Central America and the Caribbean

Jamaica launches initiative to improve soil fertility

Published on: December 6, 2023
15:17

Kingston, Dec 6 (Prensa Latina) Jamaica's Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Mining has launched a 50-million-dollar project to improve soil fertility and regeneration as part of a wider strategy unveiled on Wednesday.

Novelties at the kickoff of the 44th Latin American Film Festival

Published on: December 6, 2023
15:04

Havana, Dec 6 (Prensa Latina) In its bid for reinvention and in the midst of the kick-off of the 44th International Festival of New Latin American Cinema, Cuba's cinematographic field reveals today novelties in this festive December.

Guyana will discuss Venezuela’s disputed Esequibo area at the UN

Published on: December 6, 2023
14:53

Georgetown, Dec 6 (Prensa Latina) Guyana plans to inform the United Nations Security Council today about Venezuela's latest actions in the case of the disputed Essequibo area, in order that the UN body adopts appropriate measures.

Cuban president celebrates inclusion of bolero in Unesco list

Published on: December 6, 2023
12:25

Havana, Dec 6 (Prensa Latina) Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel today celebrated the inclusion of the bolero in Unesco's representative list of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, a fact that will contribute to strengthen safeguarding the genre.

Gibara Film Festival scheduled for August 2024

Published on: December 6, 2023
06:38

Havana, 6 Dec. (Prensa Latina) The Ministry of Culture, the Cuban Institute of Cinematographic Art and Industry (Icaic) and the Government of Holguín will convene the 18th Gibara International Film Festival, from August 6 to 10, 2024.

Haiti and UNDP to ink agreement for water resources management

Published on: December 5, 2023
16:59

Port-au-Prince, Dec 5 (Prensa Latina) Haiti and the Green Climate Fund for the UN Development Program (UNDP) in order to manage the Trois-Rivières hydrographic basin, an official source confirmed on Tuesday.

President orders to help victims of accident in Honduras

Published on: December 5, 2023
15:02

Tegucigalpa, Dec 5 (Prensa Latina) Honduras’ President Xiomara Castro ordered on Tuesday her government agencies to help the victims of a traffic accident that left a preliminary toll of 10 deaths.

Cuba’s and Mexico’s bolero declared as heritage by UNESCO

Published on: December 5, 2023
14:51

Kasane, Botswana, Dec 5 (Prensa Latina) The complex represented by the bolero and its spaces and social uses in Cuba and Mexico entered on Tuesday the UNESCO list of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, when the binational candidacy was approved here.

Dom Rep reinforces Dajabon border after new incident

Published on: December 5, 2023
14:13

Santo Domingo, Dec 5 (Prensa Latina) The Dominican Army and the Specialized Corps for Land Border Security (CESFRONT) reinforced on Tuesday the areas bordering Dajabon province after Haitian police officers attacked merchants from their country.

Obrador asks U.S. Gov. to reach an agreement with Cuba and Venezuela

Published on: December 5, 2023
12:22

Mexico City, Dec 5 (Prensa Latina) The president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, today again asked the government of the United States to reach an agreement with Cuba and Venezuela and to remove the blockade that affects the people of the island so much.

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