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Added on the 15/03/2021 13:00:00 - Copyright : EFE Inglés
Beirut, Dec 9 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Wael Hamzeh) Parents of Lebanese students studying abroad blocked the main road that leads to Hamra Street, one of the main streets in Beirut, on Friday during a protest in front of the Lebanese Central Bank to demand the speedy application of the so-called Student Dollar Law that allows them to transfer up to ten thousand dollars to their children abroad at the price of 1,515 Lebanese pounds instead of the price on the black market.FOOTAGE OF THE PROTEST.
Beirut (Lebanon), Feb 22 (EFE / EPA), (Camera: Nabil Mounzer).- A group of relatives of Lebanese students studying abroad protested Monday in Beirut over the delay of the country's central bank in implementing a law to facilitate money transfers. FOOTAGE OF THE PROTEST ON MONDAY IN BEIRUT.
Beirut (Lebanon), Dec 10 (EFE / EPA), (Camera: Wael Hamzeh).- Students from the Lebanese American University (LAU) protested Thursday after the announcement of the increase of tuition fees by 160 per cent amid a deep economic crisis in the country.FOOTAGE OF THE PROTEST ON THURSDAY IN BEIRUT.
A few dozen students from Law school Assas University, reputed to be right wing, block the entrance to the establishment in Paris, chanting "Macron, you're screwed, Assas is in the street". IMAGES
The Lebanese pound sinks to a historic low against the dollar on the parallel market, as banks in the crisis-hit country resumed an open-ended strike. The Lebanese pound, officially pegged at 15,000 to the dollar, was trading at 100,000 against the greenback on Tuesday, dealers said -- a dizzying plunge from 1,507 before the economic crisis hit in 2019. IMAGES
Buenos Aires, Sep 28 (EFE).- Latin America commemorated International Safe Abortion Day on Tuesday amid battles taking place in courts, across governmental bodies and on the streets.In the region, Argentina, Cuba, Uruguay, Guyana and four Mexican territories have decriminalized abortion. (Camera: AUGUSTO MOREL). SHOT LIST: PEOPLE MARCH IN BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA, TO MARK THE INTERNATIONAL SAFE ABORTION DAY.