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Train crash may thwart Greek PM´s re-election bid – Analysts

Published on: March 10, 2023
14:34

By: Pavel López Lazo

Athens, Mar 10 (Prensa Latina) The Greek prime minister's bid for re-election at forthcoming polls may be thwarted by the country's deadliest train crash, which has sparked mass protests and calls for him to quit.

UN chief calls to probe human rights violations in Peru

Published on: January 11, 2023
17:27

By: Pavel López Lazo

United Nations, Jan 11 (Prensa Latina) UN Secretary-General (UNSG) António Guterres called Wednesday to investigate into human rights violations and to respect peaceful protests in Peru.

Huge turnouts reported at UK cost of living strikes

Published on: October 1, 2022
14:02

By: Pavel López Lazo

London, Oct 1 (Prensa Latina) Thousands of Britons have gathered in dozens of towns and cities across the UK to register their anger at the cost-of-living crisis in what organizers describe as the largest wave of simultaneous protests seen in Britain for years.

Protesters call for Haitian Prime Minister’s resignation

Published on: August 19, 2022
17:39

By: Pavel López Lazo

Port-au-Prince, Aug 19 (Prensa Latina) Several dozen protesters on Friday called for the resignation of the Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry, and also lashed out at the high prices of commodities and marked insecurity.

Protesters in Panamanian province wait for President Cortizo

Published on: May 12, 2022
11:02

By: Ana Luisa Brown

Panama City, May 12 (Prensa Latina) The general strike in the eastern Panamanian province of Colon continues today awaiting the arrival of the President of the Republic, Laurentino Cortizo, to whom they demand concrete responses to several social demands.

US protesters call for a Voting Rights Bill

Published on: August 29, 2021
11:05

By: Prensa Latina

Washington, Aug 29 (Prensa Latina) Thousands of people on Saturday took to the streets in the United States to call for the approval of a federal legislation on the right to vote, stalled in Congress.

Over 700 protesters against tar sands pipeline face arrests

Published on: August 18, 2021
16:35

By: Prensa Latina

Washington, Aug 18 (Prensa Latina) More than 700 water defenders have been arrested for refusing to build up a controversial cross-border oil pipeline that runs through Alberta (Canada) and northern Minnesota to Wisconsin.

Night of terror in Colombia due to police repression

Published on: May 23, 2021
11:22

By: Prensa Latina

Bogota, May 23 (Prensa Latina) More than 40 Colombians were injured after strong repression by the Mobile Anti-Disturbances Squadron (ESMAD) against peaceful protesters, in Portal de la Resistencia (Portal of Resistance) in Bogota, several sources reported on Sunday.

Celebrities and protesters question Colombian FM’s trip to US

Published on: May 21, 2021
15:17

By: Prensa Latina

Bogota, May 21 (Prensa Latina) Celebrities and demonstrators are currently questioning a visit by the recently inaugurated minister of Foreign Affairs of Colombia, Marta Lucia Ramirez, to the United States, where she will deal with the issue of the social outbreak in her country.

Kidnapped Haitian official released

Published on: May 7, 2021
13:46

By: Prensa Latina

Port-au-Prince, May 7 (Prensa Latina) Wilkens Dicette, a local official from the commune of Petit-Goâve, on the southern outskirts of the Haitian capital, was released after two weeks of kidnapping, the local press revealed on Friday.

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