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Progressive International demands Cuba’s removal from SSOT list

Published on: June 28, 2024
14:00

Washington, Jun 28 (Prensa Latina) More than 250 organizations globally, grouped in the Progressive International (PI) founded in the United States in 2018, demand this Friday the immediate removal of Cuba from Washington's State Sponsors of Terrorism (SSOT) list.

Results of the Biden-Trump debate: Mediocrity 5 – Candidates 0

Published on: June 28, 2024
13:34

New York._ Neither Joseph Biden nor Donald Trump convinced in their first presidential debate in Atlanta; Trump as expected claimed victory (even if he had been torn to pieces, he would have done it); Biden disappointed his supporters.

Former Honduran president to be sentenced in the U.S.

Published on: June 26, 2024
10:24

Washington, Jun 26 (Prensa Latina) A Federal Court in the Southern District of Manhattan will sentence today the former president of Honduras Juan Orlando Hernandez, tried in the United States for drug trafficking, an unprecedented political event in the history of the Central American nation.

Gun violence, public health crisis in the US

Published on: June 25, 2024
14:39

Washington, June 25 (Prensa Latina) The surgeon general of the United States, Dr. Vivek Murthy, declared today in a historic announcement that gun violence is a public health crisis in the nation.

UN confirms deployment of experts for elections in Venezuela

Published on: June 25, 2024
14:06

United Nations, June 25 (Prensa Latina) The United Nations (UN) confirmed today the deployment of a Panel of Electoral Experts for the upcoming presidential elections in Venezuela.

UN resumes discussions on Gaza ceasefire

Published on: June 25, 2024
07:48

United Nations, Jun 25 (Prensa Latina) The UN Security Council will resume debates on the conflict in Gaza amid the expansion of the crisis without certainty about the ceasefire negotiations.

USA: Flying commercial is still the safest way to travel

Published on: June 22, 2024
10:39

Washington, Jun 22 (Prensa Latina) Despite recurring incidents involving commercial flights so far this year, statistics in the United States suggest that flying commercial continues to be the safest way to travel nowadays.

UN steps up efforts to response to cholera fresh outbreak in Nigeria

Published on: June 22, 2024
09:43

United Nations, Jun 22 (Prensa Latina) Several United Nations agencies are currently collaborating to strengthen their response to the cholera fresh outbreak reported in Nigeria, where over 300 cholera cases have been confirmed in Lagos state alone.

Puerto Rican organization will expose police impunity at the UN

Published on: June 20, 2024
07:01

San Juan, June 20 (Prensa Latina) The organization Kilómetro Cero (Km0) will expose state violence, police impunity and rights violations in Puerto Rico today before the United Nations Decolonization Committee, it was announced today.

US NGO demand Cuba’s exclusion from Washington’s SSOT list

Published on: June 19, 2024
13:23

Washington, Jun 19 (Prensa Latina) Non-governmental and solidarity organizations in the United States have reiterated their demand to exclude Cuba from the State Sponsors of Terrorism (SSOT) list, where it arbitrarily remains under the administration of President Joe Biden.

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