Americas

PAHO celebrates 30 years without wild polio in the Americas

Published on: October 24, 2024
18:23

Washington, Oct 24 (Prensa Latina) As World Polio Day is celebrated on Thursday, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) highlighted the 30 years of certified eradication of wild polio transmission in the Americas.

Casa de las Americas holds event on Africa, Australia, the Americas

Published on: October 1, 2024
16:39

Havana, Oct 1 (Prensa Latina) Casa de las Américas, the iconic cultural institution in downtown Havana, is summoning followers to the educational talk "From Africa to Australia and the Americas: drums, plants and other medicines" on Wednesday.

Bibliographic exhibition celebrates Casa de las Americas’ anniversary

Published on: May 10, 2024
16:34

Havana, May 10 (Prensa Latina) Cuba’s Jose Marti National Library (BNCJM) opened on Friday the bibliographic exhibition celebrating the 65th anniversary of Casa de las Americas, with diverse materials that reflect the evolution of this emblematic cultural institution.

The Americas make progress in the fight against HIV and syphilis

Published on: May 7, 2024
16:16

Kingston, May 7 (Prensa Latina) Belize, Jamaica and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines were certified here on Tuesday by the World Health Organization (WHO) for eradicating mother-to-child transmission of HIV and syphilis.

United Nations Tourism for the Americas meeting opens in Cuba

Published on: April 30, 2024
11:59

Varadero, Cuba, Apr 30 (Prensa Latina) The 69th meeting of the United Nations Tourism Regional Commission for the Americas (CAM) opened in this resort on Tuesday, as a forum to discuss the trends and prospects of international tourism in the region, other things things.

PAHO urges to recover vaccination coverage in the Americas

Published on: April 19, 2024
16:45

Washington, Apr 19 (Prensa Latina) PAHO urged the countries of the Americas to recover routine vaccination coverage, as today only 15 out of every 100 children in the region are partially protected against preventable diseases.

William LeoGrande: the latest absurdity of US-Cuba policy

Published on: April 2, 2024
13:54

Washington, Apr 2 (Prensa Latina) The latest absurdity of United States-Cuba policy is that a small group of conservative Cuban American legislators, obsessed with reducing the Caribbean island to penury, currently dictate policies that harm broader US interests.

Two Cubans in the Wrestling Hall of Fame in the Americas

Published on: February 27, 2024
13:31

Acapulco, Mexico, Feb 27 (Prensa Latina) Cubans Filiberto Delgado and Eduardo Pérez are celebrating their inclusion in the prestigious Wrestling Hall of Fame of the Americas on Tuesday.

Mexican journalists to attend symposium on Monroe Doctrine in Cuba

Published on: October 14, 2023
00:45

Mexico, Oct 14 (Prensa Latina) Mexican colleagues will attend the Symposium on Political and Media Confrontation in Latin America and the Caribbean 200 years after the Monroe Doctrine, organized by the José Martí International Institute of Journalism in Cuba.

Asian cities for links with Cuba and other countries in the Americas (+Photos)

Published on: September 6, 2023
11:07

Beijing Sep 6 (Prensa Latina) The Asia-Pacific network of United Cities and Local Governments today advocates for an inclusive cooperation that may allow trans-regional links with countries such as Cuba, member of the Belt and Road Initiative.

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