17 May 2026 Archives

Musician Isaac Delgado wins the 2026 Cubadisco Grand Prize

Published on: May 17, 2026
13:31

Havana, May 17 (Prensa Latina) Musician Isaac Delgado won the 2026 Cubadisco Grand Prize with his album Mira como vengo (Look How I Come), at the gala held in the Covarrubias Hall of the National Theater of Cuba, which brought together various gems of Cuban art.

Argentinians paint 100 murals for Fidel Castro

Published on: May 17, 2026
12:33

Quilmes, Argentina, May 17 (Prensa Latina) As part of the solidarity campaign “We Are With Cuba,” the cultural movement and the Communist Youth Federation of Quilmes are painting a mural of the historic leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro, on the occasion of the centenary of his birth.

Spaniards demonstrate for Cuba and reject intervention

Published on: May 17, 2026
12:33

Madrid, May 17 (Prensa Latina) Hundreds of Spaniards demonstrated their rejection of a US military intervention against Cuba, while reiterating their condemnation of the White House's economic strangulation of the island.

DRC’s INSP denies Ebola cases in capital

Published on: May 17, 2026
11:33

Kinshasa, May 17 (Prensa Latina) The National Institute of Public Health (INSP) of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) denied rumors of a confirmed case of Ebola in the country's capital.

Job program for the homeless in Uruguay

Published on: May 17, 2026
10:48

Montevideo, May 17 (Prensa Latina) The Montevideo Municipality is seeking to incorporate homeless people into employment programs.

Cuba present at the Baku World Urban Forum

Published on: May 17, 2026
10:47

Baku, May 17 (Prensa Latina) A Cuban delegation is attending the 13th Baku World Urban Forum (WUF 13), which will be held until May 22 in the Azerbaijani capital, the Caribbean nation's ambassador to this country, Carlos Valdes, reported.

Holy Mass reflects positive relations between Cuba and the Vatican

Published on: May 17, 2026
10:47

Vatican City, May 17 (Prensa Latina) The Cuban ambassador to the Holy See, Leyde Rodriguez, emphasized that the recent Holy Mass at the Vatican for peace and development in his country showed the positive bilateral ties.

Seven dead in hundred Israeli attacks on Lebanon

Published on: May 17, 2026
10:47

Beirut, May 16 (Prensa Latina) At least seven people were killed and six others wounded following a wave of approximately 100 Israeli attacks on several areas of southern Lebanon, in a further violation of the fragile ceasefire agreement in place since April.

Israeli army suffers recruitment crisis

Published on: May 17, 2026
10:47

Tel Aviv, May 17 (Prensa Latina) The Israeli press warned about the recruitment crisis plaguing the army after nearly three years of conflict, which it considers a threat and a serious national problem.

Iran appoints speaker of Parliament as representative to China

Published on: May 17, 2026
10:47

Tehran, May 17 (Prensa Latina) Iran's Supreme Leader, Mokhtaba Khamenei, appointed the Speaker of Parliament, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, as the Islamic Republic's special representative to China, local media reported.

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