Soldiers patrol in search of gang members around the municipalities of San Martin and San Jose Guayabal, in El Salvador (AFP Photo/Marvin RECINOS)

San Salvador, January 2 (RHC)-- El Salvador's murder rate, still one of the highest in the world, dropped for the third year in a row, authorities said on Wednesday.... More


Tijuana, January 2 (RHC)-- U.S. border agents have once again fired tear gas canisters to deter Central American migrants from crossing the U.S.-Mexico border, news agencies report.... More


Brasilia, January 2 (RHC)-- Far-right nationalist politician Jair Bolsonaro has taken office as Brazil's new president, promising to crack down on rampant political corruption and crime, and what he claimed was the economic mismanagement of previous leftist governments of Latin America's biggest nation.... More


Washington, January 1 (RHC)-- As the New Year 2019 dawns, a study shows that attackers motivated by Right-wing political ideologies in the U.S. have committed dozens of shootings, bombings and other acts of violence over the past decade, far more than any other category of domestic extremism.... More


Venezuelan president blames Colombia for electricity outages.  Photo: teleSUR

Caracas, December 28 (RHC)-- Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has accused a Colombian group of the attacks against Venezuela's electric system in the western border state of Zulia.... More


 Mumia Abu-Jamal can re-argue appeal in 1981 police killing case.  Photo: Democracy Now

Philadelphia, December 28 (RHC)-- In the United States, a Philadelphia judge has ruled that imprisoned former Black Panther Mumia Abu-Jamal can re-argue his appeal in his case before the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. ... More


U.S. authorities believe that the immigrant parents are to blame for the death of children.   Photo: Reuters

Washington, December 28 (RHC)-- U.S. authorities, rather than improving their immigration policies, have sought to shift the blame for the deaths of migrant children to the parents. ... More


Trump says no end in sight to partial government shutdown.  Photo:  Press TV

Washington, December 28 (RHC)-- The U.S. federal government has entered a seventh day of a partial shutdown with no resolution in sight, as President Trump continues to demand billions of dollars in new funding for an expanded wall on the U.S.-Mexico border. ... More


Hundreds more migrants released by ICE at Texas bus station.  Photo: AFP

El Paso, December 28 (RHC)-- In El Paso, Texas, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers released hundreds of migrants at a downtown bus station, bringing the number of people released this week to more than 1,000. ... More


UN team tasked with monitoring ceasefire arrives in Yemen.  Photo: Reuters

Sanaa, December 28 (RHC)-- In Yemen, a United Nations official tasked with overseeing a fragile ceasefire in the strategic port city of Hodeidah... More


UN report shows Bolivia leads Latin America in economic growth.  Photo: teleSUR

United Nations, December 27 (RHC)-- The Bolivian economy grew by 4.4 percent in 2018 and is estimated to maintain the same rate of growth in the coming year, according to the United Nations.... More


Palestine to apply for full UN membership early next year.  Photo: Press TV

Ramallah, December 27 (RHC)-- Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki says Palestine will file an application to gain full state membership at the United Nations in January.... More


 Funeral held for 7-year-old girl who died in U.S. custody.  Photo: Democracy Now

Guatemala City, December 27 (RHC)-- In Guatemala, friends and family of Jakelin Caal Maquín, the indigenous girl who died in U.S. Border Patrol custody on December 8th, mourned the 7-year-old at her funeral on Christmas Day. ... More


File photo shows a view to a migrant detention center in England.  Photo: Press TV

London, December 27 (RHC)-- A new report has shown that the United Kingdom is becoming increasingly careless of the situation of migrants in its detention centers as more and more people commit suicide or need emergency medical care for drug overdose.... More


Death toll from tsunami in Indonesia rises to 430.  Photo: AP FILE

Jakarta, December 27 (RHC)-- In Indonesia, the desperate search continues for survivors of a tsunami which struck parts of western Indonesia.... More


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