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Colombian President warns of consequences of Catatumbo crisis

Published on: January 22, 2025
08:30

Bogotá, Jan. 22 (Prensa Latina) Colombian President Gustavo Petro said that violence in the Catatumbo region could become the most dramatic in contemporary history.

Number of displaced due to violence in Colombia rises to 20,000

Published on: January 21, 2025
09:16

Bogotá, Jan. 21 (Prensa Latina) The violence shaking the Catatumbo region, in the northeast of Colombia, forced some 20,000 people to leave their homes and seek refuge in other cities in the country and even in Venezuela.

Colombian Foreign Minister blasts at UN the ELN’s violent actions

Published on: January 21, 2025
06:11

Bogotá, Jan 21 (Prensa Latina) Colombian Foreign Minister Luis Gilberto Murillo on Monday condemned at the UN the “war crimes” committed by the National Liberation Army (ELN) in the Catatumbo region, in the northeast of his country.

At least 58 dead and thousands displaced by violence in Colombia

Published on: January 19, 2025
09:10

Bogotá, Jan 19 (Prensa Latina) Dozens of dead and thousands displaced is the balance caused so far by the violence unleashed since last Thursday in the Catatumbo region because of clashes between armed groups in that area of northeastern Colombia.

Haitian journalists received emergency training

Published on: January 15, 2025
10:48

Port-au-Prince, Jan 15 (Prensa Latina) A group of Haitian journalists received a first aid course in emergency situations, just as the press is also a target of the violence that affects the Caribbean nation.

Minors still at the crossroads of gun violence in Uruguay

Published on: January 15, 2025
10:02

Montevideo, Jan 15 (Prensa Latina) Another child, the third in recent days, was wounded by gunfire due to crime and groups linked to drug trafficking, it was reported here.

El Salvador with 11 days without homicides in 2025

Published on: January 13, 2025
14:35

San Salvador, January 13 (Prensa Latina) El Salvador today adds 11 days without homicides so far in the year 2025, reported the National Civil Police (PNC).

Cuba rejects US-promoted coup agenda in Venezuela

Published on: January 9, 2025
17:54

Havana, Jan 9 (Prensa Latina) The Cuba chapter of the Anti-fascist International and the Network in Defense of Humanity rejected the coup agenda promoted by the United States against the Government of Venezuelan legitimate President-elect Nicolás Maduro.

Children in Uruguay are victims of violence

Published on: January 8, 2025
09:04

Montevideo, Jan 8 (Prensa Latina) Children and adolescents are not immune to the growing violence in Uruguay, where this week two minors were injured, one of them, a two-year-old girl who is fighting for her life.

More than 5,600 homicides in Haiti in 2024

Published on: January 7, 2025
17:12

United Nations, Jan 7 (Prensa Latina) The United Nations Human Rights Office confirmed on Tuesday that at least 5,601 people were killed in Haiti in 2024 as a result of increased gang violence.

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