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United States_ Ted Cruz announced his retirement from the US presidential race in the Republican Party. "It seems the path to victory has been foreclosed," he said.

Madrid_ King Felipe VI on Tuesday ordered the dissolution of the General Courts (bicameral parliament) and called new general elections on June 26, after the failure in the negotiations to create a government in Spain, Prensa Latina reports.

United Nations_ UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon demanded today to stop the attacks on hospitals and medical personnel in war zones, actions he described as shameful and unjustifiable, Prensa Latina reports.

Pretoria_ The Premier of the South African province of Gauteng, David Makhura, said that his country will continue to support Cuba in the fight against US blockade until its end, Radio Reloj publishes.

Brasilia_ Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff signed a temporary measure that extends for three more years the permanence of foreign professionals in the program More Doctors, the digital site of Radio Reloj publishes.

Brasilia_ Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva told his Uruguayan counterpart Jose Mujica that before the backward risks threatening the country "we will resist", Radio Havana Cuba reported.