Mexico: Gangs are likely to influence in elections in 7 states – Security Secretariat

MEXICO CITY, March 6 (NNN-TELESUR) — Mexico’s Secretary of Security and Citizen Protection Rosa Rodriguez reported on seven states where there is a higher risk of organized crime interference in June’s subnational elections. Morelos, Guerrero, Michoacan, Oaxaca, Veracruz, Sinaloa, and Jalisco are the states where there are risks of pressures and…

Ecuador’s interior minister quits over deadly prison riots

United Nations representatives had called for ‘a prompt and impartial investigation’ into the most recent deadly prison riot QUITO, March 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Ecuador’s interior minister has resigned in the wake of recent simultaneous riots in four prisons that left 79 people dead. “It is my own personal decision to…

Covid-19: Cuba’s Soberana-2 vaccine starts phase 3 trials

The Cuban government has announced that Soberana-2 will commence Phase III trials on 44,000 participants in March HAVANA, March 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Cuba on Thursday started phase 3 clinical trials of its Soberana-2 COVID-19 vaccine, Vicente Verez, director general of Cuba’s Finlay Institute of Vaccines, told a press conference. “We…

US hopes Iran will ‘engage’ after Europeans drop nuclear censure plan

State Department spokesman Ned Price WASHINGTON, March 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States said it hoped Iran would “engage” in diplomacy after European allies dropped a plan to censure Tehran at the UN nuclear watchdog. State Department spokesman Ned Price said the United States was “pleased” that the Europeans withdrew…

Peru issues tsunami alert after NZ quake

LIMA, March 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Peru issued a tsunami warning for its coast but no evacuation order Thursday, after a cluster of powerful South Pacific earthquakes. The country’s National Emergency Operations Center reported “a tsunamialert on the Peruvian coast,” with the arrival of a wave train “estimatedduring the early morning…

US, at UN, accuses Russia of blocking ‘accountability’ on Syria chem weapons

UNITED NATIONS, March 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The new US envoy to the United Nations accused Russia of seeking to stymie efforts to hold the government of Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad accountable for its use of chemical weapons during its long civil war. “We all know the Assad regime has repeatedly…

Covid-19: Pandemic pushed LatAm extreme poverty to 20-year high, says UN

SANTIAGO, March 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Extreme poverty in Latin America has reached its worst level in 20 years due to the coronavirus pandemic, a report by the UN said. Poverty is also at its highest level in 12 years after the number of poor people in the region rose by…

COVID-19: Daily US cases below 40,000 for first time in months – monitor

WASHINGTON, March 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States recorded fewer than 40,000 new cases of Covid-19 in one day for the first time in five months on Thursday, according to the Johns Hopkins University pandemic tracker. This number peaked at nearly 300,000 new cases on Jan 8 in the country…

At least 64 Mexican politicians killed ahead of elections

Relatives and friends mourn Florisel Rios, a mayor who was murdered in Mexico’s eastern Veracruz state in November 2020 MEXICO CITY, March 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At least 64 Mexican politicians have been murdered in the past six months, the government said, three months ahead of elections, which typically unleash a…

Covid-19: Brazil’s daily death toll tops 1,600 for 3 consecutive days

Experts think Brazil’s second wave may be linked to a new variant of the coronavirus BRASILIA, March 5 (NNN-Xinhua) — Brazil on Thursday registered more than 1,600 COVID-19 deaths for the third day in a row, following a record daily count of 1,910 deaths on Wednesday. In the previous 24…
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