Santiago de Chile, September 3 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Following a meeting with various ministries, including Health and Justice, the government asked the legislative Health Commission on Tuesday to postpone Wednesday’s vote on the bill decriminalizing abortion in three circumstances planned.... More
Tegucigalpa, September 3 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Honduran National Police and army agents assaulted five journalists during anti-corruption protests in the Yoro and Colon departments in the northeast of the troubled country. ... More
Caracas, September 3 (PL-RHC)-- The Presidents of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro, and Russia, Vladimir Putin, ratified the will of their governments to strengthen ties and advance in joint projects.... More
Beijing, September 3 (PL-RHC)-- China and Venezuela strengthen their ties with the signing in Beijing of 14 strategic agreements in various fields on Thursday.... More
La Paz, September 2 (RHC)-- The Confederation of Miners in the Bolivian department of Chuquisaca has joined the campaign for the re-election of President Evo Morales beyond the year 2020.... More
Brasilia, September 2 (RHC)-- Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva announced that he will be a candidate in the country's 2018 presidential election.... More
Tegucigalpa, September 2 (RHC)-- In Honduras, police agents brutally repressed an anti-corruption demonstration. According to news reports, police used tear gas to disperse the crowd. Several journalists and cameramen, who were reporting on the spot, were injured. ... More
Quito, September 2 (RHC)-- The Second Vice President of the National Assembly of Ecuador Marcela Aguiñaga highlighted the positive response of the people to the current national dialogue launched by the government of President Rafael Correa to publicly debate the newly proposed inheritance and capital gains taxes. ... More
Beijing, September 2 (RHC)-- China has established a $10 billion fund to set up the Sino-Latin American Production Capacity Cooperation Investment Fund Co. Ltd, aimed at supporting China's industrial cooperation with Latin America, the central bank announced on Tuesday.... More
Sanaa, September 2 (RHC)-- Saudi Arabia's fresh airstrikes have claimed the lives of at least 30 people in Yemen amid the silence of the international community. According to reports on Tuesday, Saudi fighter jets pounded an area between the Yemeni provinces of Shabwa and Ma'rib, leaving 17 people dead. ... More
Quito, September 2 (teleSUR-RHC)-- The Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) Secretary-General Ernesto Samper announced Tuesday that during the next ministerial meeting of the bloc he would propose forming a commission to verify and guarantee human rights at the border between Colombia and Venezuela.... More
Islamabad, September 2 (RHC)-- Aanother U.S. assassination drone strike in Pakistan's tribal region has claimed the lives of at least five people, Pakistani security officials say. "A militant compound was targeted by firing two missiles killing five militants," an unidentified senior Pakistani security official told AFP on Tuesday, adding that the identities of the victims could not be ascertained immediately. ... More
Istanbul, September 2 (RHC)-- Police in Turkey have used water cannons, rubber bullets and tear gas to break up an anti-government demonstration held in the northwestern city of Istanbul. Some 500 people gathered in the city's Istiklal Street on Tuesday, while shouting slogans against the government of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and its offensive against the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). ... More
Hanoi, September 2 (RHC) –- Tens of thousands of spectators from around the globe packed major downtown streets of the Vietnamese capital, Hanoi, on September 2nd to catch a glimpse of the massive parade marking National Day. ... More
United Nations, September 2 (RHC)-- A small strip of land next to the Mediterranean Sea, which has been ravaged by war and years of a crippling economic blockade may become uninhabitable by the next five years. The United Nations says there is no way to "reverse the ongoing de-development and impoverishment," unless Israel's grueling blockade on the Gaza Strip is lifted. ... More
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