17 June 2021 Archives

US blockade of Cuba denies right to alternative model

Published on: June 17, 2021
14:02

Havana, Jun 17 (Prensa Latina) Hostility against Cuba and other progressive projects denies the right of peoples to build and develop an alternative model to that imposed by dominant forces, a diplomatic source denounced today.

Cuba shows no decrease in number of Covid-19 cases

Published on: June 17, 2021
13:43

Havana, Jun 17 (Prensa Latina) Cuba on Thursday reported 1,418 new Covid-19 cases, and the number of contagions has not decreased over the past few days, Dr. Francisco Duran, national director of Epidemiology at the Ministry of Public Health (MINSAP), said at his daily press briefing on television.

Cuban hero denounces criminal US blockade against his country

Published on: June 17, 2021
13:22

Lima, Jun 17 (Prensa Latina) Cuban hero Fernando Gonzalez thanked Peruvians virtually for their solidarity against the United States blockade against his country, and pointed out that that criminal policy will fail in its objective of subduing his homeland.

Russian, Venezuelan foreign ministers to review mutual cooperation

Published on: June 17, 2021
13:05

Moscow, Jun 17 8Prensa Latina) Russian Foreign Minister Serguey Lavrov, and his Venezuelan counterpart, Jorge Arreaza, will meet on June 22 in this city, Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Thursday.

Grateful embrace by Cuban people to independentist Maximo Gomez

Published on: June 17, 2021
12:28

Havana, Jun 17 (Prensa Latina) President Miguel Diaz-Canel on Thursday recalled the 116th anniversary of the death of Maximo Gomez, a Dominican pro-independence fighter who became a general during the Cuban liberation struggles.

WHO expresses concern over SARS-CoV-2 variant known as c-37

Published on: June 17, 2021
12:24

Geneva, Jun 17 (Prensa Latina) The World Health Organization (WHO) described as worrying the SARS-CoV-2 variant known as c-37, which was detected for the first time in Peru and it is present today in 29 countries of the world.

Chile implements plan to recuperate music sector

Published on: June 17, 2021
12:19

Santiago, Chile, Jun 17 (Prensa Latina) Chile's Ministry of Arts, Culture and Heritage is seeking to reactivate the music industry, so it is implementing a plan to bring afloat the depressed sector due to the pandemic Covid-19.

Celestino Award honors work of Latin American writer in Cuba

Published on: June 17, 2021
11:41

Holguin, Cuba, Jun 17 (Prensa Latina) The 22nd edition of the Celestino Short Story Award on Thursday began its third day with a lecture about Latin American short story, as a tribute to Augusto Monterroso, one of its greatest references.

Congress to debate US president’s war powers

Published on: June 17, 2021
11:38

Washington, Jun 17 (Prensa Latina) The Lower House of the Congress of the United States will vote a bill on Thursday to revoke the Authorization for the Use of Military Force (AUMF), which allowed the aggression against Iraq in 2002, and support for the president's war powers.

Colombian Congress debates ratification of Escazu Agreement

Published on: June 17, 2021
11:25

Bogota, Jun 17 (Prensa Latina) The second commissions of the Colombian Congress (bicameral) on Thursday debated whether they will ratify the Escazu Agreement, adopted in Costa Rica on March 4, 2018.

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