RACISM

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.

Cuba calls at UNESCO for a multisectoral fight against racism

Published on: October 14, 2021
10:20

By: Prensa Latina

Paris, Oct 14 (Prensa Latina) Cuba on Thursday called at UNESCO for a multi-sectoral fight against racial discrimination and hate speeches in the world and reiterated its commitment to the fight against those scourges.

Blacks, Latinos and Natives disproportionally killed by Covid-19

Published on: October 6, 2021
07:29

By: Prensa Latina

Washington, Oct 6 (Prensa Latina) Covid-19 killed a disproportionate number of the country's Blacks, Latinos and Native Americans during the pandemic last year, while the disease also exacerbated health disparities among those groups, a new study concludes.

Cuban president accuses capitalism of persistence of racism

Published on: September 22, 2021
14:28

By: Prensa Latina

United Nations, Sep 22 (Prensa Latina) Cuba on Wednesday denounced the persistence of structural racism, hate speech, intolerance and xenophobia, and highlighted the lack of will in developed capitalist countries to deal with this scourge.

Cuba ratifies at UN will to achieve full social justice

Published on: September 22, 2021
13:43

By: Prensa Latina

United Nations, Sep 22 (Prensa Latina) Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel on Wednesday ratified at the United Nations his Government's will to achieve full social justice and fight racial discrimination.

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