Brasilia, May 19 (RHC)-- Brazilian President Michel Temer has refused to resign despite being implicated in corruption allegations. In an address to the nation on Thursday afternoon, Temer said: "I will not resign, I repeat, I will not resign." ... More


Stockholm, May 19 (RHC)-- Swedish prosecutors dropped the rape investigation into WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Friday, saying the investigation had not been able to proceed because of legal obstacles. ... More


Chicago, May 19 (RHC)-- Puerto Rican independence hero Oscar López Rivera returned to his second home of Humboldt Park in Chicago on Thursday, a day after he was freed after serving a jail term of more than 36 years. ... More


Athens, May 19 (RHC)-- Protests have continued in the Greek capital of Athens as pensioners demand an end to back-to-back measures by parliament and the government to increase taxes. ... More


San Salvador, May 19 (RHC-teleSUR)-- A judge in El Salvador on Thursday reopened the nearly four-decade-old case of murdered Archbishop Oscar Arnulfo Romero... More


Mexico City, May 19 (RHC)-- Mexican federal and state authorities have detained 60 people after disarming the local community police in Zihuatanejo for infiltration by organized crime. ... More


Bridgetown, May 19 (RHC-Caribbean360)-- The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has served notice that no amount of pressure will lead the regional grouping to turn its back on Venezuela, even as four member states break ranks on the matter.... More


San Juan, May 18 (RHC)-- In his first hours of freedom after 36 years behind bars in U.S. prisons, Puerto Rican independence leader Oscar López Rivera vowed Wednesday to continue to fight for the freedom and independence of Puerto Rico while expressing solidarity with progressive movements across the Americas. ... More


Washington, May 18 (RHC)-- Calls are getting louder for the impeachment of U.S. President Donald Trump who remains overwhelmed by controversies, including an ongoing investigation into his team’s alleged links to the Russian government. ... More


Bridgetown, May 18 (RHC)-- Foreign ministers from the member states of CARICOM, the Caribbean Community, are meeting Thursday in Barbados for a special meeting.... More


Athens, May 18 (RHC)-- Labor unions in Greece have staged a 24-hour strike across the country against new austerity measures demanded by the country’s international creditors, causing major disruptions in travel and public services. ... More


Gaza City, May 18 (RHC-Xinhua)-- Director of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in Near East Operation in Gaza, Bo Schack, has warned of a "serious dramatic deterioration" of the crisis in the blockaded Gaza Strip. ... More


Tokyo, May 18 (RHC)-- In Japan, thousands of people protested against U.S. military bases on the island of Okinawa, as the island marked the 45th anniversary of its reversion to Japanese rule. ... More


Washington, May 18 (RHC)-- In the United States, the Donald Trump administration said it would vastly expand the so-called global gag rule... More


Brasilia, May 18 (RHC)-- Brazil’s top electoral court has announced it will restart the trial on a case that could annul the 2014 presidential election on charges of illegal campaign financing and even oust President Michel Temer... More


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