Americas

US seeks UN draft resolution calling for Venezuela elections

UNITED NATIONS, Feb 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United Stateshas presented a draft resolution at the United Nations Security Councilcalling for…

Peru: Trade surplus stood at US$7.049 billion in 2018

LIMA, Feb 10 (NNN-ANDINA) — Peru’s trade balance registered a US$7.049 billion surplus in 2018, the highest figure since 2011, thus maintaining…

Venezuela’s Maduro Rejects Montevideo Document As Biased

CARACAS, Venezuela, Feb 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Venezuelan President, Nicolas Maduro, on Friday, rejected a document issued a day earlier in…

14 Dead In Rio Drug Gang Shooting

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, Feb 9 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) – Fourteen people died, in a shooting in a Rio slum, on…

Thousands of Haitians protest corruption, rising living costs

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Feb 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Thousands of people took to the streets across Haiti Thursday, protesting against rampant inflation and…

Five Billion Dollars to Support Pensioners in Mexico – Pres Obrador

MEXICO CITY, Feb 8 (NNN-Prensa Latina) — With 100 billion pesos (5 billion dollars), the support plan for the elderly…

U.S. to withdraw from tomato trade deal with Mexico

WASHINGTON, Feb 8 (NNN-Xinhua) — The United States will withdraw from a 2013 agreement with Mexico on tomato trade, the…

Venezuela crisis: Aid lorries stuck in Colombia border city

Several lorries with food and medicine are now at a collection centre in Cúcuta, Colombia CUCUTA (COLOMBIA), Feb 8 (NNN-AGENCIES)…

Final count confirms Bukele victory in Salvadoran election

SAN SALVADOR, Feb 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A final count of ballots cast in ElSalvador’s presidential election confirmed the victory of…

Toll in Brazil dam disaster rises to 157 dead, 182 missing

SAO PAULO, Feb 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The toll from a dam collapse at a mine in southeast Brazil’s Minas Gerais…