Buenos Aires, December 27 (RHC)-- Bolivian leader Evo Morales says he was forced from office by a U.S.-backed coup aimed at gaining access to the South American country's vast lithium resources. The remarks came in an exclusive interview with AFP news agency, over a month after Morales resigned as president on November 10th following protests against his re-election.... More


Caracas, December 27 (RHC)-- The Venezuelan indigenous leaders grouped in the Council of General Caciques denounced the attack that took place last Sunday on the southern military headquarters in the South American country.... More


Ottawa, December 27 (RHC)-- In Canada, indigenous communities are condemning the Canadian government after it was revealed that the Royal Canadian Mounted Police prepared for the potential use of lethal force against indigenous land defenders resisting the construction of a natural gas pipeline on the Wet’suwet’en Nation’s ancestral land in British Columbia.... More


Washington, December 27 (RHC)-- U.S. President Donald Trump met with accused war criminal Eddie Gallagher, a month after Trump overruled his own military leaders and granted clemency to three U.S. soldiers who have been accused or convicted of war crimes — including Navy SEAL Eddie Gallagher.... More


Israeli troopers stand by during clashes with Palestinian demonstrators in the occupied West Bank. (Photo: AFP)

Geneva, December 27 (RHC)-- The United Nations’ anti-racism panel is set to probe grievances by Palestinians holding Israel responsible for practicing “apartheid” in the Tel Aviv-occupied West Bank.... More


Washington, December 27 (RHC)-- U.S. National Security Adviser Robert O’Brien has warned Britain about allowing China’s Huawei company into its 5G telecommunications networks, saying such a move would pose a risk to UK’s secret intelligence agencies, according to British media.... More


London, December 27 (RHC)-- A UK-based charity has revealed that Britain's arms sales to Saudi Arabia and its allies in their aggression on Yemen have seen an almost 50-percent rise over the past five years.... More


Manila, December 27 (RHC)-- In the Philippines, at least 21 people were killed, and many more are missing, after Typhoon Phanfone slammed into several central islands on Christmas Day.... More


Police at the entrance of Mexico's embassy in La Paz, Bolivia, December 23, 2019.  (Photo: Reuters)

Mexico City, December 26 (RHC)-- The Mexican government has reiterated its complaint about the “harassment” and “intimidation” of its embassy staf at the official mission's residence in La Paz, Bolivia.  Since the coup d'etat in Bolivia, at least nine people have taken refuge at the embassy in the Bolivian capital.... More


Vatican City, December 26 (RHC)-- Millions of people around the world celebrated Christmas on Wednesday.  At the Vatican, Pope Francis prayed for migrants around the world and condemned “inhumane detention camps” during his annual Christmas Day address at St. Peter’s Basilica.... More


Gaza City, December 26 (RHC)-- Israeli warplanes, helicopters and navy boats have conducted new attacks on the Gaza Strip, targeting several positions in the north, west and south of the besieged enclave.... More


Social leader Reinaldo Carrillo in Pitalito, Department of Huila, Colombia. (Photo: Twitter)

Bogota, December 26 (RHC)-- The National Association of Farmers (ANUC) activist Reinaldo Carrillo was killed at dawn on Wednesday by hitmen who entered his house and shot him in front of his family in Pitalito town, Department of Huila, Colombia.... More


Buenos Aires, December 26 (RHC)-- Bolivian leader Evo Morales celebrated Christmas early Wednesday with a group of children from the Bolivian community in Argentina and called for “peace, solidarity and reconciliation” for his country.... More


 At least 350 Chileans have been wounded as a result of Carabineros shooting directly in the face  (Photo: teleSUR)

Santiago de Chile, December 26 (RHC)-- The Eye Trauma Victims rights group demanded Wednesday that the government of Chile guarantee effective reparations for the injured people and bring to justice those responsible for abuses of human rights.... More


Bogota, December 26 (RHC)--Social leader Lucy Villarreal was assassinated in the Llorente Commuity, Tumaco municipality (southwest), reported the Social Process of Warranties for the work of human rights.... More


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