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El presidente electo colombiano, Gustavo Petro, en una imagen de archivo.

Former guerrilla Gustavo Petro wins the presidential elections in Colombia

Former Colombian guerrilla Gustavo Petro, who was also the mayor of Bogotá, became the first left-wing president of Colombia. Petro received more than 50% of the votes this Sunday in the second

June 20, 2022

Cuba

Osiris de León exhorta impulsar conversión de plantas eléctricas a gas natural

Osiris de León calls for the conversion of power plants to natural gas

The geologist Osiris de León urged the Government to continue supporting the private sector for the conversion of its units of electricity generation that work with petroleum derivatives, so that from now

June 19, 2022

Dominican Republic

El presidente francés, Emmanuel Macron, emite su voto en la segunda vuelta de las elecciones legislativas, en Le Touquet, en el norte de Francia, el 19 de junio de 2022. Foto: Michel Spingler / EFE / POOL.

France: Macron suffers a sharp fall in the legislative elections and is far from the absolute majority, according to polls

French President Emmanuel Macron’s alliance, Ensemble, suffered a sharp fall and was far from revalidating its absolute majority in the National Assembly of France in the second round of the legislative elections

June 19, 2022

Cuba

Drug preparation and sale center dismantled in Los Alcarrizos

Santo Domingo.- Officials of the National Directorate for Drug Control (DNCD) and members of the Public Ministry, in the framework of the persecution and attack against micro-trafficking, dismantled a center for the

June 19, 2022

Dominican Republic

El welter cubano Roniel Iglesias (izq) tras una victoria en los Juegos Olímpicos de Río de Janeiro 2016. Foto: Roberto Morejón / Jit / Archivo.

Boxing: double Olympic monarch Roniel Iglesias will take on his second challenge as a professional

Two-time Cuban Olympic champion Roniel Iglesias will face Colombian Luis Díaz on July 1, in a fight agreed to over eight rounds included in a poster for professional boxers to be held

June 19, 2022

Cuba

Sigue el viernes caso fraude sorteo Lotería

Follow the Friday Lottery draw fraud case

The Third Court of Instruction of the National District will continue next Friday with the knowledge of the preliminary trial of those accused in Operation 13, in whose file the former administrator

June 19, 2022

Dominican Republic

Cuban activist Saily González arrives in the United States

Madrid Spain.- The Cuban activist Saily González Velázquez arrived this Sunday in Miami, United States. After the opposition herself announced her departure from Cuba through social networks, the news has been confirmed

June 19, 2022

Cuba

Analysis of the Central Bank on the rise of electronic means of payment in the DR

The Central Bank of the Dominican Republic presented this Sunday its analysis of the rise of electronic means of payment in the country. In this document, the financial institution ensures that remains

June 19, 2022

Dominican Republic

Termoeléctrica Antonio Maceo (Renté), en Santiago de Cuba. Foto: ACN / Archivo.

Cuba increases its electricity generation capacity, but the deficit remains

Cuba increased its capacity to electricity generation with the entry into operation of unit 6 of the Antonio Maceo Thermoelectric Power Plant (CTE), located in the eastern province of Santiago de Cuba,

June 19, 2022

Cuba

PRM swears in new executive management

Before a Palace of Sports dressed in white and overflowing with people, the President of the Republic and leader of the Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM), Luis Abinader led this Sunday the delivery

June 19, 2022

Dominican Republic

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