Chilean gov’t bows to pressure, returns to talks with striking teachers

SANTIAGO, July 9 (NNN-TELESUR) — Chilean teachers who have been striking for the past six weeks meets the education minister Monday to discuss their demands. Minister of Education Marcela Cubillos proposed returning to dialogue after trying to pressurize the union in giving up their strike. However, the teachers must return to…

Guatemala: Two indigenous leaders killed

GUATEMALA CITY, July 9 (NNN-TELESUR) — Guatemalan Indigenous leaders Isidro Perez and Melecio Ramirez, members of the Committee of Campesino Development  (CODECA), were killed by armed men in the village of Nuevo Eden in the eastern municipality of Livingston. “These killings are added to the repression maintained against our organization by sectors of economic…

Swiss police arrests climate protesters outside banks in Zurich

ZURICH (Switzerland), July 9 (NNN-TELESUR) — Environmental activists, seeking to pressure Swiss banks into halting the financing of fossil fuels, blocked entrances to Credit Suisse in Zurich and UBS in Basel Monday before police intervened and arrested some protesters. The action, initiated by groups calling for civil disobedience to draw…

Venezuelan Delegation in Barbados for Dialogue With Opposition

BRIDGETOWN, July 9 (NNN-TELESUR) — A Venezuelan delegation arrived in Barbados on Monday to continue the process of peace dialogue with the opposition, which has been supported by the Government of Norway since last May 14. The sectoral vice president of Communication, Tourism and Culture, Jorge Rodríguez, through an official statement, disclosed on his Twitter account about the arrival of this group…

Italy sentences 24 to life for disappearing Latin American Italians during Operation Condor in South America

ROME, July 9 (NNN-TELESUR) — An Italian court in Rome sentenced 24 military personnel from Bolivia, Chile, Uruguay, and Peru to life imprisonment Monday for disappearing Italians during Operation Condor during which left-wing activists were hunted by military dictatorships in South America.  The present ruling changed the January 2017 judgment which sentenced only eight…

Pres Díaz-Canel: Cuba needs national production and exports

HAVANA, July 9 (NNN-TELESUR) — Cuba’s president, Miguel Diaz-Canel, urged on Monday a reduction on imports and an increase in exports so that the economy of the island continues to grow. “Life has continued showing us that importing accommodates, kills creativity and initiative,” said the president during the opening of the working session of the Economic Affairs Committee…

Mexico: Pres AMLO to Zapatistas – let’s put aside our differences

MEXICO CITY, July 9 (NNN-TELESUR) — Mexican president Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador called on the Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN) to leave behind differences and no longer fight in order to work for the unity of the country. “We respect the Zapatista movement very much so my respectful fraternal…

Pacific Alliance formally declares war on single-use plastic

LIMA, July 8 (NNN-EFE) — Countries of the Pacific Alliance formally declared war on single-use plastic and promised to promote and give the utmost attention to the fight against pollution and in favor of recycling and the circular economy. That is the content of a declaration signed in Lima by…

Southern Africa: Zimbabwe, South Africa in Energy Talks – New Eskom Deal On Cards

NIAMEY (Niger), July 8 (NNN-ALLAFRICA) — President Emmerson Mnangagwa of Zimbabwe held successful bilateral talks here with his South African counterpart, President Cyril Ramaphosa, to find lasting solutions to Zimbabwe’s power problems, clearing the way for officials from the two countries to meet soon for a new power supply arrangement.…

IMF expected to release the next US$ 4.5bn disbursement to Argentina in mid July

WASHINGTON, July 8 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — The International Monetary Fund reached an agreement with Argentina that will allow release of the next US$5.4 billion disbursement under the loan program intended to help stabilize the nation’s economy. The IMF board must approve the fourth review of the country’s performance under the loan…