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Demographic treasure in danger

Published on: September 5, 2021
00:20

Guatemala City, (Prensa Latina) Rich in its cultural and landscape diversity, Guatemala has yet another treasure, a demographic bonus that loses every year due to the inability of successive governments to generate jobs and ensure the productive future of this nation.

US Conservative Offensive: Keep minorities off ballot boxes

Published on: September 5, 2021
00:15

Havana, (Prensa Latina) A conservative offensive seeks to bar minorities from having access to the ballot box in the United States, where the freneticism of Republican legislators is gaining ground under the theory of former President Donald Trump of alleged fraud in the 2020 elections.

Mexico: Haitians in Tapachula leave in a new caravan toward the US

Published on: September 4, 2021
13:12

Mexico, Sep 4 (Prensa Latina) Haitian migrants who had been rejected on three previous occasions, left in a caravan today from Tapachula, Chiapas, in a fourth attempt to reach the US border through Mexican territory.

Panama’s Supreme Court denounces suspicious release of drug lord

Published on: September 4, 2021
13:06

Panama, Sep 4 (Prensa Latina) Magistrates of the Supreme Court of Justice (CSJ) of Panama denounced at the Attorney General's Office the suspicious release by a court of an alleged drug capo, already recaptured and held on Sunday under maximum security.

Costa Rica welcomes first gold medal in Paralympic Games history

Published on: September 4, 2021
12:54

San Jose, Sep 4 (Prensa Latina) From President Carlos Alvarado to the local media today highlight the first gold medal for Costa Rica in the Paralympic Games, a heroic feat achieved by sprinter Sherman Guity in Tokyo 2020.

UN criticizes Israel for demolition of Palestinian infrastructure

Published on: September 4, 2021
12:46

Ramallah, Sep 4 (Prensa Latina) The Israeli army demolished 126 Palestinian structures in the West Bank and East Jerusalem in July, the second highest number so far this year, a UN agency denounced on Saturday.

Venezuela closed nomination of candidates for local elections

Published on: September 4, 2021
12:37

Caracas, Sept 4 (Prensa Latina) The National Electoral Council of Venezuela (CNE) on Saturday concluded the nomination of candidates for the Nov 11 election, at the end of a week in which new political actors joined the process.

New donation of syringes sent to Cuba from Argentina

Published on: September 4, 2021
11:54

Buenos Aires, Sept 4 (Prensa Latina) A shipment with 507,600 syringes and a batch of 18,000 more needles was sent on Sunday to Cuba from Buenos Aires, a new donation arranged by Argentinian friendship organizations.

Venezuela condemns terror attack in New Zealand

Published on: September 4, 2021
11:52

Caracas, Sep 4 (Prensa Latina) Venezuela's Foreign Minister Félix Plasencia condemned the terror attack at an Auckland supermarket, where local police officers were able to shoot and kill attacker who unleashed a knife and wounded six people.

Over 12 million Afghans have no food security

Published on: September 4, 2021
11:51

United Nations, Sep 4 (Prensa Latina) A third of the Afghan population, over 12 million people, are acutely food insecure and their situation is expected to be greatly worsened by the drought, the UN reported on Friday.

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