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Managua / San Salvador / San Jose, Nov 25 (EFE).- Protesters around Latin America on Wednesday took to the streets to demand an end to gender violence and femicide on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women.At least 4,640 women were victims of femicide in Latin America in 2019, an increase of 31.5 percent over the previous year, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean reported Wednesday.(Camera: RENEE LUCIA RAMOS / VLADIMIR CHICAS / DOUGLAS MARIN).SHOT LIST: PEOPLE MARCH TO DEMAND AN END TO GENDER VIOLENCE AND FEMICIDE IN THE CAPITAL CITIES OF NICARAGUA, EL SALVADOR AND COSTA RICA.
Mexico City, Sep 24 (EFE).- Around thousand of people from different organizations marched in Mexico City Friday to demand an end to the violence in the state of Chiapas and the departure of paramilitary groups.The protesters, who mobilized from the intersection of the central avenues of Reforma and Insurgentes to the Ministry of the Interior, took to the streets in support of the Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN), the former indigenous guerrilla group.The EZLN denounced a few days ago that Chiapas is on the brink of a "civil war". (Camera: ULISES ANDRADE).SHOT LIST: PEOPLE MARCH IN MEXICO CITY, MEXICO, TO DEMAND AN END TO VIOLENCE AND THE DEPARTURE OF PARAMILITARY GROUPS IN THE SOUTHERN STATE OF CHIAPAS.
Pope Francis arrives for the open-air Holy Mass on the esplanade of the National Shrine in the town of Sastin which he leads with bishops of Slovakia. The Pope will return to Rome after the mass, completing his four-day visit to the country. IMAGES
San Salvador, Jul 4 (EFE) .- Women gathered Sunday in the capital of El Salvador to protest against the rise in the number of femicides, state abandonment and to demand a public policy for the prevention of these hate crimes.(Camera: VLADIMIR CHICAS)SHOT LIST: PROTEST IN SAN SALVADOR TO DENOUNCE THE INCREASE IN CRIMES AGAINST WOMEN.
Logroño, Jun 12 (EFE).- Around 300 people gathered Saturday in the Spanish city of Logroño to reject the "alarming increase in sexist murders in Spain", a sign that machismo is re-installing itself in a society, according to the spokesperson for the 8M Coordinator in La Rioja, Isabel Ilzarbe. (Camera: SERGIO JIMENEZ).SHOT LIST: PEOPLE RALLY TO DEMAND THE END OF SEXIST VIOLENCE IN LOGROÑO, SPAIN.
Mexico City, May 1 (EFE).- The countries of Latin America commemorated International Labor Day on Saturday with restrictions due to the coronavirus pandemic but with firm claims of a speedy economic recovery. Since the outbreak of the pandemic in Latin America in March 2020, the region has lowered its gross domestic product to 2010 levels, according to the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean.Some 200 sex workers marched in Mexico City to demand an end to the violence and extortion that they suffer, as well as to demand their right to work. (Camera: MIGUEL ÁNGEL ANDRANDE). SHOT LIST: MAY DAY PROTESTS IN MEXICO CITY, MEXICO.
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