Mexico journalists protest murder of 3 colleagues in 5 days

MEXICO CITY, May 11 (NNN-EFE) — Several dozen journalists marched in Mexico City to protest violence against media in the country. Three journalists have been killed in Mexico in the last five days, two of them on Monday, taking the toll to 11 this year. “It is a really serious,…

Mexican women demand justice for missing children in Mother’s Day marches

MEXICO CITY, May 11 (NNN-EFE) — Thousands of women walked Tuesday in Mexico City, where Mother’s Day is celebrated on this date, to demand that Mexican authorities expand efforts to search for and prevent disappearances, at a time when the country approaches 100,000 people gone missing. “May 10 is a…

Cuba and Venezuela growing ties of cooperation and brotherhood

CARACAS, May 11 (NNN-TELESUR) — The President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, met the Prime Minister of Cuba, Manuel Marrero Cruz, at the Miraflores Palace in Caracas, where several purposes were highlighted, such as the evaluation and deepening of issues of bilateral interest. “We have reviewed all the issues of the…

Bachelet urges Ecuador to follow UNHCR roadmap to end prison massacres

GENEVA, May 11 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights urged the Ecuadorian Government of President Guillermo Lasso to take concrete measures to bring to an end the ongoing streak of prison massacres, following Monday’s riot at a penitentiary which resulted in 44 inmates killed.  “I must…

Ukrainian crisis tops agenda in Fernández-Sánchez meeting in Madrid

MADRID, May 11 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Argentine President Alberto Fernández met in Madrid with Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez on the first day of his European tour which will also include encounters with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and French President Emmanuel Macron. Topping the list of items reviewed by both heads…

Czech Republic replaces Russia on UNHRC

UNITED NATIONS, May 11 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — The United Nations General Assembly decided by 157 votes to none to appoint the Czech Republic onto the UN Human Rights Council to fill the seat vacated by Russia’s suspension on April 7 for alleged war crimes committed during the invasion of Ukraine. The…

Somalia presidential elections: Record 39 candidates register for vote

Incumbent President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed MOGADISHU, May 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Somalia has registered a record 39 candidates for the presidential elections on May 15, a parliamentary committee tasked with organising the long-delayed polls in the fragile Horn of Africa nation said Tuesday. The election is well over a year behind…

60 Zimbabweans killed by elephants this year

HARARE, May 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Sixty Zimbabweans have been killed by elephants so far this year, as a conservation success story has led to increased conflict with humans, the government spokesman said. With 100,000 elephants, Zimbabwe has the world’s second-largest population after Botswana, and about one-quarter of the elephants in…

Cuba hotel blast death toll rises to 43

HAVANA, May 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Three more bodies were pulled Tuesday from the rubble of a Havana hotel that was destroyed days earlier in an explosion, taking the death toll to 43. The ministry of health said another 54 people were injured and 17 of those are receiving hospital treatment.…

Paraguay anti-drug prosecutor killed in Colombia while honeymooning

BOGOTA, May 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Paraguayan anti-drug prosecutor Marcelo Pecci was shot dead execution-style Tuesday while honeymooning on a Colombian Caribbean island by attackers who fled by sea, police and his widow said. Paraguay’s president denounced the crime as a “cowardly murder” and a fellow prosecutor said the modus operandi…