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Ecuador’s National Assembly to swear in new Andean MPs

Published on: May 19, 2021
14:32

Quito, May 19 (Prensa Latina) The National Assembly of Ecuador has swore in on Wednesday the five Andean MPs elected for the 2021-2025 term in the general election held in February, 2021.

Cuba’s Parliament congratulates mothers on their day

Published on: May 9, 2021
10:19

Havana, May 9 (Prensa Latina) Cuba's president of the National Assembly of People's Power (Parliament), Esteban Lazo, congratulated on Sunday the mothers of the country in a message released here.

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.

Euro parliament’s VP demands end of blockade against Cuba

Published on: April 30, 2021
09:42

Athens, Apr 30 (Prensa Latina) Dimitrios Papadimoulis, Vice President for Greece of the European Parliament (EP), described the US blockade against Cuba as inhuman and suffocating, and demanded to put an end to it quickly.

Evo Morales repudiates European Parliament resolution

Published on: April 29, 2021
15:28

La Paz, Apr 29 (Prensa Latina) Bolivia's former president and leader of the Movement Towards Socialism, Evo Morales, on Thursday repudiated the motion approved by the European Parliament in favor of the release of the former de facto governor Jeanine Añez.

Dominica’s Parliament condemns US blockade against Cuba

Published on: April 27, 2021
15:27

Roseau, Apr 27 (Prensa Latina) The Parliament of Dominica passed a resolution that calls for the end of the ongoing US blockade of more than 50 years against Cuba, the media reported on Tuesday.

European Parliament lifts immunity of ultra-right lawmaker

Published on: April 27, 2021
13:33

Brussels, Apr 27 (Prensa Latina) The European Parliament (EP) on Tuesday approved to strip Greek ultra-right lawmaker Ioannis Lagos, sentenced to 13 years in prison in Greece, of his legislative immunity.

Chinese parliament opens sessions to debate several laws

Published on: April 26, 2021
09:12

Beijing, Apr 26 (Prensa Latina) China's National People's Congress (Parliament) on Monday began a new session to debate multiple laws, such as the one relating to greater protection of personal data on the Internet.

China slammed British Parliament’s motion on Xinjiang

Published on: April 23, 2021
12:54

Beijing, Apr 23 (Prensa Latina) China on Friday condemned a motion approved by the British Parliament, which claimed genocide of ethnic minorities in Xinjiang (northwest) and called to focus on the problems affecting its own citizens.

France outlaws sex with children aged under 15

Published on: April 16, 2021
09:05

Paris, Apr 16 (Prensa Latina) French parliament on Thursday adopted legislation that characterizes sex with a child under the age of 15 as rape and punishable by up to 20 years in jail, bringing its penal code closer in line with many other Western nations.

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