RACISM

Specialist praises Cuba´s comprehensive racism program

Published on: March 30, 2022
16:39

Havana, Mar 30 (Prensa Latina) Cuba is presently having a domestic program to crack down on racism and racial discrimination, with a comprehensive approach to lessen disadvantages and inequities due to skin color, a Cuban specialist said on Wednesday.

UN warns of continuing racism in societies

Published on: March 21, 2022
17:44

United Nations, Mar 21 (Prensa Latina) Racism continues to poison institutions, social structures and daily life all around the world, UN Secretary-General (UNSG) António Guterres warned on Monday.

5 students charged with hate crimes in racially motivated incident

Published on: March 11, 2022
17:11

Washington, March 11 (Prensa Latina) Five Florida middle school students were charged with hate crimes after allegedly attacking a group of children while exclaiming “brown power!” — an incident police are calling a racially motivated crime.

Cuba denounces structural racism

Published on: December 7, 2021
09:22

Geneva, Dec 7 (Prensa Latina) Cuba's ambassador to the UN in Geneva, Juan Antonio Quintanilla, today denounced the persistence of structural racism on a global scale, a scourge that he attributed in particular to developed capitalist countries.

Cuba calls at UNESCO for a multisectoral fight against racism

Published on: October 14, 2021
10:20

Paris, Oct 14 (Prensa Latina) Cuba on Thursday called at UNESCO for a multi-sectoral fight against racial discrimination and hate speeches in the world and reiterated its commitment to the fight against those scourges.

Blacks, Latinos and Natives disproportionally killed by Covid-19

Published on: October 6, 2021
07:29

Washington, Oct 6 (Prensa Latina) Covid-19 killed a disproportionate number of the country's Blacks, Latinos and Native Americans during the pandemic last year, while the disease also exacerbated health disparities among those groups, a new study concludes.

Cuban president accuses capitalism of persistence of racism

Published on: September 22, 2021
14:28

United Nations, Sep 22 (Prensa Latina) Cuba on Wednesday denounced the persistence of structural racism, hate speech, intolerance and xenophobia, and highlighted the lack of will in developed capitalist countries to deal with this scourge.

Cuba ratifies at UN will to achieve full social justice

Published on: September 22, 2021
13:43

United Nations, Sep 22 (Prensa Latina) Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel on Wednesday ratified at the United Nations his Government's will to achieve full social justice and fight racial discrimination.

Venezuela urges for respect-cooperation relationship with U.S.

Published on: July 5, 2021
07:16

Caracas, Jul 5 (Prensa Latina) Venezuelan government on Sunday called for a respect, cooperation and understanding relationship with the United States, as celebrating the 4th of July (Independence Day).

UNSG Spokesperson Dujarric calls for actions on systemic racism

Published on: June 29, 2021
07:46

United Nations, Jun 29 (Prensa Latina) UN Secretary General (UNSG) Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric on Monday echoed a report by the High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet who called for pressing actions on systemic racism.

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