‘Day zero’: Cubans wary as currency reform begins
HAVANA, Jan 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Cubans awoke on New Year’s Day to a new currency structure under long-awaited economic reforms…
Peruvian government promises actions against police brutality
LIMA, Jan 2 (NNN-TELESUR) — Peru’s Interior Minister Jose Elice assured that authorities would radically reform the National Police after…
Two dormant volcanoes raise eruption alarms in the Caribbean
KINGSTOWN (St Vincent), Jan 2 (NNN-TELESUR) — Two Caribbean volcanoes that had been dormant for decades in suddenly awoke, triggering eruption…
Mexico’s President proposes plebiscite on safe abortion bill
MEXICO CITY, Jan 2 (NNN-TELESUR) — Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) proposed to hold a plebiscite on safe abortion…
US sanctions BFI, Cuba’s main international financial bank
WASHINGTON, Jan 2 (NNN-TELESUR) — The US Treasury Department announced the inclusion of Banco Financiero Internacional S.A. (BFI) on its sanctions…
Colombia ends the year 2020 with 91st massacre
First ex-combatant killed in 2021, Yolanda Zabala Mazo (L)murdered alongside her sister, 17-year-old Reina Zabala BOGOTA, Jan 2 (NNN-TELESUR) —…
Covid-19: US passes 20 million cases – Johns Hopkins
WASHINGTON, Jan 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States has recorded more than 20 million cases of Covid-19, Johns Hopkins University…
Covid-19: Pres Trump extends freeze on some work visas until March
WASHINGTON, Jan 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US President Donald Trump has extended a suspension on issuing certain work visas and green…
Covid-19: US hospital worker arrested for destroying 500 vaccine doses “deliberately”
MILWAUKEE (Wisconsin, US), Jan 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A since-fired Wisconsin hospital worker was arrested for removing more than 500 doses…
Ecuador: 799 observers to monitor the 2021 elections
QUITO, Jan 1 (NNN-TELESUR) — Ecuador’s National Electoral Council (CNE) approved 799 people who will participate as national observers to…