Internationals

Panama: The tourism industry generated about 19 million jobs in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) in 2018 and is the sixth largest contributor to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the area, Prensa Latina publishes.

Washington: More than 200 lawmakers from the US House of Representatives have expressed their support for the beginning of a political trial investigation against Donald Trump, Radio Habana Cuba publishes.

United Nations: The Foreign Minister of Venezuela, Jorge Arreaza, held friendly meetings and for the purpose of cooperation with authorities of various international bodies participating today in the General Assembly of the United Nations Organization (UN), Prensa Latina publishes.

Brasilia: Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's defense team will denounce President Jair Bolsonaro to the United Nations Human Rights Committee for violating the rights of the former president during his speech at the General Assembly of the international organization, Prensa Latina reports.

Moscow: President Vladimir Putin highlighted today the reinforcement of Russia's economic cooperation with Venezuela, meeting today in the Kremlin with the president of that South American country, Nicolás Maduro, Prensa Latina publishes.

Montevideo: The Foreign Minister of Uruguay, Rodolfo Nin Novoa, today announced the withdrawal of his country from the Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance (TIAR), after an interventionist decision was taken against Venezuela, Prensa Latina reports.