21 August 2023 Archives

Lopez Obrador says book burning is southern discrimination

Published on: August 21, 2023
15:15

Mexico City, Aug 21 (Prensa Latina) The burning of school books in Chiapas is an expression of discrimination in southern Mexico and an act of politicking, President Andrés Manuel Lopez Obrador denounced today.

Festival Organizing Commitee Extends Call for movie award

Published on: August 21, 2023
15:01

Havana, Aug 21 (Prensa Latina) The organizing committee of the Latin American Film Festival announced today in Havana that the call for the Coral Post Production Award will remain open until September 1, 2023.

Syria attributes energy crisis to US occupation

Published on: August 21, 2023
14:58

Damascus, Aug 21 (Prensa Latina) Syrian Electricity Minister Ghassan al-Zamil assured on Monday that the electricity crisis in the country is due to the occupation of the oil and gas-rich areas by the United States forces.

Haiti under alert for tropical storm Franklin

Published on: August 21, 2023
14:56

Port-au-Prince, Aug 21 (Prensa Latina) The Civil Protection Directorate (DPC) and the Haitian Hydrometeorological Unit issued a yellow alert, the lowest in the meteorological warning system, due to the proximity of tropical storm Franklin.

China fascinates students from several countries, including Cuba (+Photo)

Published on: August 21, 2023
13:14

Beijing, Aug 21 (Prensa Latina) In post-pandemic China, it is the first time that students from some 120 countries, including a young Cuban who is rehearsing a poem from the Tang dynasty, compete to show their mastery of Mandarin.

Argentine Government congratulates Guatemalan president-elect

Published on: August 21, 2023
13:03

Buenos Aires, Aug 21 (Prensa Latina) The Argentine Government on Monday congratulated the candidate from the Semilla (Seed) Movement, Bernardo Arévalo, who won the second round of the presidential elections in Guatemala.

Cuba: Varadero Josone Festival opens with rumba, jazz and son

Published on: August 21, 2023
12:18

Havana, Aug 21 (Prensa Latina) The 3rd Varadero Josone Rumba, Jazz and Son Festival opened in the city of Matanzas and will close in Cuba's major tourist resort, Varadero on Sunday.

China warns against danger of separatist actions in Taiwan

Published on: August 21, 2023
12:11

Beijing, Aug 21 (Prensa Latina) China on Monday strongly condemned statements by Taiwanese Vice President Lai Ching-te, whom Beijing described as a troublemaker, capable of dragging "to the danger of a military conflict" with his actions.

Díaz-Canel congratulates Guatemala’s next president

Published on: August 21, 2023
11:46

Havana, Aug 21 (Prensa Latina) Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel on Monday congratulated Bernardo Arévalo, who won the presidential elections in Guatemala.

More than two million Nigerien children in need of humanitarian aid

Published on: August 21, 2023
11:44

Niamey, Aug 21 (Prensa Latina) Humanitarian organizations warned that more than two million Nigerien children, affected by the political and economic crisis unleashed in this African country, need assistance with material and medical resources.

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