2 December 2024 Archives

Uruguayan prosecutor requests long prison for political repressors

Published on: December 2, 2024
19:10

Montevideo, Dec 2 (Prensa Latina) The Uruguayan Prosecutor's Office today requested long prison terms for three repressors under the dictatorship that ruled the country from 1973 to 1985 for committing crimes against humanity.

Forest fire threatens communication antennas in Ecuadorian city

Published on: December 2, 2024
18:58

Quito, Dec 2 (Prensa Latina) A large forest fire is threatening today the radio and cell phone antennas in the Ecuadorian city of Guayaquil, the country’s most populated.

Saint Lucia starts weapons destruction program

Published on: December 2, 2024
18:46

Castries, Dec 2 (Prensa Latina) The Police of Saint Lucia has launched a Weapons Destruction Program aimed at guaranteeing adequate levels of security in the country, a local newscast reported today.

Nicaragua beefs up public transportation with Chinese buses

Published on: December 2, 2024
18:37

Managua, Dec 2 (Prensa Latina) Nicaraguan Vice President, Rosario Murillo, announced today that 400 buses have arrived from China, as a reinforcement of the current national public transportation stock.

Venezuela and Cuba strengthen economic relations

Published on: December 2, 2024
18:33

Caracas, Dec 2 (Prensa Latina) The Ministry of National Commerce (Mincomercio) of Venezuela on Monday reported on important meetings with representatives of the economic sector of Cuba, in the context of strengthening bilateral relations.

Ecuador’s Citizen Revolution pushes forwards with security proposals

Published on: December 2, 2024
18:23

Quito, Dec 2 (Prensa Latina) The presidential candidate of Ecuador's Citizen Revolution (RC) movement, Luisa González, presented today a comprehensive proposal to confront the country's security crisis.

Brazil confronts worrying increase in agricultural toxicity

Published on: December 2, 2024
18:11

Brasilia, Dec 2 (Prensa Latina) Figures related to agrochemical toxicity in the first half of the year are disturbing today in Brazil, where an over 950 percent year-on–year increase was recorded. Such is the figure reported on a preliminary survey by the Pastoral Land Commission (CPT), after gathering data from the annual map on countryside conflicts, which the organization conducted together with the Dom Tomás Balduíno Documentation Center.

Cubans celebrate anniversary of textile factory inaugurated by Fidel

Published on: December 2, 2024
18:09

Santa Clara, Cuba, Dec 2 (Prensa Latina) The 45th anniversary of the Desembarco del Granma (Granma Landing) textile factory by the leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro, was celebrated by the workers in central Cuban city on Monday.

Experts: Cuba and China need artificial intelligence in the press

Published on: December 2, 2024
18:02

Havana, Dec 2 (Prensa Latina) Cuba and China need artificial intelligence (AI) to confront disinformation campaigns and spread their truth in multiple countries and languages, Chinese experts in this field who are visiting Havana said on Monday.

German left wing debates US blockade against Cuba

Published on: December 2, 2024
17:52

Berlin, Dec 2 (Prensa Latina) The Socialist Party of Germany (The Left) welcomed National Assembly and Council of State Secretary Homero Acosta Alvarez on Monday for an experts' discussion on the United States blockade against Cuba in the Bundestag (Parliament).

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December 2, 2024