turns 90 on Thursday, a few weeks after retiring from political life. However, he still...
June 3, 2021
Cuban government authorizes MSMEs but excludes them from strategic sectors
The Cuban government gave the green light on Wednesday to create micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) in both the...
June 2, 2021
Red Cross warns of impending pandemic health collapse in Latin America
The International Federation of Red Cross Societies (IFRC) warned Friday that the pandemic "is far from over in the Americas,"...
May 29, 2021
Díaz-Canel says ”U.S. acts with cynicism” by keeping Cuba on terrorist list
Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel said Wednesday that the U.S. "acts with cynicism" by keeping the island on the list of...
May 26, 2021
Potential Cuban Covid-19 vaccine Soberana 02 ends last phase of clinical trials
The third and last phase of the clinical trials of the Cuban vaccine candidate Soberana 02 against the coronavirus concludes...
May 26, 2021
Cuban dissident artist Otero Alcantara completes three weeks in isolation in a hospital
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Artist and dissident Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara, leader of the San Isidro Movement (MSI), has...
May 23, 2021
Pandemic reduces 94% of tourist arrivals to Cuba so far in 2021
Some 64,712 foreign tourists visited Cuba in the first four months of the year, barely 6% of the 983,099 who...
May 22, 2021