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Derek Chauvin sentenced to 22.5 years in prison for Floyd’s murder

Published on: June 26, 2021
08:49

Washington, Jun 26 (Prensa Latina) Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer, has been sentenced to 22 ½ years in prison for the murder of George Floyd in May 2020, whose killing outraged millions across the country and reignited a nationwide movement against police brutality and racial injustice.

Canada PM apologizes after discovery of Saskatchewan graves

Published on: June 26, 2021
08:38

Ottawa, Jun 26 (Prensa Latina) Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau issued an apology Friday and rebuked Canada´s historic deplorable treatment of First Nations´ people, after learning latest discovery of 751 unmarked graves at the former Marieval Indian residential school in the province of Saskatchewan.

US Blockade impacted on Cuban urban development

Published on: June 26, 2021
02:49

Havana, Jun 26 (Prensa Latina) Urban development in Cuba is one of the sectors affected by the blockade imposed by the United States and damages the process of construction and management of cities, an executive said the eve.

The fifth ocean

Published on: June 26, 2021
00:25

Havana, Jun 26 (Prensa Latina) Atlantic, Pacific, Indian and Arctic are the four oceans so far represented in any cartography, however, the body of water surrounding Antarctica is considered by geographers as the fifth.

Latin America In a Trap

Published on: June 26, 2021
00:10

Havana, Jun 26 (Prensa Latina) Latin America is trapped in a vicious circle exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic, which generates unequal progress, low economic growth, a huge gap between extreme wealth and poverty and huge vulnerability.

Biden Priorities and obstacles

Published on: June 26, 2021
00:08

Havana, Jun 26 (Prensa Latina) The infrastructure investment plan for some two billion dollars for the next few years in the United States and a broad reform of electoral laws constitute two of President Joe Biden's main legislative priorities.

The UN warns on the effects of the pandemic on seafarers

Published on: June 25, 2021
17:48

United Nations, Jun 25 (Prensa Latina) UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, warned today that the life and work of seafarers are dramatically struck by the Covid-19 pandemic.

Venezuelan governor considers majority support for political dialogue

Published on: June 25, 2021
17:27

Caracas, Jun 25 (Prensa Latina) Venezuela's Governor of the state of Miranda Hector Rodriguez today highlighted the majority support of the main political forces in Venezuela and society in general to the efforts for dialogue and national reconciliation.

Peru: Former advisor Montesinos scandal could ratify imprisonment

Published on: June 25, 2021
17:23

Lima, Jun 25 (Prensa Latina) Requests to change for imprisonment of former Presidential Advisor Vladimiro Montesinos gained strength today in Peru after audios were revealed, in which he plans to bribe electoral judges to reverse the defeat of candidate Keiko Fujimori.

Brazilian Workers Party repudiates Bolsonaro’s abstention

Published on: June 25, 2021
16:56

Brasilia, Jun 25 (Prensa Latina) The Workers' Party (PT) on Friday firmly repudiated the abstention of the Brazilian government in the vote held at the United Nations that condemned the US blockade against Cuba.

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