One year since assassination attempt on Venezuelan president

Caracas, August 4 (RHC)-- As Venezuelans commemorated the 82nd anniversary of the Bolivarian National Armed Forces, August 4 also marks a critical day in the country’s recent history.  One year ago, as President Nicolas Maduro was delivering a speech, he was the target of a failed assassination attempt. ... More

ACLU reports 900 children torn from their families despite court order

New York, August 4 (RHC)-- The Donald Trump administration has separated more than 900 children from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border since a San Diego federal judge ordered a halt to the practice last summer. ... More

European and non-European allies of Washington reject U.S.-led Persian Gulf naval mission

Brussels, August 4 (RHC)-- The U.S. request to build a "coalition" against Iran in the Persian Gulf has been met with either silence or rejection, including a blunt “no” from Germany.  The New York Times reports that the United States and Britain have been shopping for support from Asian and European allies to corner Iran in the Strait of Hormuz, a vital passage way for global oil supplies.... More

Argentinean President Mauricio Macri (Photo: Google)

Argentinean president supported by millionaries and private companies

Buenos Aires, August 4 (RHC)-- Millionaires, construction and finance companies are among the primary donors supporting the Argentinean President Mauricio Macri coalition re-election campaign.... More

Venezuela rejects Washington's new threats of naval blockade

United Nations, August 4 (RHC)-- Venezuela's ambassador to the United Nations, Samuel Moncada, denounced the economic blockade and the "theft" carried out "on a worldwide scale" by Washington, saying it was consistent with a crime against humanity.... More

French police repress Yellow Vest protest (Photo: File)

French police repress Yellow Vest protest in Nantes

Paris, August 4 (RHC)-- In France, at least 30 people were arrested and several injured as the ‘Yellow Vests’ protested in the city of Nantes on Saturday. ... More

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif

Iranian foreign minister says U.S. needs to adapt to new global realities and stop isolating itself

Tehran, August 4 (RHC)-- Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says the U.S. cannot change the fact that global power is shifting in favor of Iran, Russia and China by resorting to sanctions and killing deals, advising Washington to, instead, adapt to the new realities on the world stage and “stop isolating itself.”... More

Another senseless shooting in U.S. early Sunday morning (Photo: File)

Another shooting in U.S. leaves at least ten dead

Dayton, August 4 (RHC)-- In the United States, a gunman has shot and killed nine people and wounded 16 others at an arts and entertainment district in downtown Dayton, Ohio.  The shooting happened early Sunday morning, authorities said, noting the suspect was killed by police.... More

U.S. officials and Lima Group working to put Venezuela in 'quarantine'

Washington, August 3 (RHC)-- U.S. high-level officials are seeking support from a number of Latin American right-wing governments for Trump's new destabilization strategy against Venezuela.... More

Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani (Photo: File)

Iranian parliament speaker says U.S. ban on foreign minister a sign of Washington's hypocrisy

Tehran, August 3 (RHC)-- Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani has said that U.S. sanctions on Tehran’s top diplomat are a sign that Washington is not true in its calls for holding talks with Iran.  They are speaking of fresh negotiations while they have recently sanctioned our country’s chief executive for negotiations Mohammad Javad Zarif,” said Larijani on Saturday, adding: “That is a sign of their hypocrisy and untruthfulness.” ... More

Gun violence on the rise in the U.S. (Photo: File)

Texas shooting in El Paso leaves at least 20 dead, 26 injured

El Paso, August 3 (RHC)-- At least 20 people have been killed and 26 more injured after a shooter rampaged a Walmart in El Paso, Texas, Saturday morning.  Police report that a 21-year-old white suspect has been taken into custody.  Identified as Patrick Crusius, he reportedly left behind a manifesto in which he hatefully denounces Latinos, complaining that they are taking jobs away from white people, and includes a reference to the recent Christchurch mosque shootings in New Zealand, which left 51 people dead.... More

Venezuela rejects U.S. threats of naval blockade

Caracas, August 3 (RHC)-- Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has strongly rejected the threat of U.S. President Donald Trump to impose a naval blockade or a so-called "quarantine" against Venezuela, meaning the U.S. would try to stop ships from going in or out of Venezuelan waters.... More

UN Rapporteur says Bolsonaro is responsible for suffering in the Amazon

United Nations, August 3 (RHC)-- The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Victoria Tauli-Corpuz said Friday that Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro is directly responsible for the suffering of the Wajapi indigenous people and the subsequent murder of its leader, Emyra Wajapi, on July 22nd.... More

July 2019: Officially the hottest month ever recorded

Washington, August 3 (RHC)-- In climate news, the World Meteorological Organization reports that July was the warmest month in recorded human history.  It followed the hottest June on record, as atmospheric carbon dioxide levels climbed to a record high of 415 parts per million earlier this year. ... More

Former U.S. President Ronald Reagan and his wife, Nancy "Just Say No" Reagan (Photo: File)

Ronald Reagan calls African UN delegates "monkeys" in newly unearthed audio

Washington, August 3 (RHC)-- In a recently emerged audio recording from 1971, then-California Governor Ronald Reagan can be heard disparaging African delegates to the United Nations as “monkeys” during a phone call with U.S. President Richard Nixon. ... More

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