Editors: Roberto Hernández Solano and Roberto García Hernández
CUBA: Representatives from Connecticut, USA, visit Prensa Latina headquarters
Representatives from the US state of Connecticut today visited the Prensa Latina headquarters as part of a trip to Cuba aimed at strengthening bilateral ties and calling for an end to the blockade imposed by Washington.
PANAMA: Workers are returning to the streets demanding a decent life
The United People for Life Alliance, which brings together the main union and community organizations in Panama, announced today that they will take to the streets again on July 1 to demand social justice.
CHILE: Inequality is the source of child labour, affirms ECLAC
Child labor is the result of inequality in the region, but it is also a reproduction of this scourge, agreed the participants of the third seminar on social integration in Chile today.
PERU: More than 80 percent of Peruvians call for constitutional changes
More than 80 percent of Peruvians support partial (47) or full (34) changes to the country’s three-decade neoliberal constitution, according to a poll released today.
EL SALVADOR: Cuban rowers overcome Mexican pressure to win gold
Today, Cuba overcame pressure from Mexico to be crowned monarch in the four pairs of men’s short rowing competitions at the XXIV Games in Central America and the Caribbean.
EL SALVADOR: Cubans take bronze in tough central Caribbean shooting competition
Cuban shooters Jorge Grau and Laina Pérez won the bronze medal in the 10m air pistol mixed team here today at the Central America and Caribbean Games, a test they described as tough.
BRAZIL: UN rapporteur denounces Bolsonaro attacked democracy in Brazil
The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to peaceful assembly and freedom of association, Clément Nyaletsossi, issued a report today denouncing that former President Jair Bolsonaro had attacked elections and democratic institutions in Brazil.
VENEZUELA: Celac meeting on science proposed 63 research proposals
Venezuela’s Sectoral Vice-President for Science, Technology, Education and Health, Gabriela Jiménez, announced today that after the end of the meeting of the Celac authorities, there are 63 proposals for research, development and innovation.
ARGENTINA: Unemployed Argentines in the North-West Province continue to block roads
Demonstrators against a constitutional reform in Argentina’s Jujuy province that violates rights such as indigenous people’s to their land are maintaining road blockades today despite repression, the newspaper Página/12 reported.
LEBANON: Minister rejects EU double standards on refugee issue
Lebanon’s interim minister for social affairs, Héctor Hajjar, today repudiated the European Union’s (EU) double standard on the refugee issue, particularly in relation to the Syrian displaced persons.
RUSSIA: Confirm the resumption of regular flights to Cuba
The Russian Foreign Ministry confirmed that regular direct flights to Cuba will resume from July 1, spokeswoman for the diplomatic mission María Zajárova announced today.
AZERBAIJAN: Cuba’s progress in sports and physical education is outstanding
In Cuba, sport is a constitutional right and physical education is compulsory up to university level, as they emphasized here today during the Seventh International Conference on Physical Education and Sport (Minesps VII).
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY: Scientists show that the AI model is better informed and more deceptive
Researchers from the University of Zurich in Switzerland have demonstrated the power of artificial intelligence (AI) to inform and deceive, raising critical questions about the future of information ecosystems, Science Advances reported today.
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