Nairobi, Apr 13 (Prensa Latina) Africa on Monday reported 262 deaths due to causes related to Covid-19, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported on Tuesday, the same average figure reported over the weekend, an arithmetical coincidence. No one will take the risk of formulating a hypothesis, let…
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Santiago de Cuba to celebrate Cuban son and Miguel Matamoros
Santiago de Cuba, Apr 12 (Prensa Latina) A little less than a month previous the 127th birth anniversary in this city of Miguel Matamoros, a leading figure of Cuban music, Santiago’s people evoke his legacy today. In many different ways, the mark of the creator of the trio Matamoros, being…
Habano Cigar Festival to be virtually held in May
Havana, Apr 10 (Prensa Latina) The famous Habano Cigar Festival will take place virtually from May 4-6 to comply with the necessary restrictions due to the Covid-19 pandemic, according to official reports. Habanos S.A international corporation reported the news, which is being followed by thousands of cigar smokers from all…
U.S.-China cooperation vital for faster global recovery
Asia, International Cooperation, Social News and US & Canada
WASHINGTON, April 9 (Xinhua) — Cooperation between the United States and China, the world’s two largest economies, would be vital for a faster global recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Thursday. “What we see today is the U.S. and China being…
With Joe Biden, there is an opportunity to normalize relations with Cuba again
International Cooperation, Latin America, Social News, The Green Factor, Trending and US & Canada
The embargo is hurting not Russia but the Americans and the Cuban people. Plainly articulating this subject; jobs for the united states and prosperity for Cuba. On January 3, 1961, the united states cut off diplomatic relations with the Republic of Cuba. In the climax of the deterioration of relations…
Comecon and the Collapse of the Cuban Economy
Cuba, a social democrat point of view of its problems The Council for Mutual Economic Assistance was an economic organization from 1949 to 1991 under the leadership of the Soviet Union that comprised the countries of the Eastern Bloc and many socialist states elsewhere in the world. The Comecon was…
World food prices rise for the tenth consecutive month
Social News and Trending
For the tenth consecutive month, world food prices rose in March 2021 and reached the highest level since June 2014, indicates a FAO report published here today. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), based in this capital, reported that in the third month of the current…
China urges the U.S. to improve its own human rights.
China urges the United States to face up to its own serious human rights problems and take concrete measures to improve its own human rights situation, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said Wednesday. This came after U.S. State Department spokesperson Ned Price’s remarks over China’s Xinjiang Tuesday. In response, spokesperson…
China’s historic success inspires global poverty relief, says experts
Asia, Social News and World Leaders
BEIJING, April 7 (Xinhua) — China’s historic success in poverty reduction, as shown in a newly released white paper, is worth learning for other countries still troubled by poverty, foreign experts have said. China’s poverty reduction is a remarkable contribution to the global poverty relief endeavor, said Muratbek Imanaliyev, former…
Should you be grateful for a job?
Social News and WorkLife
It’s natural to feel thankful that you’re employed, especially when jobs are scarce. But is that gratitude actually a misguided emotion? It’s become a common refrain: “I’m just grateful to have a job”. The last year has wreaked undeniable havoc on the working world. Globally, the working hours and income…