Peru declares state of health emergency in five regions due to Guillain-Barre Syndrome

LIMA, June 11 (NNN-ANDINA) — The Peruvian Government —through the Health Ministry (Minsa)— has declared a state of health emergency for 90 days in Piura, Lambayeque, La Libertad, Junin, and Lima regions due to the unusual increase of Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS) cases. The measure will strengthen the conditions to guarantee…

Finance Ministry to promote Peru’s investment advantages in US

LIMA, June 11 (NNN-ANDINA) — The Executive Branch has authorized Peruvian Economy and Finance Minister Carlos Oliva’s visit to New York (U.S.) aimed at participating in coordination meetings with foreign investors on June 11-13. According to a Supreme Resolution —published in El Peruano official gazette— the high-ranking official will participate in the…

Canada to ban single-use plastics from 2021

MONTREAL, June 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Canada will ban single-use plastics from 2021, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced, declaring it a “global challenge” to phase out the plastic bags, straws and cutlery clogging the world’s oceans. “I am very pleased to announce that as early as 2021, Canada will ban harmful,…

Recommit to peace, US tells Kosovo, Serbia

WASHINGTON, June 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Kosovo and Serbia must put aside extremist rhetoric and recommit to peace, the White House said, 20 years after the end of a NATO bombing campaign against a Serbian crackdown. The three-month NATO operation began in March 1999 and continued until Serbian leader Slobodan Milosevic…

US Pres Trump renews Mexico tariff threat amid row over migration deal

MEXICO CITY, June 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US President Donald Trump renewed his threat to impose tariffs on Mexico as controversy erupted over what exactly is in the countries’ new migration deal, which the Mexican government admitted would be reviewed in 45 days. Trump reignited the pressure three days after granting…

US: One dead as helicopter crash-lands on Manhattan building

NEW YORK, June 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A helicopter crash-landed on top of a high-rise in midtown Manhattan Monday, starting a fire and leaving one person dead as the entire building shook from the impact. Emergency services fanned out around the 54-story building on Seventh Avenue after what was described as…

Ecuador waging implacable fight against wildlife trafficking

PUYO (Ecuador), June 10 (NNN-EFE) — Ecuador, one of the world’s most mega-diverse countries, is waging a war on the illegal trafficking and capturing of wild animals, a long-term problem aggravated by the lack of measures to fight against the practice. The problem affects all wildlife – both flora and…

Brazil bus accident kills 17

SAO PAULO, June 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A bus carrying 40 people crashed into several cars killing at least 17 people in southeast Brazil Sunday night,according to firefighters and local media. The fire brigade in the Campos de Jordao area, about 180 kilometers from Sao Paulo, confirmed that the accident was…

US Blockade Will not Change Cubans’ Resistance, Cuban FM Asserts

HAVANA, June 10 (NNN-Prensa Latina) — Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez has reiterated that his country and people will remain strong and committed with the Revolution despite the actions by the US government to increase the blockade against Cuba. Rodriguez highlighted in Twitter the capacity of resistance of the Cuban…

US Already Returned 12,000 Migrants to Mexico, Will Reach 60,000

MEXICO CITY, June 10 (NNN-Prensa Latina) — The US has returned some 12,000 migrants to Mexico since January. They must wait for an answer to the asylum application there and reports added 2019 US plan is to deport 60,000 Mexicans. Governmental sources foresee that after the agreement signed on Friday…