26 June 2021 Archives

Collapse of building in Miami had been warned 3 years before

Published on: June 26, 2021
10:19

Washington, Jun 26 (Prensa Latina) An engineering consulting entity warned since 2018 about major structural failures of the building that collapsed on Thursday in Miami, Florida, causing four deaths and some 160 missing persons, local media reported today.

President Díaz-Canel congratulates laureates in Cuba

Published on: June 26, 2021
09:50

Havana, Jun 26 (Prensa Latina) The president of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel, today congratulated writers, artists, journalists and cultural and information institutions of the island, distinguished with the Replica of the Machete Mambí of Generalissimo Máximo Gómez.

Cuba reports 2,403 new cases of Covid-19 on Saturday

Published on: June 26, 2021
09:30

Havana, Jun 26 (Prensa Latina) Cuba confirmed on Saturday 2,403 new cases of Covid-19 and 12 deaths in the past 24 hours, bringing the death toll to 1,231 deaths in the country due to that pandemic.

Bolivia: FELCN seized .2 million worth of cocaine

Published on: June 26, 2021
09:12

La Paz, Jun 26 (Prensa Latina) The Bolivian Special Force to Fight Drug Trafficking (FELCN) has seized 305 kg of cocaine worth over US.2 million in the northeastern Department of Beni, the Government reported.

Covid-19 is leading cause of death in Colombia

Published on: June 26, 2021
09:10

Bogota, Jun 25 (Prensa Latina) Covid-19 has become the leading cause of death in Colombia in Q1 2021, reporting as many as 26,321 deaths, the National Administrative Department of Statistics (DANE) said.

Bolivia condemns massive torture by the de facto government

Published on: June 26, 2021
09:08

La Paz, Jun 26 (Prensa Latina) Bolivian government on Friday denounced that the de facto authorities rolled out massive tortures from November 2019 to October 2020, according to the Service for the Prevention of Torture (SEPRET) ahead of commemoration of the UN International Day in Support of Victims of Torture.

VP Kamala Harris visits El Paso to discuss migration causes

Published on: June 26, 2021
09:05

Washington, Jun 26 (Prensa Latina) Vice President Kamala Harris made her first visit to the U.S.-Mexico border on Friday, where she spent several hours in El Paso, Texas, toured immigration facilities, and met with young migrant girls, Border Patrol staffers and activists.

Irregular pressure denounced in Brazil to purchase Covaxin vaccines

Published on: June 26, 2021
08:55

Brasilia, Jun 26 (Prensa Latina) Brazil´s Health Ministry Official Ricardo Miranda on Friday denounced he was abnormally pressured by senior officials in March to pass a Covaxin purchase contract.

Derek Chauvin sentenced to 22.5 years in prison for Floyd’s murder

Published on: June 26, 2021
08:49

Washington, Jun 26 (Prensa Latina) Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer, has been sentenced to 22 ½ years in prison for the murder of George Floyd in May 2020, whose killing outraged millions across the country and reignited a nationwide movement against police brutality and racial injustice.

Canada PM apologizes after discovery of Saskatchewan graves

Published on: June 26, 2021
08:38

Ottawa, Jun 26 (Prensa Latina) Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau issued an apology Friday and rebuked Canada´s historic deplorable treatment of First Nations´ people, after learning latest discovery of 751 unmarked graves at the former Marieval Indian residential school in the province of Saskatchewan.

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June 26, 2021