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Biden postpones meeting with Israeli prime minister

Published on: August 27, 2021
04:35

Washington, Aug 27 (Prensa Latina) United States President Joe Biden postponed a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, initially scheduled for this Thursday after the explosions that occurred on Thursday at the Kabul airport, Afghanistan.

ALBA-TCP will coordinate cooperation in tourism

Published on: August 27, 2021
02:09

Caracas, Aug 27 (Prensa Latina) The Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America-Peoples' Trade Agreement (ALBA-TCP) will hold a meeting to coordinate cooperation actions in culture and tourism, Executive Secretary Sacha Llorenti announced the eve.

Haitian government puts price on assassination suspects

Published on: August 27, 2021
00:55

Port-au-Prince, Aug 27 (Prensa Latina) Haitian Minister of Justice, Rockefeller Vincent, offered the eve a reward of six million gourdes (almost 62 thousand dollars) to anyone who helps locate or capture fugitives allegedly related to the assassination of Jovenel Moîse.

PM’s multilingual greeting shocks Peru’s right-wing Parliament

Published on: August 26, 2021
16:24

Lima, Aug 26 (Prensa Latina) Peru's Prime Minister Guido Bellido greeted the parliamentary plenary on Thursday in Quechua and Aymara, which triggered complaints from right-wing legislators, apparently offended for not speaking two official languages.

US billionaires’ wealth increases in pandemic times

Published on: August 26, 2021
16:17

Washington, Aug 26 (Prensa Latina) US billionaires increased their wealth by 1.8 trillion dollars in Covid-19 times, which evidences the flaws in the country's economic and fiscal systems, a report indicated on Thursday.

Mexico insists on investment for development to face migratory crisis

Published on: August 26, 2021
13:17

Mexico, Aug 26 (Prensa Latina) The Mexican government today insisted on the thesis of investing in economic development to attack the underlying problems that generate the exodus from Central America and other countries to the United States.

Russia and US to continue contacts on Afghan conflict

Published on: August 26, 2021
10:22

Moscow, Aug 26 (Prensa Latina) Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said today that the situation in Afghanistan requires a continuous exchange of opinions and information between Russia and the United States, through channels established for that purpose.

Haiti is concerned about consequences of an earthquake in the north

Published on: August 26, 2021
09:53

Port-au-Prince, Aug 26 (Prensa Latina) Following the recent devastating earthquake in Haiti, local authorities in the northern departments are calling today for concrete measures to be taken to avoid the consequences of a similar event in that region.

Indigenous protest continues in Brazil over indigenous lands ruling

Published on: August 26, 2021
09:52

Brasilia, Aug 26 (Prensa Latina) About six thousand indigenous people from 176 ethnic groups continue here today with their protest to put pressure on the Supreme Federal Court (STF) to reject a proposal that will hurt the future of the demarcation of ancestral lands.

UN representative warns about Iraq elections

Published on: August 26, 2021
07:33

United Nations, Aug 25 (Prensa Latina) The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) for Iraq Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert warned about Iraq´s challenges for coming elections in October 2021. Hennis-Plasschaert, who is also and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI), cited both progress and challenges at every level.

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