Bogota, Sep 6 (Prensa Latina) Pope Francis arrives today in this capital to pay a five-day apostolic visit to Colombia, considered as one of the nations having the world´s largest number of Catholics.

Matanzas, Cuba, Sep 6 (Prensa Latina) Cuban famous rumba group Los Muñequitos de Matanzas will keep on touring the country in October, celebrating its 65th anniversary, as told by Centro Provincial de la Música Rafael Somavilla (Cpmrs) Tuesday.

Por Fausto Triana

La Serena, Chile, Sep 6 (Prensa Latina) The Mystique of the Rapanui People from Easter Island, a beautiful documentary by NatGeo and several scientific debates mark the development of the 4th International Marine Protected Areas Congress (IMPAC4) in this city.

Madrid, Sep 6 (Prensa Latina) The Catalan Parliament is today debating a law to give legal cover to the unilateral independence referendum that local authorities are intending to hold next October 1 to separate from Spain.

San Juan, Sep 6 (Prensa Latina) Hurricane Irma hit the islands of Antigua and Barbuda with gusting winds of over 300 kilometers per hour, at an estimated speed of 24 kilometers per hour.

Lima, Sept 4 (Prensa Latina) School lessons started to normalize today in Peru after a long strike of teachers that left parcial achievements and consequences like a possible resignation of Minister of Education, Marilu Martens.

Moscow, Sep 1 (Prensa Latina) Using sanctions to try to force North Korea into stopping its nuclear missile program has failed in the past and is a misguided and futile policy, Russian President Vladimir Putin warned Friday.

Riyadh, Sep 1 (Prensa Latina) Millions of Muslims performed one of their most important religious rituals in their current pilgrimage to Mecca, where they gathered in Mount Arafat to pray for God''s pardon or thank Him for the opportunity to observe the Hajj.

Mexico, Sep 1 (Prensa Latina) More than 1,000 artists from indigenous peoples and international guests are attending today the 4th Indigenous Culture, Towns and Neighborhoods Fair at the Zocalo square in Mexico City.

Quito, Sep 1 (Prensa Latina) The 5th World Cocoa Summit holds its final sessions today in the port city of Guayaquil, after allowing to strengthen the scientific and comercial space of that Ecuadorian product, both inside the country and abroad.

Caracas, Sep 1 (Prensa Latina) The plan to intervene militarily applied by the United States on Venezuela responds to the manual of the Latin American perfect coup d''état, denounced today Division General Francisco Ortega.