Panama City - The tourism industry has generated about 19 million jobs in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) in 2018 and is the sixth largest contributor to the region's Gross Domestic Product (GDP), it was reported in Panama City on Friday.

United Nations - Bolivian President Evo Morales, speaking at the UN, urged the international community to work together to save planet Earth and address the structural causes of the climate crisis.

San Juan - Some 67 percent of Puerto Rican households live below the poverty level, which greatly limits access to a balanced diet, warned on Thursday Denise Santos, president of the Food Bank.

Moscow - Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro arrives in Moscow on Tuesday, where he will meet with his Russian peer Vladimir Putin to assess bilateral relations and the political, economic and media aggression Venezuela is facing, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov stated.

Washington - In the United States, House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi launched a formal impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump on Tuesday, yielding to mounting pressure from fellow Democrats.

Caracas - The Bolivarian government has lost millions of dollars as a result of the US financial blockade, according to a report by Petroleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) Legal Consultancy.