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Month: September 2023

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Alberto Fernández critica al FMI y pide el fin de bloqueo contra Cuba ante la Asamblea General de la ONU

Sofía Benavides (CNN Español) — El presidente de Argentina, Alberto Fernández, dio un discurso este martes ante el pleno de la Asamblea General de la ONU, donde criticó al FMI y, en general, “la ingeniería financiera internacional”. “Es hora de promover la justicia social en el mundo”, dijo el mandatario. Fernández indicó que “el sistema

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Why new fighting in troubled Azerbaijan region may herald a new war with Armenia

By JIM HEINTZ Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Azerbaijan’s launch of reportedly intense artillery firing in the Nagorno-Karabakh region has raised fears that another full-scale conflict with Armenia could be underway. The new fighting on Tuesday came less than three years after a war that killed more than 6,000 people. Nagorno-Karabakh has a population

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Supporters of reparations for Black residents urge San Francisco to push forward

By JANIE HAR Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Reparations advocates urged San Francisco supervisors Tuesday to adopt recommendations aimed at shrinking the racial wealth gap and otherwise improving the lives of Black residents as atonement for decades of discriminatory city policies, including the granting of a lump-sum $5 million payment to every eligible adult.

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Supporters of reparations for Black residents urge San Francisco to push forward

By JANIE HAR Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Reparations advocates urged San Francisco supervisors Tuesday to adopt recommendations aimed at shrinking the racial wealth gap and otherwise improving the lives of Black residents as atonement for decades of discriminatory city policies, including the granting of a lump-sum $5 million payment to every eligible adult.

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Democrats retain narrow control of Pennsylvania House after special election

By BROOKE SCHULTZ Associated Press/Report for America HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Democrats will retain their one-vote majority in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives after voters in Pittsburgh on Tuesday elected former congressional aide Lindsay Powell. Powell’s victory gives Democrats a 102-101 majority in the House. Republicans have a 28-22 majority in the Senate, creating a

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El Salvador’s leader, criticized internationally for gang crackdown, tells UN it was the right thing

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — El Salvador President Nayib Bukele has trumpeted the success of his gang crackdown during his speech at the United Nations General Assembly. He credits his administration’s will against international criticism over human rights violations. Bukele said that if El Salvador had listened to external critics, the tiny Central American country would

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Some Virginia Democrats say livestreamed sex acts a distraction from election’s real stakes

By SARAH RANKIN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — More Virginia Democrats are beginning to cast the controversy surrounding a legislative candidate who livestreamed herself performing sex acts as a distraction from the stakes of this fall’s elections. But they are stopping short of fully endorsing Susanna Gibson’s continued campaign. Many Democrats have been silent

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