Emily Thornberry, Labour Party's Shadow Foreign Secretary with Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn.  Photo: Reuters

London, February 7 (RHC)-- Britain's opposition Labour Party's foreign affairs policy chief Emily Thornberry announced that her party is against the move by EU states to recognize Venezuela opposition lawmaker Juan Guaido as the “interim president” of Venezuela saying that diplomacy and dialogue should be the way forward instead of taking sides.... More


  The Red Cross is refusing the Venezuela’s self-declared “interim president”, Juan Guaido’s call for humanitarian aid.   Photo: Reuters

Bogota, February 7 (RHC)-- The Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies will not violate governmental mandates to send humanitarian aid to Venezuela, the international group said in a statement.... More


Solidarity activists in Venezuela support President Nicolas Maduro.  Photo: Google

Caracas, February 6 (RHC)-- Members of the Network of Intellectuals, Artists and Social Movements in Defense of Humanity (REDH), participants in the International Day for Democracy and Peace and in Solidarity with the Bolivarian Revolution held in Caracas,support the constitutional President Nicolás Maduro Moros and the Venezuelan people in the face of the ongoing coup d'état and the threat of a military intervention by the U.S. government.... More


A Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC) convoy prepares to leave Damascus to the besieged areas of Madaya and Zabadani during an operation in coordination with the UN

Damascus, February 6 (RHC)-- The Syrian government has accused U.S. military forces and their allied Kurdish militants from the so-called Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) of blocking deliveries of critical humanitarian supplies to internally displaced people in the country’s embattled eastern province of Dayr al-Zawr. ... More


Former Panamanian president denied bail again.  Photo: Press TV

Panama City, February 6 (RHC)-- Former Panamanian president Ricardo Martinelli was denied bail again after being held for 18 months on charges that he spied on opposition groups and journalists.  Panama's justice department denied the bail request while an investigation of the ex-head of state for espionage continues.... More


British panel says Saudi Arabia responsible for abuse of women activists.  Photo: Google

London, February 6 (RHC)-- A panel including three British members of Parliament has concluded that the “highest levels of Saudi authority” are responsible for the “cruel, inhuman and degrading” treatment of women activists and may be in violation of international law. ... More


 Bolivian Minister of Foreign Affairs Diego Pary says peaceful dialogue is the only way to assist Venezuela.   Photo: EFE

Montevideo, February 6 (RHC)-- Both Bolivia and Mexico will be present at the international conference being held on Thursday in Montevideo, Uruguay.   Members of the European Union and various Latin American representatives will attend the meeting with world leaders in an effort to educate on the state of Venezuela and encourage a peaceful resolution, without international interference.... More


  Aftermath of a settler attack on a Palestinian mosque in the city of Dayr Dibwan, east of Ramallah, occupied West Bank, on February 4, 2019.  Photo: Palestine

Ramallah, February 5 (RHC)-- Several extremist Jewish settlers have desecrated a mosque in the central part of the occupied West Bank, spraying racist slogans and Hebrew graffiti messages on the walls of the mosque.... More


UN Secretary General Antonio Guteres

New York, February 5 (RHC)-- U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has reiterated his stance on the Venezuelan issue and says he hopes no foreign forces will enter the South American nation, stressing that the days of foreign intervention in Latin America are "long ago gone."... More


 People lean against the US-Mexico border fence in Playas de Tijuana, Baja California state, Mexico on February 3, 2019.  Photo: AFP

New York, February 5 (RHC)-- The human rights group Amnesty International says U.S. President Donald Trump’s “remain in Mexico” policy -- aimed at deterring asylum seekers at the U.S.-Mexico border -- is illegal and a human rights violation.... More


 Brazil's Vice President Hamilton Mourao is an admirer of dictatorship era and believes torture is justified.  Photo: Reuters

Brasilia, February 5 (RHC)-- Brazil’s Vice President Hamilton Mourao, in an interview released in Brasilia, spoke about a number of issues including the coup in Venezuela and his admiration for the dictatorship era in Brazil.... More


 Canada's Prime Minister Trudeau.   Photo: Reuters

Ottawa, February 5 (RHC)-- The Canadian government denied media outlets, like teleSUR, whose mission it is to provide news from the Global South, from covering the latest self-styled Lima Group meeting that took place in Ottawa, Canada’s capital. ... More


  Rescue workers search for victims of a collapsed tailings dam owned by Brazilian mining company Vale SA, in Brumadinho, Brazil Feb. 2, 2019.  Photo: Reuters

Brasilia, February 5 (RHC)-- With 121 people confirmed dead and another 226 still missing, according to the latest tally, the Brumadinho dam burst could be Brazil's deadliest mine disaster.  ... More


Venezuela to review ties with EU states over support for coup.  Photo: teleSUR

Caracas, February 5 (RHC)-- The Venezuelan government has lashed out at some member states of the European Union (EU) over their move to recognize opposition leader Juan Guaido as the leader of the Latin American country. ... More


The Venezuelan president denounced the Lima Group’s behavior as “disgusting and laughable” and attacking not only Venezuela, but all the left powers in the regi

Caracas, February 5 (RHC)-- Venezuela will not allow foreign soldiers to invade, President Nicolas Maduro said, calling for dialogue with opposition forces during a televised speech Monday. ... More


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