TEGUCIGALPA, Jan 2 (NNN-Xinhua) — The Honduran police said 18 people were killed in several violent incidents during New Year’s Eve celebrations. According to Deputy Inspector of the National Police Rigoberto Rodriguez, the figure was lower than 2019, when 24 homicides were reported. The official also said that in 2020,…

WASHINGTON, Jan 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The US Congress on Friday dealt Pres Donald Trump a humiliating blow in his last days in office with the Senate voting overwhelmingly to override his veto of a sweeping defense bill — the first time lawmakers have done so during his presidency. By a…

HAVANA, Jan 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Cubans awoke on New Year’s Day to a new currency structure under long-awaited economic reforms that come with a double-edged sword of salary increases and price hikes. The reforms entered into force on the island on Friday — dubbed “Day Zero” — just weeks after…

LIMA, Jan 2 (NNN-TELESUR) — Peru’s Interior Minister Jose Elice assured that authorities would radically reform the National Police after people were killed due to police brutality during farmworkers’ protests against the new Agrarian Law. Three people, including one minor, died due to police brutality amid farmworkers’ protests, while demanding higher wages and better working conditions. His announcement…

KINGSTOWN (St Vincent), Jan 2 (NNN-TELESUR) — Two Caribbean volcanoes that had been dormant for decades in suddenly awoke, triggering eruption alerts in Martinique and St. Vincent & the Grenadines. La Soufriere and Mount Pelee volcanoes are being monitored for showing signs of activity that can lead to a new eruption. Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management…

MEXICO CITY, Jan 2 (NNN-TELESUR) — Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) proposed to hold a plebiscite on safe abortion so “women can decide what is best for them.”  “Such a measure should not be taken by an authority, nor the Church. Women must be heard. It is in their hands whether a…

WASHINGTON, Jan 2 (NNN-TELESUR) — The US Treasury Department announced the inclusion of Banco Financiero Internacional S.A. (BFI) on its sanctions list for supposedly “disproportionately” benefiting the Cuban military. “The BFI is a commercial bank controlled by the Cuban military, which benefits directly from financial transactions at the expense of the Cuban people,”…

First ex-combatant killed in 2021, Yolanda Zabala Mazo (L)murdered alongside her sister, 17-year-old Reina Zabala BOGOTA, Jan 2 (NNN-TELESUR) — Seven people were killed and one person was injured in the Colombian city of Buenaventura, the Valle del Cauca department, on the morning of Dec 31, in the 91st massacre…