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Chile: Plaza de Armas, a gathering area

Published on: December 31, 2022
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Santiago, Chile, Dec 31 (Prensa Latina) Almost five centuries after its establishment, Plaza de Armas (Arms' Square) today continues to be an important administrative, cultural and social area in Santiago de Chile, a site where musicians and painters gather, and a must for national and foreign visitors.

Crucial moment of Cuban Revolution remembered

Published on: December 18, 2022
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Havana, Dec 18 (Prensa Latina) The 66th Anniversary of one of the most critical and hopeful moments in the Cuban Revolution, the Cinco Palmas meeting, was remembered in Cuba on Saturday as an expression of resistance and confidence in victory.

Cubans recall martyrs of homeland

Published on: December 7, 2022
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Havana, Dec 7 (Prensa Latina) This Wednesday, Cubans pay tribute to the martyrs of the Homeland in public squares, streets, and avenues, due to the historical coincidences of events associated with independence fighters of the island.

Spain: The Walker of Baeza

Published on: December 5, 2022
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Madrid, Dec 5 (Prensa Latina) The road is made by walking (…) Antonio Machado said upon arriving in Baeza at the end of October 1912, with the idea of spending a short time there but ended up teaching French Grammar from 1912 to 1919.

A symbol of Buenos Aires

Published on: November 22, 2022
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Buenos Aires, Nov 22 (Prensa Latina) A witness to a large number of marches, celebrations, and historic and cultural events, the Obelisk is a symbol of the city of Buenos Aires and an essential part of Argentinean history.

Putin warns against Western attempts to manipulate history

Published on: November 15, 2022
09:26

Moscow, Nov 15 (Prensa Latina) Russian President Vladimir Putin described, as unacceptable,the Western attempts to ignore the importance of Russian participation in World War II the Kremlin press service reported on Tuesday.

A sentinel in the mountain

Published on: August 13, 2022
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Cairo, Aug 13 (Prensa Latina) Above the hustle and bustle of the city of Cairo, like a silent and haughty sentinel, the Citadel has stood for more than 800 years, an impressive medieval fortress erected by Sultan Saladin, founder of the Ayyubid Dynasty in Egypt, which was later on developed by different rulers.

Chinese temple being investigated for conmemorating Japanese soldiers

Published on: July 22, 2022
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Beijing, Jul 22 (Prensa Latina) Authorities in Nanjing, eastern China, announced an investigation against a Buddhist temple because it displayed and honored the ihai mortuary tablets of four Japanese soldiers prosecuted for war crimes.

Anniversary of Cuba’s patrimonial city of Camagüey to be celebrated

Published on: July 6, 2022
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Camagüey, Cuba, Jul 6 (Prensa Latina) On the eve of the celebration for the declaration of Camagüey's Historic Center as a World Heritage Site by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the City Historian's Office is preparing an artistic program on Tuesday.

Haiti: The union flag

Published on: June 6, 2022
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Port-au-Prince, Jun 6 (Prensa Latina) Some 219 years ago a Haitian independence fighter ripped the French tricolor flag, removed the white stripe and put the remaining fragments together as a symbol of the enslaved black and Creole mixed race population against a common enemy: colonial power.

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