MANAGUA, Mar 20 (IPS) - The first criminal prosecution for racial discrimination in Nicaragua, in response to a complaint brought by a woman lawmaker in the Central American Parliament (PARLACEN), has focused attention on the segregationist treatment of indigenous and Afro-Caribbean women in the Caribbean coastal regions. Indigenous and black women make up 52 percent of ...

Havana, Mar 20 (Prensa Latina) The Parliaments of Cuba and Uganda signed here a protocol to define the framework to promote and develop cooperation. Jaime Crombet and Rebeca Kadaka, vice presidents of the National Assemblies of Cuba and Uganda, respectively, signed the accord inspired on the traditional ties that bind both countries. Under the agreement, the legislators ...