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Bolivian lawmaker Virginia Velasco warns against gender violence

Published on: April 5, 2022
13:31

By: Ana Luisa Brown

La Paz, Apr 5 (Prensa Latina) Legislator Virginia Velasco on Tuesday urged subnational governments to strengthen the attention, prevention and punishment of violence from the Municipal Integral Legal Services (SLIM) and with a gender approach.

U.S. Senator asks Biden to release Leonard Peltier

Published on: February 7, 2022
10:23

By: Erich Tellez Corrales

Washington, Feb 7 (Prensa Latina) The president pro tempore of the U.S. Senate, Patrick Leahy, called for the release of Native American activist Leonard Peltier, imprisoned for 46 years for crimes he maintains he never committed.

Argentine senator says Cuba blockade is an affront to Latin America

Published on: July 27, 2021
09:08

By: Prensa Latina

Buenos Aires, Jul 27 (Prensa Latina) Former Argentine Foreign Minister and current Senator of the Nation, Jorge Taiana, today described the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed against Cuba by the United States as an affront to the peoples of Latin America and asked for its end.

Colombian senator replies to newspaper editor criticizing Cuba

Published on: July 19, 2021
16:44

By: Prensa Latina

Bogota, Jul 19 (Prensa Latina) Colombian Senator Victoria Sandino of the Commons (Comunes) party on Monday criticized a leader in the El Espectador newspaper, which she said joins an old and fallacious media matrix against Cuba.

Senator confirms death of a young man during a bombing in Colombia

Published on: July 8, 2021
12:01

By: Prensa Latina

Bogota, Jul 8 (Prensa Latina) Senator from the Alternative Indigenous and Social Movement, Feliciano Valencia, on Thursday confirmed the death of a 17-year-old boy after the bombing by the Army of Colombia of a FARC dissident camp.

Senator proposes keeping some US forces in Afghanistan

Published on: June 14, 2021
16:31

By: Prensa Latina

Washington, Jun 14 (Prensa Latina) US Republican Senator James Inhofe proposed on Monday that the Biden administration leave at least 1,000 soldiers in Afghanistan, to avoid a security vacuum after the planned withdrawal next September.

French senator urges Biden to lift blockade against Cuba

Published on: May 26, 2021
07:57

By: Prensa Latina

Paris, May 26 (Prensa Latina) French Senator Marie-Claude Varaillas on Wednesday urged US President Joe Biden to lift the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed against Cuba, a policy she denounced.

US Democratic senator encourages immigration project

Published on: May 4, 2021
14:46

By: Prensa Latina

Washington, May 4 (Prensa Latina) The leader of the Democratic majority in the US Senate, Chuck Schumer, plans to push today a budgetary maneuver to speed up a project aimed at legalizing the status of undocumented immigrants.

Senator blames the government of Paraguay for health crisis

Published on: April 5, 2021
09:45

By: Prensa Latina

Asunción, Apr 5 (Prensa Latina) The Paraguayan senator for the Honor Colorado party Sergio Godoy today blamed the Government of Mario Abdo Benítez directly for the health crisis generated by Covid-19 in the country.

Bolivian Senate calls to fight new aggressive Covid-19 strain

Published on: March 30, 2021
08:41

By: Prensa Latina

La Paz, Mar 30 (Prensa Latina) Bolivian Senate on Monday called for a united work among authorities to prevent the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus strain recently detected in Brazil, described by specialists as too aggressive.

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