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Cuban peasants are represented as candidates to Parliament

Published on: March 20, 2023
11:41

Havana, Mar 20 (Prensa Latina) Cuban peasants are represented as candidates to the National People's Power Assembly (ANPP, Parliament), to be elected on March 26.

Cuban Parliament president Esteban Lazo meets with students

Published on: February 16, 2023
13:01

Havana, Feb 16 (Prensa Latina) National People's Power Assembly (Parliament) President Esteban Lazo met on Thursday with students and professors from the "Vladimir I. Lenin" Vocational Pre-University Institute of Exact Sciences.

Mexico to present Shipbuilding Industry Development Law

Published on: January 26, 2023
00:15

Mexico, Jan 26 (Prensa Latina) Jaime Martinez, president of the Navy Commission at the Mexican Chamber of Deputies, revealed that an initiative on the Law for the Development and Promotion of the Shipbuilding Industry would be presented.

Mexican lawmakers approve electoral reform after a long debate

Published on: December 16, 2022
10:44

Mexico, Dec 16 (Prensa Latina) The Mexican Chamber of Deputies at midnight approved the reform of secondary laws on electoral matters sent by the Executive with 269 votes in favor and 217 against.

Texas legislature passes sweeping election bill

Published on: September 1, 2021
07:17

Washington, Sep 1 (Prensa Latina) The Texas Legislature sent a sweeping Republican-backed election bill to Governor Greg Abbott's desk on Tuesday, ending a months-long standoff with Democrats, who tried to defeat the effort in two separate walkouts.

China’s legislature endorses amendment on a third child

Published on: August 20, 2021
07:39

Beijing, Aug 20 (Prensa Latina) China's National People's Congress (Parliament) on Friday amended the Family Planning Law to allow couples to have up to three children, an initiative aimed at counteracting low birth rate and people aging.

Questioning of Uruguayan minister of tourism confirmed

Published on: June 28, 2021
13:58

Montevideo, Jun 28 (Prensa Latina) Uruguay's Frente Amplio (Broad Front) on Monday confirmed a call to question Minister of Tourism German Cardoso for his links with the former police chief of Maldonado Department, Fernando Pereira, who was accused of five crimes.

China’s legislature approves law against international sanctions

Published on: June 10, 2021
08:50

Beijing, Jun 10 (Prensa Latina) The National People's Congress of China (Parliament) on Thursday approved a law that protects domestic companies from unilateral sanctions by foreign governments, amid renewed tensions with the United States in the economic-commercial and technological aspect.

Salvadoran legislature approves legalizing Bitcoin as legal tender

Published on: June 9, 2021
07:08

San Salvador, Jun 9 (Prensa Latina) The Legislative Assembly of El Salvador on Wednesday approved with 62 votes for and 19 against the legalization of Bitcoin, which will circulate as a legal tender, alongside the US dollar.

Iran’s supreme leader calls for full participation in elections

Published on: May 3, 2021
10:06

Tehran, May 3 (Prensa Latina) The supreme leader of the Islamic Revolution in Iran, Ali Khamenei, called for full participation in the presidential elections on June 18, in a speech broadcasted on state television on Monday.

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