Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega Saavedra (Photo: AFP/VNA) La Habana (VNA) – Vietnam always attaches much importance to and wants to promote solidarity, friendship and cooperation with Nicaragua, Vietnamese Ambassador to Cuba cum Nicaragua Nguyen Trung Thanh has said. While presenting his credentials to Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega Saavedra on April 3, Thanh conveyed Vietnamese Party General Secretary and President Nguyen Phu Trong’s regards and greetings to the Nicaraguan leader. He congratulated the Sandnista National Liberation Front for its success in the recent regional election and expressed his belief that the Nicaraguan people will reap further achievements in the cause of socio-economic development. Meanwhile, President Ortega and Vice President Rosario Murillo recalled their visit to Vietnam in 1983, during which they had meetings with General Vo Nguyen Giap and then Prime Minister Pham Van Dong. They praised Vietnamese heroes for their contributions … [Read more...] about Vietnam treasures relations with Nicaragua: Ambassador
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‘Roma’ casts spotlight on Latin America’s domestic workers
Viet Nam News MONTEVIDEO — She scrubs plates, mops floors and washes clothes with vigor. She works when others relax. And she plays games with children who are not hers, even though they might feel a bit like family by now. Just like Cleo, the live-in nanny in Alfonso Cuaron’s Oscar-nominated film Roma, Ignacia Ponciano represents millions of women working in domestic service across Latin America for wanting of a better opportunity. "Nacha," as she is known, started working at the Rodriguez household in Mexico City 30 years ago, when she was in her late teens. She left her rural village for the capital looking for a break. Once she found both a job and a home, she never left. Ponciano’s story is hardly uncommon for women in Latin America, where the work and personal lives of so many domestic employees are closely intertwined. Roma is Cuaron’s tribute to his childhood nanny Libo and women like her across the region -- forever in the … [Read more...] about ‘Roma’ casts spotlight on Latin America’s domestic workers
‘Life goes on’: Long road for Typhoon Haiyan survivors
But in each other they found love and the strength to start a new family. "No matter how many storms hit us, we are still hopeful because life goes on," Luana told AFP, cradling the couple's one-year-old baby boy. "It's hard to lose hope because there are many things we are looking forward to." The pair were among the survivors AFP interviewed after the storm, and has now followed up on for the fifth anniversary of the deadliest recorded typhoon to hit the disaster-prone country. For those who survived the storm, the intervening years have been filled with painful steps forward, but also, a determination to not give up despite overwhelming challenges. Indic and her family managed to escape the deadly storm surge, but are confronted daily by the struggle to make a living. For Luana, the news that her husband of 13 years and six children were killed in the November 8, 2013 disaster pushed her to the brink of suicide. In 2014, she told AFP that the only reason she did not do it was … [Read more...] about ‘Life goes on’: Long road for Typhoon Haiyan survivors
More congratulations to President Nguyen Phu Trong from foreign…
General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam and President Nguyen Phu Trong (Source: VNA) The well wishers include President of Ireland Michael D. Higgins, President of Iceland Guoni Th. Johannesson, President of Bulgaria Rumen Radev, President of Greece Prokopios V. Pavlopoulos, President of Finland Sauli Niinisto, President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon, President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, President of Nicaragua and Chairman of FSLN Daniel Ortega Saavedra, and Vice President of Nicaragua Rosario Murillo. Party General Secretary and President Nguyen Phu Trong also received congratulatory messages and letters from General Secretary of the Colombian Communist Party Jaime Caycedo Turriago, First Secretary of the Communist Party of Bolivia Ignacio Mendoza Pizarro, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Uruguay Juan Castillo, and Politburo member in charge of external affairs of the Communist Party of Uruguay Jorge Mazzarovich./. CPV/VNA … [Read more...] about More congratulations to President Nguyen Phu Trong from foreign…
More congratulations to President Nguyen Phu Trong from foreign leaders
General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam and President Nguyen Phu Trong (Source: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Congratulations from foreign leaders continued to flow in after the Vietnamese National Assembly elected General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Nguyen Phu Trong as President of Vietnam. The well wishers include President of Ireland Michael D. Higgins, President of Iceland Guoni Th. Johannesson, President of Bulgaria Rumen Radev, President of Greece Prokopios V. Pavlopoulos, President of Finland Sauli Niinisto, President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon, President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, President of Nicaragua and Chairman of FSLN Daniel Ortega Saavedra, and Vice President of Nicaragua Rosario Murillo. Party General Secretary and President Nguyen Phu Trong also received congratulatory messages and letters from General Secretary of the Colombian Communist Party Jaime Caycedo Turriago, First Secretary of the Communist Party of Bolivia … [Read more...] about More congratulations to President Nguyen Phu Trong from foreign leaders
Congratulations on National Day of Costa Rica, Guatemala, Nicaragua
15:49 | 15/09/2018 VGP – State President Tran Dai Quang on September 14 extended congratulations to Costa Rican President Carlos Alvarado Quesada, Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales and Nicaraguan President Jose Daniel Ortega Saavedra on the occasion of the 197th anniversary of the National Day of Costa Rica, Guatemala and Nicaragua (September 15, 1821). The same day, Deputy PM, FM Pham Binh Minh telegraphed his greetings to Costa Rican Minister of Foreign Affairs and Religion Alejandra Campbell Barr, Guatemalan FM Sandra Jovel and Nicaraguan FM Denis Moncada. … [Read more...] about Congratulations on National Day of Costa Rica, Guatemala, Nicaragua
Toll from Nicaragua unrest hits 264: rights body
WASHINGTON — The known death toll from a four-month crackdown on anti-government protests in Nicaragua has risen to 264, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights said yesterday. "As recorded by the IACHR since the start of the repression against social protests, to date, 264 people have lost their lives and more than 1,800 have been injured," the commission’s chief Paulo Abrao told reporters. He was speaking at a meeting of the Organisation of American States -- of which the IACHR is part -- about the situation in the violence-wracked Central American country, where protesters are seeking the ouster of President Daniel Ortega. The rights body had previously given a toll of 212 dead, although local estimates recently put the toll at about 250. The influential Roman Catholic church has been mediating between Ortega’s government and the opposition to end the unrest, but the process has become bogged down … [Read more...] about Toll from Nicaragua unrest hits 264: rights body
Nicaragua prepares for national strike as bishops move to restart talks
MANAGUA — Nicaragua’s influential bishops announced Wednesday they would convene opposing government and civil representatives this week in a bid to revive talks aimed at ending a violent political crisis that has left at least 152 dead. The announcement came as the country prepared for a "peaceful" nationwide strike to protest the government’s deadly crackdown on a two-month long popular uprising against President Daniel Ortega. In a statement the Catholic clergy said they would on Friday morning formally make public both their mediation offer to Ortega along with his answer, which the country has been waiting for amid a sharp escalation in violence since the leftist leader met with members of the Church last week. The bishops said they will submit their proposal and Ortega’s response "to debate to seek a consensus that responds to the people’s longing for justice, democratization and peace." The Church previously called off … [Read more...] about Nicaragua prepares for national strike as bishops move to restart talks
Nicaragua’s Ortega holds crisis talks with opposition after unrest
MANAGUA— Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega opened talks on Wednesday with opposition groups in a bid to quell a month of anti-government unrest that has seen more than 50 people killed. The Church-mediated dialogue, which got underway in the capital Managua, involved representatives of university students who are leading the protests against Ortega as well as some from business groups and unions. Ortega told the room that the aim of the talks was to "get past this tragic moment" and restore "peace" to the country, one of Latin America’s poorest. He was however interrupted by student representatives calling him a "murderer" and urging "an end to the repression." "We have come to demand you order the immediate halt of the attacks. You’re the boss of the paramilitaries, of the troops, of the mobs backing the government," said a leader of the student coalition, Lester Aleman. The unrest was the worst faced by Ortega in his past 11 years as president. The … [Read more...] about Nicaragua’s Ortega holds crisis talks with opposition after unrest
Controversy over death of rebel ex-policeman killed in Venezuela’s raids
Venezuela's government announced Tuesday that rogue pilot Oscar Perez was among seven "terrorists" killed during a bloody police assault to arrest him the day before. Police swooped on Perez and his armed group holed up outside Caracas on Monday, setting off a fierce gunbattle in which two police officers were also killed. It was initially unclear whether the 36-year-old -- Venezuela's most wanted man -- had been killed or captured. His family had pleaded for news of his condition from the government, until Tuesday's announcement drew a line under the latest bloody chapter of efforts to unseat President Nicolas Maduro. Perez had been wanted since he used a stolen helicopter to bomb Venezuela's Supreme Court at the height of anti-government protests last June. Maduro had accused him of attempting a "coup" and being in the pay of the CIA. Interior Minister Nestor Reverol told reporters in Caracas that four men and two women arrested in the so-called Operation Gideon "are being … [Read more...] about Controversy over death of rebel ex-policeman killed in Venezuela’s raids