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Cuban legendary baseball player Felix Isasi passes away

Published on: February 2, 2024
14:44

Matanzas, Cuba, Feb 2 (Prensa Latina) Félix Isasi Mestre, one of the legends of Cuban baseball and a member of the famous Three Musketeers who led the 1970 Henequeneros team to the championship, passed away on Friday at the age of 78.

Argentines mourn death of one Plaza de Mayo’s mother

Published on: January 24, 2024
14:56

Buenos Aires, Jan 24 (Prensa Latina) Argentine organizations, politicians, and citizens expressed their sorrow on Wednesday over the death of Sara Rus, a member of the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo Association-Founding Line and a Nazism survivor.

Martin Luther King Jr.’s youngest son Dexter dies of cancer at 62

Published on: January 22, 2024
15:09

Washington, Jan 22 (Prensa Latina) Dexter Scott King, the youngest child of civil rights leaders Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King, died of cancer on Monday.

165 Palestinians in Gaza in last 24 hours, death toll at over 24K

Published on: January 21, 2024
10:52

Ramallah, Jan 21 (Prensa Latina) The Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry says 165 Palestinians were killed in the Strip over the past 24 hours, raising the death toll in the war to 24,927.

Diaz-Canel mourns death of young Cuban journalist

Published on: January 16, 2024
11:48

Havana, Jan 16 (Prensa Latina) President Miguel Díaz-Canel mourned on Tuesday the death of Yurislenia Pardo Ortega, a journalist from Camagüey province, at the age of 35, due to complications following a stomach cancer surgery.

Cubans recall renowned poet and revolutionary leader

Published on: January 16, 2024
09:07

Havana, Jan 16 (Prensa Latina) Cubans recall on Tuesday the literary and revolutionary work of renowned intellectual Rubén Martínez Villena on the 90th anniversary of his death.

Soccer-reaction to passing of German Franz Beckenbauer

Published on: January 8, 2024
17:47

Berlin, Jan 8 (Prensa Latina) The soccer world is paying their respects to Franz Beckenbauer, the two-time World Cup winner who died Sunday, aged 78.

SVG plane from St. Lucia crashes killing all on board

Published on: January 4, 2024
18:17

Kingstown, Jan 4 (Prensa Latina) A small aircraft bound for Hewanorra International Airport in Saint Lucia crashed shortly after take-off from JF Mitchell Airport in St Vincent and the Grenadines around noon, resulting in the tragic loss of all four occupants.

Paraguay: SENACSA analyzes new suspected WEE cases

Published on: January 2, 2024
11:11

Asuncion, Jan 2 (Prensa Latina) Paraguay´s National Service of Quality and Animal Health of Paraguay (SENACSA) is presently analyzing a dozen of suspected cases of western equine encephalitis (WEE), a disease that caused a death a few days ago in neighboring Argentina.

American comedian Tom Smothers of Smothers Brothers dies at 86

Published on: December 27, 2023
15:58

Washington, Dec 27 (Prensa Latina) Tom Smothers, who was half of the Smothers Brothers comedy team, died Tuesday at the age of 86 following a battle with cancer, the National Comedy Center announced Wednesday.

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