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PT [Workers Party] Leader Requests UN Response to Environmental Disaster in Brazil
Brasilia, Aug 23 (Prensa Latina) The President of the Workers’ Party (PT) of Brazil, Gleisi Hoffmann, asked President of the Chamber of Deputies, Rodrigo Maia, to communicate with the United Nations on Thursday, due to the environmental disaster in the country. ‘It is essential that we submit this complaint. We… »
New protests against climate change in UK
The environmental group Extinction Rebellion returned to the streets of the United Kingdom today to protest against official inaction on climate change, and in solidarity with the activists arrested at last April’s demonstrations. We are here to demand that the legal system assume its responsibility in the face of this… »
Ex-U.S. Presidents Reject Trump’s Statement on Border Wall
Washington, Jan 8 (Prensa Latina) U.S. President Donald Trump quoted alleged support from his predecessors for the border wall he wants to build on the Mexican frontier, but at least three ex-presidents have so far rejected the veracity of that assertion. The Republican leader suggested during a press conference at… »
Lawmakers Urge for Resources to Implement Peace Agreement in Colombia
Bogota, Sep 20 (Prensa Latina) Legislators from different parties in Colombia demanded from the government the resources to implement the Peace Deal with the former FARC guerrilla group. Brought together in the Senate Peace Commission, the congress people expressed their concern about the current reintegration of former guerrillas who,… »
Venezuelan FM Denounces Economic Siege to UN Special Rapporteur
Caracas, Sep 11 (Prensa Latina) Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza met today with UN Special Rapporteur Idriss Jazairy,as part of his working agenda at the 39th session of the Human Rights Council. During the meeting held in Geneva, Switzerland, Arreaza denounced the economic blockade maintained by the United States and… »
Lula Could Achieve Historic Victory in First Round of Elections
Brasilia, Aug 29 (Prensa Latina) Political prisoner for 145 days today, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is in conditions to achieve historic victory in the first round of presidential elections scheduled for next October 7. If elections were held today, the founder of the Workers’ Party (PT) would obtain… »
UN Demands Brazilian State to Guarantee Lula’s Political Rights
Brasilia, Aug 17 (Prensa Latina) The UN Human Rights Committee urged today the Brazilian state to allow former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva to enjoy and exercise his political rights as a candidate in the 2018 elections. This was announced through www.lula.com.br website by the defense lawyers of the… »
About 750,000 Displaced Returned to Their Homes in Syria this Year
Damascus, Jul 21 (Prensa Latina) More than 750,000 internally displaced persons and about 13,000 Syrian refugees returned to their homes in the first six months of this year, United Nations sources reported today. A statement from the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), published here, indicated… »
Evo Morales highlights role of Education in changes in Bolivia
La Paz, Apr 29 (Prensa Latina) Bolivian President Evo Morales today highlighted the role of education in the process of changes that the country is undergoing, especially the training of qualified personnel for industrialization. In an event to deliver the Carlos Villegas teaching module in the municipality of Entre Rios,… »
Open Line of Communication Between Korean Leaders
Seoul, Apr 20 (Prensa Latina) The Democratic People”s Republic of Korea (DPRK) and South Korea opened today the telephone line that its leaders will use before their summit and as part of the approach and detente ongoing in the peninsula. The Seoul government said the channel connects the office of… »