10 September 2024 Archives

Cuban and US experts investigate pollution in the Gulf of Mexico

Published on: September 10, 2024
17:44

Havana, Sep 10 (Prensa Latina) Experts from Cuba and the United States analyzed today actions to respond to the pollution caused by spills of hydrocarbons and other potentially dangerous substances in the Gulf of Mexico and the Straits of Florida.

Brazil’s consumer price index falls in August

Published on: September 10, 2024
17:27

Brasilia, Sep 10 (Prensa Latina) The Broad National Consumer Price Index (IPCA), which measures official inflation in Brazil, recorded a fall of 0.02 percent last August, confirmed today the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE).

Government trying to muzzle me, claims vice president Abad

Published on: September 10, 2024
17:10

Quito, Sep 10 (Prensa Latina) Ecuadorian Vice President Verónica Abad today denounced that the Government of President Daniel Noboa is seeking to silence her, so that “she does not interfere in his political campaign in the run-up to the general elections.”

Kazakhstan hosts multinational war games

Published on: September 10, 2024
16:56

Astana, Sep 10 (Prensa Latina) The opening ceremony of the "Eternal Brotherhood III" multinational special forces exercise bringing together Azerbaijan, Qatar, Kazakhstan, Pakistan, Turkey, and Uzbekistan was held in the Orda training range, in the Turkistan region, the Defense Ministry told Kazakhstanskaya Pravda on Tuesday.

DRC received 15 000 doses of vaccine against Mpox

Published on: September 10, 2024
16:52

Kinshasa, Sep 10 (Prensa Latina) The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) received today 15 thousand doses of the vaccine against smallpox (Mpox), informed the Vaccine Alliance (Gavi).

Forests fires prompt school closures in Paraguay

Published on: September 10, 2024
16:47

Asuncion, Sep 10 (Prensa Latina) Paraguay's Minister of Education and Science, Luis Ramirez, today reported a halt in classes in six schools in the departments of Alto Paraguay and Boqueron, due to the proximity of forest fires in the Chaco.

Africa responds to Mpox with own plan

Published on: September 10, 2024
16:39

Kinshasa, Sep 10 (Prensa Latina) The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Center for Disease Control and Prevention of the African Union jointly launched today in this capital their plan to respond to Mpox in the region.

Ukraine has lost over 11,800 men in Kursk, says Russia

Published on: September 10, 2024
16:08

Moscow, Sep 10 (Prensa Latina) Ukraine has lost more than 11,800 military personnel since the beginning of its invasion in the Kursk province, the Russian Defense Ministry announced on Tuesday.

New plans to revive tourism in Cuban province

Published on: September 10, 2024
16:03

Camagüey, Cuba, Sep 10 (Prensa Latina) Cuba’s Ministry of Tourism is placing its bets in injecting new life into the once thriving Santa Lucia Lucía resort, remembered as a hot destination for foreign visitors in Cuba.

OECD warns of challenges for Chile’s education system

Published on: September 10, 2024
15:34

Santiago, Chile, Sep 10 (Prensa Latina) Inadequate public funding for elementary school and an excessive workload on teachers are but two of the several challenges Chile needs to overcome, warned today the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).

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