Ana Perez uses a solar lamp inside the bathroom of her home in Naguabo, Puerto Rico, on Jan. 27, 2018.  Photo: Rueters

San Juan, May 21 (RHC)-- As Puerto Rico continues to struggle in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria last September... More


 Immigrant children, arrested in U.S., could be held on military bases.  Photo: Democracy Now

Washington, May 21 (RHC)-- In the United States, the Donald Trump administration is considering plans to hold immigrant children on military bases after they are apprehended crossing the U.S.-Mexico border.  ... More


Fox news settles discrimination lawsuits.   Photo: AP

New York, May 21 (RHC)-- In the U.S., the parent company of Fox News has reached a $10 million settlement over a series of racial and gender discrimination lawsuits involving current and former employees of the network. ... More


Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro greets followers after reelection on Sunday, May 20, 2018

Caracas, May 21 (RHC)-- Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro comfortably won re-election on Sunday. With 92.6 percent of the votes counted, Maduro had 5.8 million votes, while his closest rival, former governor Henri Falcón, obtained 1.8 million votes, said the president of the National Election Authority, Tibisay Lucena.... More


Protesters demand freedom for Lula da Silva.  Photo: AP

Brasilia, May 19 (RHC)-- In Brazil, Workers' Party president Gleisi Hoffmann and former mayor of Sao Paulo, Fernando Haddad, visited former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva ... More


Iranian President Hassan Rouhani (2nd, R) addresses a meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation in Istanbul, Turkey, on May 18, 2018.  Photo: IRNA

Istanbul, May 19 (RHC)-- Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has called on Muslim countries and other world nations to revise their ties with the United States and sever all their relations with Israel in response to their hostile policies against Palestine. ... More


Seuxis Paucias Hernandez, better known by his alias Jesus Santrich, was arrested by Colombian authorities on DEA orders in April.  Photo: EFE

Bogota, May 19 (RHC)-- The Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP), the organism in charge of judging the crimes committed during the Colombian armed conflict... More


 At least 10 people have been reported dead in a shooting at a Texas high school.  Photo: AP

Houston, May 19 (RHC)-- In the U.S. state of Texas, a 17-year-old student dressed in a trench coat and armed with a shotgun and pistol opened fire at his high school outside Houston on Friday, killing nine students and a teacher, before surrendering to officers, authorities said. ... More


 Colombian army executed civilians, claiming they were rebels.  Photo: Reuters

Bogota, May 19 (RHC)-- In Colombia, a new study accuses the Colombian military of executing up to 10,000 civilians and then claiming they were rebels between 2002 and 2010. ... More


Two little girls hold bottled water and biscuits they received from villagers of Pythio after crossing the Evros River with the family from Syria. The river is

Brussels, May 19 (RHC)-- European Union migration officials have warned that Greece is receiving more and more refugees from Turkey this year... More


Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro talks with U.S. actor Danny Glover.  Photo: PSUV Archive

Caracas, May 18 (RHC)-- U.S. actor Danny Glover has called for the international community to respect Venezuela's elections, scheduled to take place this coming Sunday, May 20th. ... More


 U.S. Senate vote on CIA director.  Photo: C-Span

Washington, May 18 (RHC)-- The U.S. Senate has confirmed Gina Haspel as director of the Central Intelligence Agency.  ... More


Former leader of Libya, Moammar Gaddafi.  Photo: AFP

Washington, May 18 (RHC)-- U.S. President Donald Trump said Thursday that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un could suffer the same fate as Moammar Gaddafi if he refuses to give up his nuclear weapons.  ... More


This file photo taken on March 10, 2015 shows a woman getting vaccinated at a health center in Conakry during the first clinical trials of the VSV-EBOV vaccine

Geneva, May 18 (RHC)-- The World Health Organization has sent the first 4,000 doses of an Ebola vaccine to Congo, the first time the experimental vaccine has been deployed... More


Antonio Saca, who was president from 2004 to 2009, is accused of diverting funds from the treasury to personal bank accounts.  Photo: Reuters

San Salvador, May 18 (RHC)-- A former president of El Salvador will go on trial on charges of embezzlement and money laundering involving more than $300 million, a tribunal in the Central American nation has decided. ... More


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