Caracas, March 29 (RHC)-- The Venezuelan government has barred the U.S.-backed so-called "president" Juan Guaido from holding public office for 15 years over irregularities in financial records.... More


Tel Aviv, March 29 (RHC)-- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Tel Aviv is ready to wage a broad military campaign in Gaza if needed, after a two-day flareup of cross-border fighting which has left several people injured on both sides.... More


This is how US president Donald Trump provided assistance to victims of hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico. File Photo

Washington, March 29 (RHC)-- U.S. President Donald Trump told a meeting of Republican lawmakers in Washington that Puerto Rico has received too much aid since Hurricane Maria devastated the island. Senator Marco Rubio told reporters Trump said the aid is “way out of proportion to what Texas and Florida and others have gotten.” ... More


Chicago, March 29 (RHC)-- In the U.S., executives at Boeing have tacitly admitted that software in the company’s 737 MAX airplanes may have played a role in two recent deadly crashes in Indonesia and Ethiopia. ... More


Managua, March 29 (RHC)-- The Association of Caribbean States (ACS) is holding its 8th summit in Nicaragua on Friday.  The Cuban delegation is being led by President Miguel Diaz-Canel.... More


Moscow, March 28 (RHC)-- The Donald Trump administration should make good on its own promise to pull troops out of Syria before telling others where they should or shouldn't be, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in reply to Washington's threat over Venezuela.... More


Sniper Rifle Took Out Venezuela's Hydroelectric Plant: Maduro.  teleSUR Photo

Caracas, March 28 (RHC)-- The recent attack on Venezuela’s Simon Bolivar Hydroelectric Plant was likely triggered by a sniper rifle, said Bolivarian President Nicolas Maduro during a televised statement on Wednesday.  "We've never seen a terrorist attack like this, it was carried out with weapons, in a vital area for the transmission of electricity," the president said.... More


Aleppo

Damascus, March 28 (RHC)-- The Syrian air defense system has responded to multiple missiles fired by Israeli jets on the northwestern city of Aleppo, intercepting the majority of them according to Syrian media. ... More


Dictatorship was a "very good period", says Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro.

Brasilia, March 28 (RHC)-- In Brazil, former presidential candidates Fernando Haddad and Guilherme Boulos say they “completely disavow” President Jair Bolsonaro's decision to allow the Ministry of Defense to celebrate Brazil’s March 31st military coup of President João Goulart in 1964.... More


UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres

United Nations, March 28 (RHC)-- Raise awareness of the dangers of racism and “stand up against old and new forms of slavery” was the resounding message of United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres earlier this week during a special event marking the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade. ... More


Cyclone Idai survivors urgently need safe shelter, water and sanitation, says Red Cross

Geneva, March 28 (RHC)-- Efforts are continuing to reach all victims of Cyclone Idai in southern Africa where a senior relief chief has warned of a “water, sanitation and hygiene ticking bomb”, as the scale of the emergency continues to unfold, and the official death toll rises.... More


San Salvador, March 28 (RHC)-- El Salvador's National Alliance against the Privatization of Water condemned last week the water privatization by the sugar industry and the possible implementation of a water regulation bill that could lead to more privatization, an issue activists have been grappling with for years.... More


Venezuelan Foreign Minister, Jorge Arreaza. File photo

Caracas, March 27 (RHC)-- Venezuela’s foreign minister says that the United States will fall short of realizing its intentions concerning the Latin American country because Washington is not the ultimate enforcing power in the world.... More


U.S. president Donald Trump.

Washington, March 27 (RHC)-- In the U.S., as Donald Trump and Republican lawmakers continued to celebrate Attorney General William Barr’s summary of the special counsel’s report, congressional Democrats are pushing for Robert Mueller’s findings to be made fully available to the public, as well as to hold hearings with Barr.... More


Washington, March 27 (RHC)-- In the U.S., the Pentagon has authorized the transfer of $1 billion to begin building a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border, over which Trump declared a national emergency.  The first phase of funding will reportedly go toward 57 miles of 18-foot-high fencing along the Yuma and El Paso sections of the border.... More


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