Caracas, August 4 (RHC) -- Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro survived an attack on his life during a military parade Saturday evening celebrating the 81st anniversary of the Bolivarian National Guard in the capital, Caracas.... More


Brasilia, August 4 (RHC)-- Brazil's former president Lula da Silva, a current political prisoner, is expected to secure his Workers Party's nomination this Saturday and continue to overshadow more likely candidates in the country's most unpredictable presidential election for decades.... More


Uruguay: Pepe Mujica quits Senate

Montevideo, August 4 (RHC)-- Uruguay's former President Jose Mujica has announced he will retire from the Senate on August 14, but has no plans to abandon political life – and may yet run for the presidency again in 2019.... More


Vatican, Aug 3 (RHC) – Pope Francis has sent a message of support from the Vatican to Brazil's embattled former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. ... More


Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro

Caracas, Aug 3 (RHC) – Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro met in Caracas with campesinos that had conducted a 21-day march to the government palace in Miraflores seeking to make their voices heard and asserting their rights.... More


Pyong Yang, Aug 3 (RHC) – North Korean authorities are urging the population to be guarded against a threatening heatwave with the power of a "natural disaster." ... More


Beijing, Aug 3 (RHC) -- China proposed on Friday a set of tariffs on $60 billion worth of U.S. goods, as a senior Chinese diplomat doubted that, considering the current U.S. behavior, talks with Washington could solve a trade conflict that is becoming ever bitter.... More


Denis Moncada, Nicaragua´s Foreign Minister

Caracas, August 3 (RHC) Nicaragua´s Foreign Affairs Minister, Denis Moncada, denounced the participation and financing of foreign political actors, especially the United States, in the violent protests led by opposition groups in the country.... More


Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari, chief commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC).  Photo: Press TV

Tehran, August 2 (RHC)-- The chief commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has rebuffed U.S. President Donald Trump’s offer of talks with Tehran... More


 Chile's President Sebastian Piñera.    Photo: EFE

Santiago de Chile, August 2 (RHC)-- The government of right-wing Chilean President Sebastian Piñera has made clear that it rejects legislation decriminalizing abortion. ... More


Britain's Home Secretary Sajid Javid leaves 10 Downing Street in central London after attending the weekly cabinet meeting on July 17, 2018.  Photo: AFP

London, August 2 (RHC)-- Rights campaigners have accused the British government of lagging behind in estimating how many people are being exploited as slaves in the country, saying data provided by the Home Office on the issue are not correct.  ... More


Top Health and Human Services official warned White House not to separate families.  Photo: AP

Washington, August 2 (RHC)-- In the United States, a top Health and Human Services (HHS) official told lawmakers at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing that he had repeatedly warned the Donald Trump administration against separating immigrant families at the border. ... More


Donald Trump criticizes immigrants and media at Florida rally.   Photo: AP

Tampa, August 2 (RHC)-- U.S. President Donald Trump has lashed out at immigrants and called for strict voter ID laws during a rally in Tampa, Florida. ... More


 Aid groups warn of new cholera outbreak in Yemen.   Photo: AFP

Sanaa, August 2 (RHC)-- In Yemen, international aid agencies are warning of the risk of another cholera outbreak, after U.S.-backed, Saudi-led airstrikes destroyed water and sanitation facilities in the besieged port city of Hodeidah. ... More


Gustavo Bell ( Government´s negotiator, Left), Ivan Mora (Cuban guarantor, Center), Pablo Beltran (ELN Negotiator, Right)

Havana, August 2 (RHC)-- Colombia’s outgoing government and the South American nation’s last remaining guerrilla group concluded their sixth and final round of talks on Wednesday without reaching a temporary ceasefire deal, a step considered essential to further advances in the peace process.... More


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