20 December 2021 Archives

6.2 magnitude quake shakes Northern California

Published on: December 20, 2021
21:49

Washington, Dec 20 (Prensa Latina) A 6.2 magnitude earthquake off the coast of Northern California rattled a wide swath of the state shortly after noon local time, according to data from the US Geological Survey (USGS).

Soaring prices hit struggling Mexicans´ food basket

Published on: December 20, 2021
21:37

Mexico, Dec 20 (Prensa Latina) The soaring prices of food basket hit in a very important way most of Mexicans, the National Statistics Institute (INEGI, in Spanish) reported Monday.

Cuban university students urge to support FEU

Published on: December 20, 2021
21:10

Havana, Dec 20 (Prensa Latina) Cuba´s Federation of University Students (FEU, in Spanish) urged on Monday to support conscious and massive thought that allows to forge a better country.

Substitution of food imports is Cuba´s first-rate task

Published on: December 20, 2021
20:58

Havana, Dec 20 (Prensa Latina) Cuban Deputy Prime Minister Jorge Luis Tapia praised on Monday how significant is to boost food production, substitute imports and to avoid spending more than billion for the substitution of imports.

Cuba rolls out measures to boost agricultural production

Published on: December 20, 2021
20:34

Havana, Dec 20 (Prensa Latina) Forcing ahead to food self-sufficiency is critical for Cuba´s economic and social development, to which the country´s government has decided on rolling out 63 measures to boost agricultural sector.

ILO weighs aquaculture potential for global food

Published on: December 20, 2021
20:16

Geneva, Dec 20 (Prensa Latina) International Labor Organization (ILO) experts said that with serious work and sustainable model, aquaculture could be used today to feed the growing world population.

Int´l goods trade fell 0.8% in Q3, Omicron raises risks – WTO report

Published on: December 20, 2021
18:49

Geneva, Dec 20 (Prensa Latina) The World Trade Organization (WTO) said on Monday that global merchandise trend dropped by 0.8% in the third quarter (Q3) of 2021, adding that the emergence of the omicron variant had raised the risk of missing the forecast 2021 growth rate.

UN warns about latest child mortality rates

Published on: December 20, 2021
18:35

United Nations, Dec 20 (Prensa Latina) The world remains significantly off track to meet the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) on ending the preventable deaths of newborns and children under five, according to the latest estimates released by the United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME) Monday.

U.S. says ready to engage in diplomacy with Russia

Published on: December 20, 2021
16:42

Washington, Dec 20 (Prensa Latina) US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan on Monday told his Russian counterpart that Washington is ready to engage in diplomacy through multiple channels, including bilateral engagement, the White House said in a statement.

ParlaSur rate Boric’s triumph as fundamental for Latin America

Published on: December 20, 2021
16:15

Buenos Aires, Dec 20 (Prensa Latina) The president of the Observatory of Democracy of the Parliament of the South (ParlaSur), Argentine Oscar Laborde, described today as fundamental for Latin America the recent presidential triumph of the young Chilean Gabriel Boric.

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