New York, July 18 (RHC)-- Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says US travel restrictions imposed on Iranian diplomats and their families living in New York are "basically inhuman."... More
New York, July 18 (RHC)-- In the U.S., a coalition of national rights groups filed a lawsuit seeking to block a new Trump order that would bar asylum seekers who pass through another country before reaching the U.S. from applying for asylum. ... More
Washington, July 18 (RHC)-- In the U.S., ten activists were arrested inside the ICE headquarters in Washington, D.C., Tuesday after staging a sit-in at the agency’s building. Thousands more blocked entrances to the building and nearby roads for hours. ... More
Washington, July 17 (RHC)— The House of Representatives of the United States passed a resolution on Tuesday condemning president Donald Trump for a set of racist tweets aimed at four democratic Congresswome... More
Caracas, July 17 (RHC)-- European Union representative Federica Mogherini has warned Venezuela once again of additional sanctions, according to a release issued by the EU Council in Brussels. In response, the Venezuelan Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jorge Arreaza, published Tuesday a communiqué on his Twitter account denouncing and rejecting statements made by the High Representative of the European Union (EU). Federica Mogherini threatened the South American country with new sanctions if there was no progress in talks between the Venezuelan opposition and the government of President Nicolas Maduro.... More
Caracas, July 17 (RHC)-- Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza has rejected the statements made by his Colombian counterpart, Carlos Holmes Trujillo, who is on an official visit to the United States. During his stay, Holmes Trujillo reiterated the accusations of an alleged connection between the Venezuelan government and Colombia's National Liberation Army (ELN).... More
United Nations, July 17 (RHC)-- The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Office (UNHCR) warned Tuesday that the new asylum application policies by which the United States seeks to stop migrant flow go against international obligations because they highly violate basic rights and freedoms.... More
Santa Fe, July 17 (RHC)-- The Southern Cone Trade Union Coordinator Center (CCSCS), the Argentinean Workers' Central Union (CTA), the Santa Fe Federation of Municipal Workers Trade Unions (Festram) and dozens of South American social organizations began Tuesday the "Peoples Summit for Regional Integration", an event which takes place at the same time as the summit of the Southern Common Market (MERCOSUR) in the city of Santa Fe, Argentina. ... More
Johannesburg, July 17 (RHC)-- South African singer Johnny Clegg, one of the very few white musicians who confronted the apartheid regime in the 1970s and 1980s has died from pancreatic cancer at the age of 66, his manager reported on Tuesday.... More
Washington, July 17 (RHC) -- International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde submitted her resignation Tuesday to take on a new role as president of the European Central Bank.... More
New York, July 17 (RHC)-- In the United States, activists around the country took to the streets Monday to protest Amazon, coinciding with “Prime Day” -- one of the retail giant’s biggest sales days of the year. ... More
San Juan, July 16 (RHC)-- In an unsuccessful attempt to discourage demonstrations in San Juan, the capital of Puerto Rico, the police Monday harshly cracked down on protesters who are demanding the resignation of the Governor of Puerto Rico Ricardo Rossello, leaving at least 14 injured and 3 arrested.... More
Caracas, July 16 (RHC-Telesur) -- Venezuelan Minister of Communication and Information Jorge Rodriguez said Monday that the government's delegation has arrived in Barbados to resume dialogue with the opposition.... More
Río de Janeiro, July 16 (RHC-Agencies) -- Most Brazilians are against the changes proposed by President Jair Bolsonaro to significantly relax gun possession regulations, according to a survey published on Friday by pollster Datafolha Institute.... More
Quito, July 16 (RHC)-- Ecuador’s National Campesino Movement (Fecaol) and workers’ unions have launched a five-day national strike to protest President Lenin Moreno’s neo-liberal government, as massive manifestations in the country’s capital and major cities will take place on Tuesday.... More
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