RACISM

Tunisian president rejects criticisms after speech on migrants

Published on: February 24, 2023
12:46

Tunisia, Feb 24 (Prensa Latina) Tunisian President Kais Saied on Friday rejected accusations of practicing racism after in a recent speech in which he advocated stopping the flow of 'hordes of irregular immigrants' from Sub-Saharan Africa.

Vestiges of racism and cultural colonialism condemned in Cuba

Published on: October 31, 2022
12:41

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

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.

“Endemic” racism in UK healthcare system denounced

Published on: June 9, 2022
00:30

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.

Specialist praises Cuba´s comprehensive racism program

Published on: March 30, 2022
16:39

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

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.

5 students charged with hate crimes in racially motivated incident

Published on: March 11, 2022
17:11

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

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

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

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.

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