15 August 2021 Archives

Diaz-Canel ratifies that Haiti can always count on Cuba

Published on: August 15, 2021
12:47

By: Prensa Latina

Havana, Aug 15 (Prensa Latina) President Miguel DIaz-Canel ratified on Sunday that Haiti will always be able to count on Cuba, and conveyed his solidarity for that people who is carrying out rescue works after a recent earthquake.

Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan threatens Russia and its allies

Published on: August 15, 2021
12:45

By: Prensa Latina

Moscow, Aug 15 (Prensa Latina) The deputy speaker of the Federation Council (Senate) at the Russian Federation, Konstantin Kosachev, warned on Sunday that the threat to the security of Russia and its Asian allies increases with the takeover of by the Taliban in Afghanistan.

Immunization against Covid-19 covers 26.9 percent of Cubans

Published on: August 15, 2021
12:36

By: Prensa Latina

Havana, Aug 15 (Prensa Latina) Over three million people, accounting for 26.9 percent of Cuba's population, have received all three doses of the Soberana 02 and Soberana Plus vaccine candidates and the Abdala vaccine against Covid-19.

Cuban people congratulate Tokyo 2020 champions

Published on: August 15, 2021
12:24

By: Prensa Latina

Camagüey, Cuba, Aug 15 (Prensa Latina) After his performance in Tokyo 2020, two-time Olympic boxing champion Julio Cesar La Cruz was congratulated on Sunday by his people, who gathered to praise him in eastern Camagüey province.

President Diaz-Canel highlights work by Cuban health professionals

Published on: August 15, 2021
12:18

By: Prensa Latina

Havana, Aug 15 (Prensa Latina) President Miguel Diaz-Canel on Sunday praised the work done by Cuban health professionals, who are assisting those injured following the earthquake in Haiti and support the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic.

Cuban FM thanks ALBA-TCP for rejecting US coercive measures

Published on: August 15, 2021
11:18

By: Prensa Latina

Havana, Aug 15 (Prensa Latina) Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez on Sunday thanked the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America-People's Trade Treaty (ALBA-TCP) for its strong rejection of the recent coercive measures by the United States.

Japan to evacuate embassy in Afghanistan

Published on: August 15, 2021
11:10

By: Prensa Latina

Tokyo, Aug 15 (Prensa Latina) The Japanese Government plans to evacuate its embassy in Kabul, the Afghan capital, besieged by members of the Taliban armed group, which proclaimed control over the rest of the country, local television reported on Sunday.

Campaign against Cuba aims to justify further US sanctions

Published on: August 15, 2021
11:03

By: Prensa Latina

Washington, Aug 15 (Prensa Latina) The destabilization campaign currently promoted against Cuba aims to justify further sanctions against the Government, or any US warlike action regardless of the pain of Cubans, analysts confirm.

Pope Francis sympathizes with Haitian victims of earthquake

Published on: August 15, 2021
10:52

By: Prensa Latina

Vatican City, Aug 15 (Prensa Latina) Pope Francis on Sunday expressed his sympathy for the Haitian people, who was hardly hit by an earthquake on Saturday, with a high death toll, injured and extensive material damage.

Some 404 aftershocks of Haiti’s earthquake registered in Cuba

Published on: August 15, 2021
10:12

By: Prensa Latina

Santiago de Cuba, Aug 15 (Prensa Latina) Some 404 aftershocks of the 7.4-magnitude quake with an epicenter in Haiti have been registered in Cuba to date, according to the daily report issued by the National Center for Seismological Research (CENAIS).

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August 15, 2021