Central America and the Caribbean

FA in Costa Rica demands Cuba’s removal from US’ terrorist list

Published on: June 26, 2024
07:27

San Jose, Jun 26 (Prensa Latina) The "Frente Amplio" party (Broad Front-FA Party) in Costa Rica demanded on Wednesday that the United States remove Cuba from Washington's list of State Sponsoring Terrorism (SSOT).

Housing projects in Nicaragua’s southern Caribbean praised

Published on: June 26, 2024
00:15

Managua, Jun 26 (Prensa Latina) The co-director of the Urban and Rural Housing Institute (INVUR) of Nicaragua, Gabriela Palacios, praised the implementation of housing projects in the southern Caribbean coast for the benefit of thousands of families.

Guatemala denounces wave of evictions promoted by judges

Published on: June 25, 2024
15:53

Guatemala City, Jun 25 (Prensa Latina) The Committee of Farmer Unity (CUC), one of the historical organizations here of farmers defending rural communities, denounced on Tuesday the evictions boosted in Guatemala since the second quarter of 2024.

Gang member calls for public services for Haiti’s working class

Published on: June 25, 2024
14:43

Port-au-Prince, Jun 25 (Prensa Latina) The leader of the gang coalition, Jimmy Cherizier, alias Barbecue, asked the Haitian Government to provide public services for the working class as a first step to pacify the country that today lives in chaos.

Cuba thanks Trinidad and Tobago for support against US blockade

Published on: June 25, 2024
11:59

Havana, Jun 25 (Prensa Latina) Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez thanked Trinidad and Tobaco on Tuesday for recent statements by his counterpart, Amery Browne, against the United States’ hostile policy on his country.

Switzerland to mediate in diplomatic crisis between Mexico, Ecuador

Published on: June 25, 2024
11:57

Mexico, Jun 25 (Prensa Latina) Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said on Tuesdy that Switzerland will intervene in the diplomatic dispute with Ecuador to safeguard the assets of each country and prevent the repetition of events such as the assault on the Mexican Embassy in Quito.

Nicaragua’s GDP grows in first quarter of 2024

Published on: June 22, 2024
12:41

Managua, Jun 22 (Prensa Latina) The Central Bank of Nicaragua (BCN) announced today that economic activity is showing a positive growth trend, which is why the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the first quarter of the year registered an increase of 3.7 percent.

Gang violence affects Haitians´ religious life, says Pierre Caporal

Published on: June 22, 2024
10:55

Port-au-Prince, Jun 22 (Prensa Latina) Gang violence in Haiti is affecting all sectors including the religious one, damaging churches, temples and places of worship.

Haiti: Police chief vows to exterminate gangs in the country

Published on: June 22, 2024
09:16

Port-au-Prince, Jun 22 (Prensa Latina) The interim Director-General of the Haitian National Police (PNH), Rameau Normil, vowed to neutralize and dismantle all gangs that impose terror in the Caribbean country.

Parlatino urges to celebrate Latin American and Caribbean unity

Published on: June 22, 2024
09:12

Panama City, Jun 22 (Prensa Latina) The Parlatino (Latin-American Parliament), based in Panama since 2006, celebrates on Saturday the Day of Latin American and Caribbean Unity, a dream of the Liberator Simón Bolívar that sought expression in the Amphictyonic Congress in 1826.

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