Lima, July 29 (RHC) - Cuban veteran Eglys de la Cruz, in the Three positions 50 meters air rifle, held a dramatic battle against American Sarah Beard, who eventually scored half a point more than the Cuban to leave her with the Silver medal. De la Cruz broke the Cuban National Record for the sport with 454.2 points and left American Virginia Thrasher (444 points) in third place. ... More
Lima, July 29 (RHC) - Laina Perez gave the Cuban delegation its first gold medal this Saturday in the Lima 2019 Pan-American Games, after shattering the Pan-American record in the 10 meters air pistol competition and assured a place in the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics. On the same day and modality, 24-year old Sheyla Gonzalez won a bronze medal, in her first regional competition. ... More
Lima, July 29 (RHC) - Cuban Leydi Laura Moya won a Bronze medal this Sunday in the Pentathlon of the XIII Pan-Am Games Lima 2019. With this result, the 27-year-old Havana native has qualified for Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics and became the first Cuban athlete in winning Central-American, Pan-American and Olympic medals in the sport. ... More
Lima, July 29 (RHC) - Cubans Dailin Belmonte and Yudileivis Castillo finished nowhere close from the podium in the XVIII Pan-Am Games marathon. Belmonte finished the race in 2 hours, 45 minutes and 8 seconds, while Castillo finished 16th in her first official marathon by stopping the clock in 3 hours, 3 minutes and 51 seconds. ... More
Lima, July 29 (RHC) - Cuba won a silver medal this Sunday in the 500 meters K4, during the canoeing competition of the Pan-Am Games Lima 2019, a competition that is been held on Lake Albufera Medio Mundo, in Huacho, about a 4-hour drive from the Peruvian capital. The Cuban Kayak foursome, made up by Fidel Vargas, Reinier Carrera, Reinier Mora and Robert Benitez, finished second with a time of 1 minute and 23 seconds, just one second after the Argentinian boat. ... More
Lima, July 29 (RHC)-- Cuban women´s Beach Volley duo Leyla Martinez and Maylen Delis became Semi-Finalists of the tournament after beating Costa Ricans Valeria Valenciano and Marcela Araya in two sets (21-17 and 21-14) of a match that lasted only 33 minutes. "Now, the best opponents are incoming, but we are going to give it all we’ve got”, Maylen Delis told reporters,... More
Lima, July 29 (RHC)-- After more than two months of inactivity in the ring, Cuban welterweight Roniel Iglesias made his debut in the XVIII Pan-American Games Lima 2019 with a victory and has guaranteed him a bronze medal in the boxing competition. Iglesias´ teammates also advanced to semi-finals after winning their respective bouts.... More
Washington, July 29 (RHC)-- The United States confirmed Sunday that it violated the Venezuelan airspace last week with what the country's military's calls "surveillance flights," according to comments made by the head of the Southern Command, admiral of the Navy Craig Faller.... More
San Juan, July 29 (RHC)-- Puerto Rico's Secretary of Justice, Wanda Vazquez, who is set to become the island's next governor, announced Sunday that she has no interest in occupying the position.... More
Kabul, July 29 (RHC)-- A number of people were killed on Sunday when a suicide bombing was carried out inside Afghanistan's capital city of Kabul, the government said in a statement on Monday morning.... More
Washington, July 29 (RHC)-- U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo tweeted on Sunday that Iran has rejected his offer to travel to Tehran for direct talks with the Iranian people. He said: "I recently offered to travel to Tehran and speak directly to the Iranian people. The regime has not accepted my offer," he tweeted.... More
Mexico City, July 29 (RHC)-- Mexico will help to establish the employment programs Sowing Lives and Youth Building the Future in Honduras to create 20,000 jobs between July and the end of this year, the leaders of both nations pledged Saturday in Mexico's eastern Veracruz state.... More
Havana, July 29 (RHC) – Cuban National Ballet premier dancers, Grettel Morejón and Dani Hernández, represented their country at the Panama Ballet Festival closing gala... More
Havana, July 29 (RHC)--Cuba´s achievements in rehabilitation medicine will be analyzed during the upcoming 9th Congress of the Cuban Society of the Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation scheduled for October 1-4 in the Cuban capital.... More
Havana, July 29 (RHC)-- Cuban Minister of Education Ena Elsa Velázquez Cobiella, said that executives, teachers and staffers of educational centers are getting ready for the next school year, and that material supplies are being made available.... More
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