US bans imports of Russian oil and gas
US President Joe Biden announced at a press conference the ban on imports of Russian oil. “We are banning all imports of Russian oil, gas and energy. That means Russian oil will
Two early features of Parkinson’s discovered
Two early features of Parkinson’s discovered Washington, March 8 (Prensa Latina) A team of experts discovered that hearing loss and epilepsy are early characteristics of Parkinson’s disease, a specialized source reported today.
Capablanca: eternal idol of Cuban chess
José Raúl Capablanca died on March 8, 1942. His farewell was like a prophetic closure for a life marked by an extraordinary passion: he died in front of a chessboard. The eternal
UN calls on the Colombian government to guarantee elections in peace
In the presentation of the annual report on Colombia before the UN Human Rights Council, he highlighted that since the signing of the Peace Agreement in 2016 between the Revolutionary Armed Forces
The women of the Cuban 11J, those forgotten on March 8
Every March 8, the official press is filled with female faces wielding rifles, standing in front of a classroom or directing a state company, but nothing is said about political prisoners. The
Cuba confirms 447 new cases of Covid-19 and no deaths
At the close of yesterday, March 7, a total of 6,934 patients were admitted, 4,506 suspected, 37 under surveillance, and 2,391 confirmed active. For COVID-19, a total of 7,869 samples were taken
Work of francophone artists seduces in XIV Biennial of Havana
Roux poses in the video-photography installation Ciné décalé, a sensitive, poetic and political look at fragile and transitional spaces, details the website of the French Embassy in Cuba. “Her work proposes an
The US Senate passes a landmark law that criminalizes lynchings
The US Senate unanimously approved a bill on Monday that will make lynchings a federal hate crime, after more than a century of failed attempts to pass a similar measure. The measure,
Costa Rica recorded 820 new cases of Covid-19
Costa Rica recorded 820 new cases of Covid-19 San José, Mar 8 (Prensa Latina) Costa Rica recorded 820 new cases of Covid-19, to add today 817,538 confirmed since March 2020, when the
In Latin America and the Caribbean, 86,000,000 people in extreme poverty
The executive secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena, warned this Monday that 201,000,000 people in the region are in poverty, of which 86,000,000 are