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Cuba doubles down on social policies of UN´s Agenda 2030

Published on: February 7, 2024
01:14

United Nations, Feb 7 (Prensa Latina) Cuba has reaffirmed at the United Nations its commitment to the social policies for the 2030 Agenda, despite the country's complex economic situation and the tightening of the hostile and unjust economic US blockade.

La Jornada newspaper praises Díaz-Canel’s gratitude to AMLO

Published on: February 7, 2024
00:53

Mexico City, Feb 7 (Prensa Latina) A thank-you message from the Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel to his Mexican counterpart Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), for his position against US blockade, has been praised by La Jornada newspaper.

UN urges to stop invasion of Gaza due to risk of war crimes

Published on: February 6, 2024
14:29

United Nations, Feb 6 (Prensa Latina) The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) warned today that the extension of Israel's large-scale invasion of Gaza could lead to war crimes that must be avoided at all costs.

Guterres calls for measures to eliminate female genital mutilation

Published on: February 6, 2024
14:12

United Nations, Feb 6 (Prensa Latina) UN Secretary-General António Guterres today called for measures to eradicate female genital mutilation, considered by the high representative as a terrible violation of fundamental human rights.

Egyptian president meets with Blinken to discuss Gaza war

Published on: February 6, 2024
12:29

Cairo, Feb 6 (Prensa Latina) Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi met on Tuesday with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, with whom he discussed the humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip and the talks on a ceasefire.

UN to end female genital mutilation before 2030

Published on: February 6, 2024
09:29

United Nations, Feb 6 (Prensa Latina) The United Nations (UN) insists on the need to end female genital mutilation before 2030, considered a violation of human rights with universal scope.

UN rapporteur condemns Israeli attack on aid truck

Published on: February 6, 2024
09:22

Ramallah, Feb 6 (Prensa Latina) United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Francesca Albanese, on Tuesday condemned a new attack by the Israeli army on a truck laden with humanitarian aid in the besieged Gaza Strip.

China’s Foreign Ministry condemns US support for Hong Kong refugees

Published on: February 6, 2024
09:01

Beijing, Feb 6 (Prensa Latina) The Chinese Foreign Ministry condemned on Tuesday "the public complicity by high-ranking US officials with elements who have fled abroad and are creating chaos in Hong Kong."

President of Mexico presents 20 reforms to the constitution

Published on: February 6, 2024
07:54

Mexico City, Feb 5 (Prensa Latina) The president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, presented at the National Palace 20 reforms to the Constitution that he sent to the Congress of the Republic.

Global warming surpassed 1.5 degrees Celsius

Published on: February 5, 2024
17:15

Washington, Feb 5 (Prensa Latina) The planet has already passed 1.5 °C of warming, according to a new measuring technique that goes back further in time than current methods. At the 2015 Paris Climate Accords, nations agreed not to exceed 1.5 °C, a guardrail of climate change.

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