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At the UN General Assembly, 185 countries have voted in favor of the United States ending its economic, commercial and financial embargo on Cuba that has been in force for 60 years -- the thirtieth such moral victory at the UN for Cuba. Only the US and Israel voted against the resolution, with Brazil and Ukraine abstaining. IMAGES
Caracas, 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: IVAN CARDENAS / JACKDWIN SAÉZ). SHOT LIST: PEOPLE PROTEST TO DEMAND THE DECRIMINALIZATION OF ABORTION IN CARACAS, VENEZUELA.
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.
Panama City, Sep 22 (EFE).- Members of unions and social movements marched on Wednesday in Panama City in to demand an end to corruption and decent wages in the country, hard hit by unemployment and informality in the midst of the crisis derived from the pandemic. About 2,000 people, according to preliminary data from the Ombudsman’s Office, marched from the historic Parque Porras to the surroundings of the Panama Assembly (AN, Parliament) carrying banners and singing chants against the Government and corruption. (Camera: CARLOS LEMOS). SHOT LIST: MEMBERS OF UNIONS AND SOCIAL MOVEMENTS OF PANAMA, MARCH TO THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY IN PROTEST AGAINST THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL MEASURES DERIVED FROM THE PANDEMIC IN PANAMA CITY, PANAMA.
Miami, Jul 11 (EFE/EPA).- Cuban-Americans joined Sunday a demonstration outside the Cuban restaurant in Miami, Florida, to support the Cubans in Havana who took to the streets to demand the end of the communist dictatorship. (Camera: CRISTOBAL HERRERA).SHOT LIST: CUBAN-AMERICANS ATTEND TO A DEMONSTRATION TO SUPPORT THE PROTESTERS IN CUBA, IN FRONT OF THE CUBAN RESTAURANT VERSAILLES IN MIAMI, FLORIDA, US.
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).