A black diamond in Havana

For the North American black movement “Black Lives Matter” the “Jewel in their crown” is a black woman, the radical revolutionary Assata Shakur, also known by the name of Joanne Chesimard, who has lived in Havana since the mid-1970s. century as a political asylee, as she was accused of killing a New Jersey state police officer when she escaped from a patrol car that was driving her under arrest on charges of being one of the leaders of the radical movement «Black Panthers.»... More


Havana, July 12 (RHC)-- The First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Republic of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, appeared this Sunday on national radio and television.... More


United Nations, Jun 23 (RHC) Cuban Foreign Minister, Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla, addressed the UN General Assembly plenary to introduce the Resolution "Necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States of America against Cuba. The full statement follows.... More


Havana, June 10 (RHC)--The International Relations Committee of the National Assembly of Peoples Power of Cuba (Parliament) issued a declaration on Thursday rejecting the adoption by the European Parliament of a Resolution.... More


Havana, June 8 (RHC)- The Cuban Embassy in Brussels has issued a statement regarding a debate on the European Parliament on alleged human rights violations on the Caribbean island. RHC´s brings you the full text of the statement, taken from the Foreign Ministry website.... More


Havana, May 15 (RHC)-- The Cuban Association of the United Nations (ACNU) and the José Martí International Institute of Journalism paid tribute to Ecuadorian journalist Carlos Bastidas, who was assassinated 63 years ago by the Fulgencio Batista dictatorship.... More


Havana, April 30 (RHC)-- Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez congratulated Radio Havana Cuba on the occasion of the station's 60th anniversary, which is being celebrated this May 1st.... More


This Sunday, and in spite of the COVID pandemic, many people around the world once again came out against the U.S. blockade of Cuba.  And for the first time, a regatta was held in front of the Havana seawall with the participation of boats from a number of countries, including yachts flying the U.S. flag.... More


Remembering Ramsey Clark

The news of his death did not come as a surprise since it was known that his health was declining and he was also affected by irreparable family losses.  But the death of Ramsey Clark is a source of pain and suffering for many, in many parts of the world.... More


The Drums of War

The loud sound of the drums can already be heard. This time, the sound is not coming from our Caribbean aborigines or those from the south of the continent which vibrate in celebrations and protests to the sound of their claims or slogans. Those that are now being heard are the ones of the North American Empire, who is preparing to launch a generalized offensive against our peoples, south of the Rio Grande.... More


Washington, March 29 (RHC) The Washington Post recalled on Monday how the efforts led by Cuban leader Fidel Castro to develop biotechnology on the island in the early 1980s, 40 years later, have placed Cuba before the possibility of becoming the world's smallest country to develop not just one, but multiple coronavirus vaccines.... More


Ligia Prieto de Centurión, an outstanding woman committed to promoting solidarity with Cuba, died this March 16th in Paraguay.  Word of her passing had a great impact on the Radio Habana Cuba staff.... More


March 15th marks another anniversary when Cubans evoke the historic Protesta de Baraguá (Baragua Protest) and the eulogy of General Antonio Maceo delivered by Armando Hart Dávalos on December 7, 1962.... More


Havana, March 11 (RHC)-- The Cuban Foreign Ministry issued a statement on Thursday, March 11, on a failed human trafficking operation that has resulted in the loss of lives in the Florida Straits. Radio Havana Cuba brings the full text of that declaration.... More


Ecuador's Lenin Moreno will soon go to the undignified dustbin of regional presidents, along with former U.S. President Donald Trump. ... More


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