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Local elections in Chile continues on Sunday

Published on: May 16, 2021
00:44

Santiago, May 16 (Prensa Latina) Chileans are completing on Sunday the two-day local elections in which they are choosing members to a special panel that will draw up a new constitution as well as state and local officials.

Ecuador approves use of Russian Sputnik V vaccine

Published on: May 15, 2021
13:56

Moscow, May 15 (Prensa Latina) The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) reported on Saturday on the approval of the Russian vaccine Sputnik V for emergency use against Covid-19 in Ecuador.

Soccer players in Colombia support the national strike

Published on: May 15, 2021
13:40

Bogota, May 15 (Prensa Latina) Player Luis Paz of the America de Cali soccer team, conveyed on Saturday his support for the national strike in Colombia and rejected that the Libertadores Cup continues in the country in the midst of the crisis.

The cry of protest returns to the Colombian streets

Published on: May 15, 2021
13:29

Bogota, May 15 (Prensa Latina) Several social organizations have called for the largest march in Colombia on Saturday, after another day of riots and repression by the security forces against demonstrators.

Pachamama border film festival begins in Brazil

Published on: May 15, 2021
12:54

Brasilia, May 15 (Prensa Latina) The eleventh edition of the traditional Pachamama Border Film Festival begins on Saturday in Brazil in online format because of the Covid-19 pandemic, with the presentation of more than 50 Latin American films.

New caravan in New York demands end of blockade on Cuba

Published on: May 15, 2021
12:48

New York, USA, May 15 (Prensa Latina) The New York-New Jersey Cuba Sí Coalition on Saturday called for a new car and bicycle caravan to end US Government's punitive measures and blockade against Cuba.

Over 70 fr lawmakers call for a unity gov’t in Haiti

Published on: May 15, 2021
12:35

Port-au-Prince, May 15 (Prensa Latina) A group of 74 former Haitian parlamentarians has called for the formation of a national unity government and denounced the climate of insecurity in the country, local media reported on Saturday.

Bolivia receives third batch of Sputnik V vaccines in one week

Published on: May 15, 2021
12:14

La Paz, May 15 (Prensa Latina) Bolivia received on Saturday half a million doses of Russian Covid-19 Sputnik V vaccines, the third batch of the week, that will be applied to people over 50 years old and media workers.

WHO warns about higher mortality in the second year of the pandemic

Published on: May 15, 2021
11:20

Geneva, May 15 (Prensa Latina) Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, on Saturday warned that the Covid-19 pandemic that hit the planet in 2020 could be deadlier in 2021.

Polling stations opened in historic election in Chile

Published on: May 15, 2021
10:20

Santiago de Chile, May 15 (Prensa Latina) Polling stations opened at 08:00 on Saturday for Chile´s most important local elections for the country's politics in decades.

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