Trump inaugural committee took in record $107 million.  Photo: Google

Washington, January 21 (RHC)-- The New York Times reports President Trump’s inaugural committee received an unprecedented $107 million from private donors—at least twice the amount raised by any of Trump’s predecessors. ... More


 Upcoming CNN Brazil's CEO will be an evangelical pastor.  Photo: Reuters

Brasilia, January 21 (RHC)-- Edir Macedo, an evangelist pastor will be the CEO of CNN Brazil.  ... More


 Sign reading "I support gun carrying" in a store in Sao Paulo, Brazil.  Photo: EFE

Brasilia, January 18 (RHC)-- Brazil’s former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva says he regrets President Bolsonaro’s decision to loosen gun restrictions, proposing a different strategy instead.   “It would be better to arm the people with jobs and books,” said Lula in his Twitter account earlier this week.... More


    Car bomb explodes in Colombia police barracks, killing 21.  Photo: teleSUR

Bogota, January 18 (RHC)-- A car bomb exploded at a police academy in Colombia's capital Bogota Thursday, killing at least 21 people and wounding more than 80, authorities said.... More


Hondurans walking in the municipality of Esquipulas, Guatemala, January 15, 2019.   Photo: Reuters

San Pedro Sula, January 17 (RHC)-- A total of 709 people from the migrant caravan that left Honduras earlier this week crossed the Guatemalan border with the intention of reaching the United States in search of better living conditions.... More


 The truth about the Ayotzinapa case will finally be discovered.   Photo: EFE

Mexico City, January 17 (RHC)-- The federal government of Mexico has signed an order which fulfilled its commitment to investigate the Ayotzinapa case... More


U.S. president orders 50,000 idled government employees to work without pay.   Photo. AP

Washington, January 17 (RHC)-- In the U.S., the White House Council of Economic Advisers has doubled its estimate of how much the shutdown is likely to cost the economy, with many independent economists warning it could push the U.S. into a recession. ... More


U.S. government shutdown affects Indian Country, aviation security.   Photo: Democracy Now

Washington, January 17 (RHC)-- The U.S. government shutdown continues to wreak havoc on basic administrative functions throughout the country. ... More


Colombian drug lord says former Mexican president took $100 million bribe.   Photo: Google

New York, January 17 (RHC)-- Former Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto accepted a $100 million bribe from drug traffickers, according to a witness who testified at the trial of the notorious Mexican drug lord known as “El Chapo” in New York City.  ... More


Indigenous people displaced due the territorial conflict in Chenalho, Chiapas. Mexico.   Photo: Reuters file

Mexico City, January 17 (RHC)-- In Mexico, a human rights group denounced the eviction of more than 200 displaced indigenous people from an empty lot in the municipality of Tlapa, Mexico, by a legal representative of the owner’s property.... More


An image grab taken from a video published by Hawar News Agency (ANHA) on January 16, 2019, shows the scene of a bomb attack in the northern Syrian city of Manb

Damascus, January 17 (RHC)-- At least four U.S. soldiers and 14 others were killed in a massive bomb explosion near a patrol of the U.S.-led coalition purportedly fighting the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group in Syria’s flashpoint northern city of Manbij.... More


Bolsonaro loosens gun laws as violence spirals out of control in Brazil.  Photo: teleSUR

Brasilia, January 16 (RHC)-- Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has signed a decree temporarily making it easier for Brazilians to buy guns, the first step toward a campaign promise to overturn regulations that have essentially prohibited civilians from bearing arms.... More


Protesters aim at Brexit deal, outside the Houses of Parliament in London.   Photo: Reuters

London, January 16 (RHC)-- British lawmakers defeated Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit divorce deal by a crushing margin on Tuesday, triggering political upheaval that could lead to a disorderly exit from the European Union or even to a reversal of the 2016 decision to leave.... More


The undated photo shows Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov.  Photo: Press TV

Geneva, January 16 (RHC)-- Moscow has blamed Washington for the looming collapse of a key nuclear arms control deal after consultations between the two sides made no progress to reach an accord to save the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF).... More


Polish mayor of Gdansk, Pawel Adamowicz.  Photo: Press TV

Warsaw, January 16 (RHC)-- In Poland, the mayor of Gdansk, Pawel Adamowicz, has died, one day after he was stabbed on stage during a charity event.... More


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