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Cuba defends world without blockades and inequality at UNESCO

Published on: October 10, 2023
12:21

Paris, Oct 10 (Prensa Latina) Cuban Ambassador at UNESCO Yahima Esquivel on Tuesday advocated for a world without blockades or unilateral coercive measures, where the right to development prevails over the prevailing unequal economic order.

Saudi Gov’t calls urgent meeting of Islamic Cooperation Organization

Published on: October 10, 2023
08:54

Riyadh, Oct 10 (Prensa Latina) The Government of Saudi Arabia called an urgent meeting of the ministers of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), made up of 57 countries, to address the situation in Gaza, official sources reported on Tuesday.

President Díaz-Canel denies zero fuel situation in Cuba

Published on: September 28, 2023
11:45

Havana, Sep 28 (Prensa Latina) President Miguel Díaz-Canel confirmed on Thursday that Cuba has not and will not reach a situation of total fuel shortage, despite the tightening of the United States blockade. On his account on the social network X, he wrote, "The reinforced blockade seeks that, but socialism is planning, participation and the people in power. All problems will have a response."

India suspends visa services in Canada

Published on: September 21, 2023
11:47

New Delhi, Sep 21 (Prensa Latina) India stopped granting visas in Canada, considering an unfavorable environment in that country for its diplomatic and consular work.

DRC: Sexual violence against women in refugee camps on the rise

Published on: September 16, 2023
10:04

Kinshasa, Sep 16 (Prensa Latina) The number of women victims of sexual violence in camps for displaced people in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is on the rise, according to international organizations.

Haiti to take measures for displaced children to return to school

Published on: September 14, 2023
17:08

Port-au-Prince, Sep 14 (Prensa Latina) The Haitian government is presently stepping up efforts on implementing measures to enable students and teachers displaced by the violence to return to schools. According to the Education Minister Nesmy Manigat, his ministry will provide the necessary conditions in all schools as soon as possible and has already identified a new building in the South department that will house a high school for those who had to flee their homes.

India calls to bring multilateral forums in line with today’s world

Published on: September 10, 2023
11:28

New Delhi, Sep 10 (Prensa Latina) India on Sunday called for progress in renewing multilateral organizations, creating a regulatory framework for responsible governance of Artificial Intelligence (AI), and developing global standards using cryptocurrencies.

Haiti´s Jacmel prison inmates face unsafe conditions, says Arnel Rémy

Published on: September 6, 2023
14:59

Port-au-Prince, Sep 6 (Prensa Latina) The Collective of Lawyers Defenders of Human Rights on Wednesday condemned the precarious conditions in Jacmel prison, southeast of the Haitian capital, described as deplorable and dehumanizing.

Latin America and the Caribbean under a perfect storm – ECLAC (+Photo)

Published on: September 5, 2023
16:20

Santiago de Chile, Sep 5 (Prensa Latina) Combining low economic growth and damages triggered by climate change leave our region under a perfect storm, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary Jose Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs assured Tuesday in Chile.

India rejects UN unit’s statement on Manipur

Published on: September 5, 2023
10:48

New Delhi, Sep 5 (Prensa Latina) India on Tuesday rejected a statement by the Special Procedures Branch of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the current situation in Manipur, and described it as unjustified, presumptive, and misleading.

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