Looting in Haiti on 5th day of protests over fuel increases

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Sept 18 (NNN-TELESUR) — At least six institutions were ransacked in Gonaïves, northwest of Haiti’s capital, on the fifth consecutive day of protests against rising fuel prices that have blocked the country’s main cities. Protesters attacked six institutions in the city, including the city’s clergy and the UNOPS (United…

UN condemns ‘shameful’ year-long ban on Afghan girls’ education

 UNITED NATIONS, Sept 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United Nations urged the Taliban on Sunday to reopen high schools for girls across Afghanistan, condemning the ban that began exactly a year ago as “tragic and shameful”. Weeks after the Taliban seized power in August last year, the hardline Islamists reopened high…

Netherlands: Twitter sued by Dutch town Bodegraven-Reeuwijk over paedophilia rumour

The rumours have drawn dozens of unwelcome well-wishers to Bodegraven’s cemetery  THE HAGUE, Sept 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A Dutch town has taken Twitter to court over the spread of a conspiracy theory claiming it was once home to a ring of Satan-worshipping paedophiles. False reports that Bodegraven-Reeuwijk was the site…

Mexico to ‘insist’ US extradite suspect in journalist’s murder

MEXICO CITY, Sept 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Mexico will “insist” the US extradite the alleged mastermind behind the murder of journalist Javier Valdez, its attorney general’s office said after the suspect was released from an American prison. Damaso Lopez Serrano, a drug trafficker known as “Minilic”, is accused of ordering the…

Angola’s President Lourenco outlines plans for second term

LUANDA, Sept 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — President Joao Lourenco began his second five-year term in office when he was sworn in on Thursday. Lourenco won the election by 51.17 of the votes for The People’s Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA). Lourenco said he is committed to address the nation’s issues…

Uruguay’s economy grows 7.7% in second quarter of 2022

MONTEVIDEO, Sept 18 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — In its National Accounts report published Friday, the Central Bank of Uruguay (BCU) announced that the country’s economy had grown 7.7% in the second quarter of 2022 “mainly due to the high yields achieved in the soybean harvest.” The measurement was made against the second…

Tropical storm Fiona: US Coast Guard closes Puerto Rico to maritime traffic

SAN JUAN, Sepr 18 (NNN-Prensa Latina) — The United States Coast Guard closed Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands to maritime traffic due to the warning of tropical storm Fiona. The ‘Zulu’ port condition was established on Friday night for the seaports of Puerto Rico and the US Virgin…

Panama accelerates steps to review trade agreement with the US

PANAMA CITY, Sept 18 (NNN-Prensa Latina) — Panama’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Erika Mouynes, accelerated efforts to try to revise the Trade Promotion Treaty (TPC) signed with the United States in 2007 but which affects national producers. To define the renegotiation strategy, she said, the diplomat held meetings with private…

President of Cuba remembers doctors kidnapped in Kenya

HAVANA, Sept 18 (NNN-Prensa Latina) — The president of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel, evoked the two island doctors kidnapped in Kenya, Landy Rodríguez and Assel Herrera, who are celebrating their birthdays these days. From his Twitter account, the president said that “Thursday was Assel’s birthday, Friday was Landy’s, our doctor also…

Venezuela strongly rejects US listing of drug producing, trafficking countries

CARACAS, Sept 18 (NNN-Xinhua) — Venezuela “strongly” rejected a recent White House memorandum that listed it as one of the countries involved in drug production or trafficking, the Venezuelan Ministry of Foreign Affairs said. The memorandum issued on Thursday accuses more than 20 countries of being “major drug transit or…