6 February 2024 Archives

Guterres calls for measures to eliminate female genital mutilation

Published on: February 6, 2024
14:12

United Nations, Feb 6 (Prensa Latina) UN Secretary-General António Guterres today called for measures to eradicate female genital mutilation, considered by the high representative as a terrible violation of fundamental human rights.

Civic movement calls to stop propaganda with electoral purposes

Published on: February 6, 2024
14:07

Santo Domingo, Feb 6 ( Prensa Latina) The non-partisan civic movement Participacion Ciudadana today asked the Dominican president and presidential candidate, Luis Abinader, to suspend government propaganda for electoral purposes.

Mexican President begins to explain Constitutional reforms

Published on: February 6, 2024
14:01

Mexico City, Feb 6 (Prensa Latina) In his usual morning conferences at the National Palace, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador began today a cycle to explain the scope of the constitutional reforms presented to Congress.

Chile: Forest fires to impact on economy

Published on: February 6, 2024
13:25

Santiago, Chile, Feb 6 (Prensa Latina) The forest fires, the largest disaster in Chile in the last 14 years, will impact the economy, whose damages are being calculated in the public and private sectors. Finance Minister Mario Marcel announced a plan to mitigate the damages, including the first delivery to affected families of a bond of 1.5 million pesos (about 1,700 dollars) to purchase household goods and equipment lost in the fire.

China allocates emergency fund after winter weather damages

Published on: February 6, 2024
13:20

Beijing, Feb 6 (Prensa Latina) China allocated an estimated 141 million yuan (nearly 20 million dollars) on Tuesday to reopen the roads affected by winter weather amid migration before the Spring Festival.

Venezuelan FM Yvan Gil meets with his counterpart from Burkina Faso

Published on: February 6, 2024
12:59

Caracas, Feb 6 (Prensa Latina) Venezuelan Foreign Minister Yván Gil met in Caracas on Tuesday with his counterpart from Burkina Faso, Karamoko Jean Marie Traore.

Parlatino expresses solidarity with Chile due forest fires

Published on: February 6, 2024
12:52

Panama, Feb 6 (Prensa Latina ) The Latin American and Caribbean Parliament (Parlatino), based in Panama since 2006, expressed its solidarity with the people of Chile, due to the devastating forest fires in Valparaiso and the surrounding areas.

DPRK condemns removal of symbolic tombstone in Japan

Published on: February 6, 2024
12:47

Pyongyang, Feb 6 (Prensa Latina) The Democratic People's Republic of Korea on Tuesday condemned the removal of a tombstone in Japan's Gunma Prefecture that commemorated Korean victims of forced labor in that country.

El Salvador reports 5.7 magnitude earthquake

Published on: February 6, 2024
12:41

San Salvador, Feb 6 (Prensa Latina) A strong 5.7 magnitude earthquake shook El Salvador on Tuesday, the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources (MATN) reported.

Colombian Government and ELN agree in Cuba to extend ceasefire

Published on: February 6, 2024
12:39

Havana, Feb 6 (Prensa Latina) The delegations of the Government of Colombia and the National Liberation Army (ELN) signed an agreement in this capital on Tuesday to extend the bilateral, national and temporary ceasefire for the next 180 days.

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