A tightly-knit Jewish community (1200 people) whose members escaped the Spanish Inquisition and survived Castro’s revolution is there to stay, despite the challenges and uncertain future on the island. There is no Antisemitism in Cuba. The Cuban government celebrates Hanukkah, the Festival of Lights for Jews, every year. This holiday…
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An environmental study linked to a project to dredge an estuary in A Coruña suggests the presence of several English ships sunk in 1589 in the failed attempt to invade the Galician city The attack was devastating. A total of 180 warships carrying 27,667 English soldiers and sailors descended on…
Havana, Feb 23 (Prensa Latina) Cuba’s President Miguel Diaz-Canel on Tuesday described as essential the teaching and learning of history in the new generations for the ideological battle waged by the country. During a meeting with professors of the Enrique Jose Varona University of Pedagogical Sciences, the president stressed the…
Lisbon, Feb 24 (Prensa Latina) Humanity needs decontaminated oceans to have a healthy planet, experts warned at a UN conference on the issue, which is being held in Lisbon. The UN special envoy of the secretary general for the oceans, Peter Thomson, assured that, before it is too late human…