20 February 2023 Archives

Study finds staggering surge in meth deaths tied to opioid co-use

Published on: February 20, 2023
18:15

By: Pavel López Lazo

Washington, Feb 20 (Prensa Latina) An investigation revealed US methamphetamine (meth) mortality rate increased fiftyfold between 1999 and 2021, with most of the added deaths also involving heroin and fentanyl, researchers report in the American Journal of Public Health.

Minister exposed in Colombia investment opportunities in Cuba

Published on: February 20, 2023
18:14

By: Elsy Fors Garzon

Bogotá, Feb 20 (Prensa Latina) The Minister of Foreign Trade and Investment of Cuba, Rodrigo Malmierca, explained today to over 60 businessmen in Colombia the possibilities of doing business in the Antillean country.

UN Security Council deplores Israel’s expansion into Palestine.

Published on: February 20, 2023
17:57

By: Elsy Fors Garzon

United Nations, Feb 20 (Prensa Latina) The United Nations Security Council reaffirmed today its deep concern and dismay over the announcement by the Government of Israel to continue construction and expansion of its settlements in Palestinian territory.

Peresident Díaz-Canel sends greetings to Cuban doctors in Türkiye

Published on: February 20, 2023
17:43

By: Elsy Fors Garzon

Havana, Feb 20 (Prensa Latina) President Miguel Díaz-Canel, sent greetings today to the Cuban medical brigade that provides services to those affected by the earthquakes that hit the south of Türkiye.

US Coast Guard returns 31 migrants to Cuba

Published on: February 20, 2023
17:37

By: Pavel López Lazo

Havana, Feb 20 (Prensa Latina) The U.S. Coast Guard on Monday said it repatriated 31 Cuban migrants after intercepting a boat off the Orozco port in the western province of Artemisa, according to Cuba´s Interior Ministry (MININT).

Tribute to Haydée Santamaría at a women’s colloquium in Cuba

Published on: February 20, 2023
17:30

By: Elsy Fors Garzon

Havana, Feb 20 (Prensa Latina) The International Politics and Policies Colloquium in the history and culture of Latin American and Caribbean women started today at Casa de las Américas in Cuba with a tribute to its founder Haydée Santamaría.

7 new spider species found in Israeli caves

Published on: February 20, 2023
17:27

By: Pavel López Lazo

Washington, Feb 20 (Prensa Latina) A team from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the University of Madison-Wisconsin has found seven spider species previously unknown to sciences in the depths of Israeli caves, with the surprise finding that they are evolutionarily closer to arachnids found in southern Europe than to their neighbors at cave entrances in Israel.

Republican Greene lashes out at US President’s visit to Ukraine

Published on: February 20, 2023
17:17

By: Pavel López Lazo

Washington, Feb 20 (Prensa Latina) Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) on Monday criticized that President Joe Biden chose Ukraine over visiting Ohio affected by train derailment.

The Caribbean Association of Cuba transforms and organizes itself

Published on: February 20, 2023
17:17

By: Jose Eloy Richards Richards

Havana, January 20 (Prensa Latina)The Caribbean Association of Cuba (ACC) is being transformed and reorganized in search of development and sustainability in its work of just over nine decades, it was announced Sunday in Havana.

Cuba has the right to live free, claims MEP

Published on: February 20, 2023
17:04

By: Pavel López Lazo

Havana, Feb 20 (Prensa Latina) Cuba has the right to live free, with no violence from the US government, said MEP Maximiliano Smeriglio, during his visit to the Quisicuaba Project.

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