Bogota, October 26 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Polls opened in Colombian local elections on Sunday with nearly 33 million people eligible to vote.... More


Bogotá, October 26 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Hundreds of former Colombian nationals are fighting alongside Saudi Arabian-led forces in Yemen, according to reports Sunday.... More


Bridgetown, October 26 (CARIBBEAN NEWS-RHC)-- The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) has approved a technical assistance grant to Belize to help make the country’s water sector less vulnerable to climate change impacts.... More


Santo Domingo, October 26 (RHC)-- Some 97 people have died so far this year from dengue in the Dominican Republic, Collective Health director Jose Manuel Puello said.... More


Moscow, October 26 (PL-RHC)-- Russia assesses the impact in its economic relations with Latin America of the transpacific trade agreement signed recently between the United States and 11 other nations relations, according to diplomatic sources.... More


Moscow, October 24 (RHC)-- Russian President Vladimir Putin says the United States could be open to joint cooperation on bombing missions in Syria. On Thursday, Putin said any military partnership with the U.S. could hopefully lead to a diplomatic opening for resolving the Syrian conflict. ... More


Washington, October 24 (RHC)-- A high-ranking U.S. military official has insisted the United States does not have combat troops in Iraq, after an American soldier was killed during a purported hostage rescue operation. ... More


Geneva, October 24 (RHC)-- The United Nations has raised alarm over sexual violence and abuse against refugee and migrant women and children as they are desperately pushing their way into Europe. ... More


Berlin, October 24 (RHC)-- U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says he’s cautiously optimistic on defusing the recent spate of violence in Israel and the Occupied Territories. ... More


United Nations, October 24 (RHC)-- At the United Nations, Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson said the current unrest would not be happening if Palestinians had their freedom.... More


Washington, October 24 (RHC)-- WikiLeaks has released the first in a series of e-mails from CIA Director John Brennan’s personal account.... More


Buenos Aires, October 24 (RHC)-- The Argentinian government has denounced that the so-called 'public hearing' organized by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights is a clear political maneuver that interferes with elections tomorrow, Sunday, in Argentina. ... More


Caracas, October 24 (RHC)-- With less than two months away from parliamentary elections in Venezuela, the government of President Nicolás Maduro denounced new destabilization plots by opposition sectors with the complicity of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.... More


Mexico City, October 24 (RHC-dpa)-- Hurricane "Patricia" was downgraded to a tropical storm in the interior of Mexico, which continues to cause rains, after Mexico escaped significant damage on impact. ... More


Caracas, October 24 (RHC)-- Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro took part in the closing of CELAC’s II Ministerial Meeting on Social Development. ... More


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