RACISM

Vestiges of racism and cultural colonialism condemned in Cuba

Published on: October 31, 2022
12:41

By: Juan M. Garcia

Havana, Oct 31 (Prensa Latina) The Aponte Commission, attached to the Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba (UNEAC), on Monday condemned recent expressions of cultural colonialism and racism in the country.

Cuba ratifies commitment to a society without racism

Published on: October 4, 2022
09:07

By: Luis Linares Petrov

Geneva, Oct 4 (Prensa Latina) The Cuban ambassador to the UN-Geneva, Juan Antonio Quintanilla, reiterated the country's commitment to the fight against racism and denounced the structural presence of racism in developed capitalist nations.

Uneac reaffirms its fight against racism and discrimination in Cuba

Published on: September 5, 2022
13:47

By: Ana Luisa Brown

Havana, Sep 5 (Prensa Latina) The Aponte Commission of the Union of Cuban Writers and Artists (Uneac) reaffirmed its rejection of any racist and discriminatory act in the Caribbean island, it was announced today in a national videoconference of that group.

“Endemic” racism in UK healthcare system denounced

Published on: June 9, 2022
00:30

By: Ileana Ferrer Fonte

London, Jun 9 (Prensa Latina) White nurses are twice as likely to be promoted as their black or Asian colleagues, due to the "endemic" racism that exists in the British healthcare system, according to a study published in London on Wednesday.

The old scourge of racism emerges in Colombia (+ Photos)

Published on: April 8, 2022
09:38

By: Alina Ramos Martin

Bogota, Apr 8 (Prensa Latina) The old scourge of racism is at the center of political debates in Colombia since the Pacto Historico announced its presidential ticket for next May's elections.

Specialist praises Cuba´s comprehensive racism program

Published on: March 30, 2022
16:39

By: Pavel López Lazo

Havana, Mar 30 (Prensa Latina) Cuba is presently having a domestic program to crack down on racism and racial discrimination, with a comprehensive approach to lessen disadvantages and inequities due to skin color, a Cuban specialist said on Wednesday.

UN warns of continuing racism in societies

Published on: March 21, 2022
17:44

By: Pavel López Lazo

United Nations, Mar 21 (Prensa Latina) Racism continues to poison institutions, social structures and daily life all around the world, UN Secretary-General (UNSG) António Guterres warned on Monday.

Racial discrimination denounced in housing rents in France

Published on: March 21, 2022
10:02

By: Alina Ramos Martin

Paris, Mar 21 (Prensa Latina) The Human Rights organization SOS Racisme (in French) in France presented a report where it denounced that almost half the country´s real state agencies apply discriminatory filters against tenants looking for rental apartments.

5 students charged with hate crimes in racially motivated incident

Published on: March 11, 2022
17:11

By: Pavel López Lazo

Washington, March 11 (Prensa Latina) Five Florida middle school students were charged with hate crimes after allegedly attacking a group of children while exclaiming “brown power!” — an incident police are calling a racially motivated crime.

Cuba denounces structural racism

Published on: December 7, 2021
09:22

By: Erich Tellez Corrales

Geneva, Dec 7 (Prensa Latina) Cuba's ambassador to the UN in Geneva, Juan Antonio Quintanilla, today denounced the persistence of structural racism on a global scale, a scourge that he attributed in particular to developed capitalist countries.

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