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Cubans recall tragic explosion at Saratoga Hotel in Havana

Published on: May 6, 2023
08:26

Havana, May 6 (Prensa Latina) Cubans on Saturday recall the sad explosion at the Saratoga Hotel in Havana, as a result of which several people were killed and injured, caused huge material damage, and kept citizens in suspense for six days of intense rescue efforts. On May 6, 2022, a powerful gas explosion rocked this tourist facility in Havana's historic heart, killing 47 persons and injuring 99, mainly hotel workers and passersby.

Chinese police checks mass transportation after deadly accident

Published on: April 30, 2023
10:15

Beijing, Apr 30 (Prensa Latina) China began today to supervise the number of people carried by mass transportation vehicles to avoid non-compliance with the allowed amounts and accidents like the recent one involving a minivan, with a death toll of seven.

Cuba and the Chernobyl children, 37 years later

Published on: April 27, 2023
15:05

Mexico, Apr 27 (Prensa Latina) The local newspaper La Jornada paid tribute to Cuba's invaluable support for child victims of the nuclear accident in Chernobyl 37 years later, by publishing a chronicle by Tanalis Padilla, a professor-researcher from Massachusetts.

Cuban President Diaz-Canel mourns death of worker in Matanzas

Published on: April 8, 2023
16:22

Havana, Apr 8 (Prensa Latina) Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel on Saturday lamented the death of worker Alexis Bernardo, who died on Friday, when a wall in the chimney of the Antonio Guiteras Thermoelectric Power Plant, in the western province of Matanzas, collapsed.

Search continues after collapse at Guiteras Thermoelectric Plant

Published on: April 8, 2023
10:29

Matanzas, Cuba, Apr 8 (Prensa Latina) Search works continues at the Antonio Guiteras Thermoelectric Power Plant on Saturday, after a column from the chimney's ashtray collapsed on Friday, killing one person and injuring two, while one worker is still missing.

Joe Biden, closer to Ukraine than to East Palestine?

Published on: February 25, 2023
07:56

Washington, Feb 25 (Prensa Latina) President Joe Biden postponed his visit to East Palestine, Ohio, where a derailed train caused a toxic spill, but ¨fortunately¨ he had time to visit Ukraine during the week.

Irregular migrant accident shakes Panama

Published on: February 18, 2023
08:48

Panama City, Feb 18 (Prensa Latina) A bus carrying 66 irregular migrants on board fell off a cliff, leaving 41 dead and dozens injured.

Cuban foreign minister regrets accident involving migrants in Panama

Published on: February 15, 2023
11:09

Havana, Feb 15 (Prensa Latina) Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez on Wednesday conveyed his condolences to relatives of the victims of an accident in Panama that involved Cuban migrants, and noted that the Cuban Embassy is in contact with them to assist those affected.

Cuban Embassy in Panama assists migrants involved in accident

Published on: February 15, 2023
10:50

Panama, Feb 15 (Prensa Latina) The Cuban Embassy in Panama is making efforts to provide assistance to possible compatriots who were involved in a tragic accident on Wednesday in the western province of Chiriqui.

Explosion in chemical plant in China kills two

Published on: January 16, 2023
08:11

Beijing, Jan 16 (Prensa Latina) Authorities in Liaoning, northeast China, confirmed two people killed, 12 missing and 36 injured, some of them seriously, as a result of an explosion and subsequent fire that broke out at a chemical plant in the Panshan County.

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