Santiago de Chile, July 23 (RHC)-- Thousands of members of Chile’s College of Teachers decided Tuesday to end their 50-day strike, the second-longest in the history of the country’s educational sector.... More
United Nations, July 23 (RHC)-- Israel’s destruction of Palestinian homes in East Jerusalem Monday met with fierce condemnation from the international community including the United Nations.... More
San Juan, July 23 (RHC)-- Puerto Rican officials on Tuesday were executing search warrants for the mobile phones of Governor Ricardo Rosselló and his top associates amid a corruption scandal that provoked 10 days of protests demanding his resignation and took a toll on tourism.... More
Caracas, July 23 (RHC)-- Venezuelans woke up Tuesday to a partial restoration of the electric grid in Caracas and other parts of the country after a new nationwide blackout hit the country Monday afternoon. Venezuelan states of Merida, Trujillo, Barinas and Aragua saw services restored, while in the capital Caracas the service has been intermittent so far.... More
La Paz, July 23 (RHC)-- Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif arrived in Bolivia late on Monday. On Tuesday morning, the top Iranian diplomat met with his counterpart, Foreign Minister of Bolivia Diego Pary and discussed multilateral issues as well cooperation at the United Nations Security Council.... More
San Juan, July 23 (RHC)-- Nearly 750.000 people poured into the streets of San Juan, Puerto Rico, Monday, shutting down traffic and major sections of the city in the largest demonstration yet since the text message scandal involving Governor Ricardo Rosselló broke just over a week and a half ago.... More
London, July 23 (RHC)-- Boris Johnson has been elected leader of Britain’s ruling Conservative Party after defeating his rival, Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt.... More
Washington, July 23 (RHC)-- U.S. President Donald Trump claims he could “win” the war in Afghanistan “in a week,” suggesting it involves claiming the lives of no more than “10 million people.” Trump made the comments during a White House meeting with Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan Monday.... More
Caracas, July 23 (RHC)-- In Venezuela, electricity service is slowly and gradually being restored, hours after the power grid was the target of an electromagnetic attack which affected 16 states throughout the country.... More
Caracas, July 23 (RHC)-- Iran’s foreign minister has slammed the U.S. administration’s “desperate attempts” to impose its pro-Israel “peace” plan on Palestine, saying any initiative that would ignore the rights of the Palestinian nation in favor of the occupying Tel Aviv regime is doomed to failure.... More
Washington, July 23 (RHC)-- U.S. President Donald Trump is continuing his attacks on four progressive congresswomen of color after tweeting last weekend that they should go back to the “crime infested places from which they came.”... More
Quito, July 23 (RHC)-- U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has met with Ecuador’s President Lenin Moreno, as part of a three-day tour across Argentina, Ecuador, Mexico, and El Salvador, the visit being intended to "reinforce" support for U.S. policies against Cuba, Nicaragua, and Venezuela.... More
New York, July 23 (RHC)-- An intense heat wave that gripped much of the central and eastern U.S. over the past several days is slowly easing. One hundred fifty-seven million people were under a heat warning over the weekend, as the heat index soared into the triple digits across the East Coast, reaching 110 degrees in the capital.... More
Charlottesville, July 23 (RHC)-- Three white supremacists have been sentenced to two to three years in prison for committing violent acts, including kicking, choking and punching people at the 2017 “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, as well as other rallies in California.... More
Oklahoma City, July 23 (RHC)-- In the U.S. state of Oklahoma, hundreds of immigrant rights and indigenous activists descended on Fort Sill, blocking the entrance to the site and shutting down freeway traffic for several hours.... More
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