20 September 2024 Archives

Bolivia opens its largest commercial showcase to the world

Published on: September 20, 2024
16:46

La Paz, Sep 20 (Prensa Latina) Bolivia is inaugurating today Expocruz, its largest commercial platform top the world, attended by 32 international delegations and expecting over 500 thousand visitors, an official source said.

Dissident rebels admitt kidnapping Cauca councilwoman

Published on: September 20, 2024
16:27

Bogotá, Sep 20 (Prensa Latina) The Central General Staff (EMC), a dissident group of the now-extinct Revolutionary Armed Forces-People's Army, today admitted to having kidnapped Sandra Betancourt, a councilwoman from Argelia, in the department of Cauca, in southwestern Colombia.

Over 15 countries on tiptoes at Havana’s Ballet feast

Published on: September 20, 2024
16:12

Havana, Sep 20 (Prensa Latina) Representatives from over 15 countries will attend the 28th Alicia Alonso Havana International Ballet Festival, to be held in Cuba from October 28 through November 10, organizers announced on Friday.

“Absurd”: Russia’s response to Poland’s revision of Crimea status

Published on: September 20, 2024
16:00

Moscow, Sep 20 (Prensa Latina) The Polish Foreign Ministry's proposal to place Crimea under the UN mandate for a second referendum in 20 years is absurd, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov stated on Friday.

Panama hosts inception of Baseball Association of the Americas

Published on: September 20, 2024
15:56

Panama City, Sep 20 (Prensa Latina) The Baseball Association of the Americas (ABAM) was created on Friday by representatives of several national federations of the area, as a response to their national teams absence from the Caribbean Series.

Chilean primary healthcare union gears up for strike

Published on: September 20, 2024
15:38

Santiago, Chile, Sep 20 (Prensa Latina) Chilean primary healthcare workers are preparing on Friday a three-day strike against lack of security in medical facilities and the delay in the payment of a retirement incentive.

Venezuelan jet makes emergency landing in Colombia

Published on: September 20, 2024
15:30

Bogota, Sep 20 (Prensa Latina) The Civil Aeronautics of Colombia confirmed Friday that an aircraft flying in from Venezuela made an emergency landing at the Camilo Daza airport in Cucuta, north of Santander.

Israeli air raid kills 12 in Southern Lebanon

Published on: September 20, 2024
14:41

Beirut, Sep 20 (Prensa Latina) An Israeli air raid against a Beirut residential building, located in the southern capital neighborhood of Al-Qaim on Friday, has killed 12 and wounded 66 so far, the Ministry of Health informed.

Uruguayan lawmakers join global demand for Cuba

Published on: September 20, 2024
14:33

Montevideo, Sep 20 (Prensa Latina) Uruguayan legislators have joined almost 600 parliamentarians from 73 countries who signed a letter condemning Cuba’s inclusion in Washington's list of Sponsors of Terrorism (SSOT).

Mexican President extolls republican austerity

Published on: September 20, 2024
14:28

Mexico City, Sep 20 (Prensa Latina) Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador today highlighted the importance of a republican austerity policy and the fight against corruption in the country, while ruling out the need for tax reform.

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