New York, August 14 (RHC)-- Ambassador of Venezuela to the United Nations, Samuel Moncada, revealed evidence in a series of tweets, proving that well-known opposition ‘journalist’ Nelson Bocaranda has served as a “local agent” of the United States and United Kingdom governments since the 1980s.... More


Ramallah, August 13 (RHC)-- Thirty Palestinians in Israeli jails have joined a hunger strike in solidarity with six detainees who have themselves been refusing to eat or drink to protest their illegal detention without charge or trial.... More


Brasilia, August 13 (RHC)-- Brazilian federal prosecutors are seeking to prevent far-right President Jair Bolsanaro's son from becoming the new ambassador to the United States.  Prosecutors have filed a court injunction to bar Eduardo Bolsonaro from this ambassador role, citing his lack of experience as one of the main factors for their intervention... More


Washington, August 13 (RHC)-- U.S. President Donald Trump's administration has finalized rollbacks to key provisions of the Endangered Species Act, a law supported by a large majority of Americans and credited with saving the gray wolf, bald eagle and grizzly bear.... More


London, August 13 (RHC)-- US National Security Adviser John Bolton has said the United States "enthusiastically" supports a no-deal Brexit. On the first day of a two-day visit to London on Monday, Bolton said Brexit was not only an important statement regarding the rule of Democratic values for the British people, but also for the Americans.... More


Doha, August 13 (RHC)-- Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says the Islamic Republic is impervious to the U.S. "economic terrorism," stressing that such measures taken by the United States have only stoked insecurity in the region.... More


Washington, August 13 (RHC)-- U.S. President Donald Trump's administration unveiled a sweeping rule Monday that would limit legal immigration by denying visas and permanent residency to hundreds of thousands of people for receiving public benefits such as welfare, food stamps, public housing or Medicaid.... More


Guatemala City, August 13 (RHC)-- The winner of Guatemala’s presidential election, Alejandro Giammattei, has emerged to be outspoken in his opposition to a recent migration deal that his predecessor inked with the United States, saying he hopes to make changes to the controversial agreement.... More


United Nations, August 13 (RHC)-- Indigenous people represent only five percent of the world’s population, yet these communities struggle with 15 percent of the global poverty, say human rights groups on the eve of World Indigenous People’s Day.... More


Brasilia, August 13 (RHC)-- Brazil's economy decreased in 0.13 percent in the second quarter of the year compared to the first one, a result that if confirmed, could bring the South American country into recession, the central bank announced Monday.... More


Buenos Aires, August 12 (RHC)-- Argentina’s currency, the Peso, has lost 30 percent of its value and the country’s stock market has fallen by 10 percent, following the huge defeat of neo-liberal President Mauricio Macri at the primary elections on Sunday.  The collapse of the Peso is likely to push inflation even further as investors and international banks fear that Argentina’s progressives will win presidential elections and end Macri’s neo-liberal reforms. ... More


Brasilia, August 12 (RHC)-- Approximately 1,500 women from 113 Indigenous tribes of Brazil occupied the headquarters of the Special Secretariat of Indigenous Health (Sesai) Monday in the country’s capital Brasilia in defense of the differentiated healthcare subsystem of Indigenous peoples.... More


Tehran, August 12 (RHC)-- Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Mohammad Javad Zarif accused the United States and its allies of turning the Persian Gulf region into a "matchbox ready to ignite," according to the Reuters News Agency, citing the diplomat's interview with Al Jazeera television.... More


Sydney, August 12 (RHC)-- Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison says his government will spend three billion dollars on new weapons and military equipment over the next two decades, in a move which is believed to be taken under U.S. pressure. ... More


Paris, August 12 (RHC)--Sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein’s connections in France need to be investigated by the nation’s law enforcement, the French minister for gender equality said.  Epstein died in U.S. custody last weekend by alleged suicide.... More


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