Catholic priest urges end to sanctions against Nicaragua

MANAGUA, July 21 (NNN-Prensa Latina) — Nicaraguan Catholic priest Antonio Castro called for the end of external sanctions that affect his country, which are considered by the government of President Daniel Ortega illegal and in violation of human rights. Castro addressed US evangelical pastors invited to the celebrations for the…

Russia rejects meddling in Nicaragua’s internal affairs

MOSCOW, July 21 (NNN-Prensa Latina) — Russia rejected meddling in the internal affairs of Nicaragua and highlighted to cooperate with that country, celebrating the 40th anniversary of the triumph of the Sandinista Revolution. “We restate the inadmissible nature of destructive external meddling and illegal restrictions, both against Nicaragua and against…

Mexico: Nuevo Laredo with thousands of migrants returned by US

MEXICO CITY, July 21 (NNN-Prensa Latina) — Nuevo Laredo, the most important border city in the state of Tamaulipas, in northeastern Mexico, registers this Saturday the presence of thousands of Central Americans returned by the United States waiting for visas. The U.S. government announced on Friday that it will extend…

Bolivia insists on its interests in joining Mercosur

LA PAZ, July 21 (NNN-Prensa Latina) — Bolivia insists on its interest in becoming a full member of the Southern Common Market (Mercosur), an initiative supported by Venezuela, Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay, with only Brazil still pending. Bolivian President Evo Morales thanked his Paraguayan counterpart Mario Abdo Benitez for his…

Kenya: President Kenyatta commissions Africa’s largest wind power project

NAIROBI, July 21 (NNN-KBC) — President Uhuru Kenyatta commissioned the Lake Turkana Wind Power farm, Africa’s largest wind power project, with an installed capacity of 310 megawatts of clean, reliable and low-cost electricity.   At the same time, the President commissioned the 428-kilometre high voltage power transmission line as well as…

South Africa: Ruling party ANC voices “full confidence” in president implicated in election donation scandal

CAPE TOWN, July 21 (NNN-Xinhua) — The ruling African National Congress (ANC) on Saturday voiced “full confidence” in President Cyril Ramaphosa who is implicated in an election donation scandal. Ramaphosa has the ANC’s full confidence in his ability to champion efforts of building South Africa free from disunity and underdevelopment,…

UN-backed Libyan gov’t warns against new military escalation in Tripoli

TRIPOLI, July 21 (NNN-Xinhua) — Libya’s UN-backed government on Saturday warned against a new military escalation by the rival eastern-based army in the capital Tripoli. “The Presidential Council of the Government of National Accord is following up media and UN reports about preparations for a new military escalation by the…

Update: Heat wave in U.S. kills 6

WASHINGTON, July 21 (NNN-Xinhua) — Six deaths have been attributed to a heat wave that swept through much of the United States. Four people died in the Eastern state of Maryland, one in the Western state of Arizona and another in the central state of Arkansas, according to U.S. media.…

UN calls on Non-Aligned Movement to continue defending respect for sovereignty

CARACAS, July 21 (NNN-Xinhua) — The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) thanked on Saturday the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) for their support, and called it to continue the defense for the respect for sovereignty. “The movement must continue to strongly defend respect for sovereignty, the right to self-determination, international solidarity, and…

86 victims of Bosnian war buried 27 years after massacre

Thousands of Bosnians have attended a funeral service for 86 Muslims massacred by Serbs in 1992.Image:AP PRIJEDOR (Bosnia and Herzegovina), July 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Several thousand people have attended a funeral service in Bosnia for 86 Muslims victims of a massacre committed in Prijedor by Bosnian Serb forces at the beginning…