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Evocation of Jorge Ricardo Masetti 60 years after his death

Published on: April 21, 2024
08:52

Havana, Apr 21 (Prensa Latina) On April 21, 1964, the journalist Jorge Ricardo Masetti, founder and first director of Prensa Latina, was killed fighting for the Latin American revolution in his native Argentina.

Masetti, Prensa Latina and truth as a weapon

Published on: April 21, 2024
07:50

Buenos Aires, Apr 21 (Prensa Latina) Sixty years ago today, Commander Segundo disappeared in the jungles of Oran, in Salta, but the life and legacy of the Argentine journalist Jorge Ricardo Masetti were saved in every wire transmitted by the Latin American News Agency Prensa Latina.

Díaz-Canel expresses condolences over ballet teacher’s death

Published on: April 17, 2024
13:41

Havana, Apr 17 (Prensa Latina) Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel on Wednesday expressed his condolences over the death of ballet Maitre Ramona de Saá Bello, an outstanding figure in pedagogy in that artistic manifestation in the contemporary world.

Ramona de Saá Bello, an outstanding Cuban ballet figure, dies

Published on: April 17, 2024
12:58

Havana, Apr 17 (Prensa Latina) Maitre Ramona de Saá Bello, an outstanding Cuban dance pedagogue in the contemporary world, passed away on Wednesday at the age of 84.

Cuba mourns passing in Mexico of artist Ramón Calzadilla

Published on: April 14, 2024
10:52

Havana, April 14 (Prensa Latina) The National Council of the Performing Arts mourned the passing of the renowned Cuban baritone Ramón Calzadilla, at the age of 90, in Mexico, the country where he lived, the Cubaescena website reported Sunday.

Cuba remembers terrorist act in Canada that killed young diplomat

Published on: April 4, 2024
14:05

Havana, Apr 4 (Prensa Latina) Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez today recalled one of the martyrs of the island's Foreign Service, Sergio Perez Castillo, victim of a terrorist attack against the Cuban Trade Office in Montreal, Canada.

Cuba mourns death of Caribbean writer Maryse Condé

Published on: April 3, 2024
13:53

Havana, Apr 3 (Prensa Latina) The Havana-based cultural institution Casa de las Américas on Wednesday lamented the recent death of writer Maryse Condé, whom will be remembered as a giant of Caribbean letters.

Venezuelan President lamented death of former U.S. congressman

Published on: March 31, 2024
11:03

Caracas, Mar 31 (Prensa Latina) President Nicolás Maduro regretted the death of former member of the U.S. House of Representatives William Delahunt, whom he described, not only as Venezuela's great friend but also of Commander Hugo Chávez and himself, it was reported here today.

Some 400 deaths and more than 1.5 million cases of dengue in Brazil

Published on: March 12, 2024
10:04

Brasilia, Mar 12 (Prensa Latina) Brazil registered 391 deaths and 1,538,183 probable cases of dengue fever from January to date, according to the latest epidemiological report released today by the Ministry of Health.

South African army starts inquiry to death of two of soldiers in DRC

Published on: March 4, 2024
12:37

Pretoria, Mar 4 (Prensa Latina) The South African Army and the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) started to inquire into the death of two of its members in that country.

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