Washington, August 21 (RHC)-- Republican U.S. presidential pre-candidate Donald Trump has declined to rule out a third party presidential run, saying he might contest as an independent if denied the GOP nomination.... More


Washington, August 21 (RHC)-- U.S. Republican presidential pre-candidate Marco Rubio says, if elected president, he will cancel the nuclear agreement between Iran and the P5+1 group of countries and re-impose economic sanctions against the Islamic Republic. ... More


Paris, August 21 (RHC)-- France's far-right party National Front (FN) has decided to expel Jean-Marie Le Pen, its founder and honorary president, over his sharp criticisms of his daughter's measures as the current party leader. On Thursday, the FN's executive committee removed the octogenarian politician from his position and annulled his membership in the party. ... More


San Francisco, August 21 (RHC)-- Longtime U.S. civil rights activist Reverend George Houser has died. The white Methodist minister helped found the Congress of Racial Equality, alongside U.S. civil rights icons James Farmer and Bayard Rustin. ... More


Miami, August 21 (RHC) -- Hurricane Danny strengthened a bit and its maximum sustained winds increased to 140 kilometers per hour with higher gusts, according to the Warning No. 12, issued by the National Hurricane Center of the United States.... More


Caracas, August 21 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has called for international assistance to create a humanitarian program to end the mass migration of Colombians fleeing violence at home as tensions between the two neighboring countries escalates.... More


Guatemala City, August 21 (teleSUR-RHC)-- A popular Guatemalan television presenter is gaining ground as independent presidential candidate as he capitalizes on angry voters fed up with a corruption scandal that has rocked the government of President Otto Perez Molina with massive protests demanding his resignation.... More


La Paz, August 21 (teleSUR-RHC)-- While the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime has praised for a long time the steady decrease of coca growing in the Andean country, a report released Monday confirmed this trend was mainly the result of the progressive policies implemented under Evo Morales' presidency. ... More


Quito, August 21 (teleSUR-RHC)-- After a week of demonstrations, where over 116 police officers and members of the armed forces were injured and at least 60 people detained, some Indigenous groups aligned with right-wing movements have vowed to continue their protests and strike against the government of President Rafael Correa. ... More


Tegucigalpa, August 21 (teleSUR-RHC)-- A total of 21 U.S. Democrat lawmakers demanded on Wednesday that Secretary of State John Kerry suspend and re-evaluate the “training and support to the Honduran police and military units ... until human rights abuses are adequately addressed by the Honduran government.”... More


Brasilia, August 21 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Almost one million people from all Brazilian states protested on Thursday the attempts to impeach President Dilma Rousseff.... More


Brasilia, August 21 (teleSUR-RHC)-- The Lula Institute published a statement late Wednesday announcing a lawsuit made by former Brazilian President Lula da Silva against O Globo newspaper for moral damages.... More


Havana, August 20 (RHC)-- Tropical Storm Danny finally intensified Thursday morning into the first hurricane of the 2015 Atlantic hurricane season, well to the east of the Lesser Antilles in the central Atlantic Ocean.... More


Damascus, August 20 (RHC)-- Dozens of people have reportedly been killed in a huge bomb explosion targeting pro-government forces in southwestern Syria. The bomb attack on Wednesday hit a hospital in Harasta, a town located around 10 kilometers from the capital Damascus, killing at least 30 people and injuring dozens of others, Sky News Arabia reported. ... More


Mexico City, August 20 (teleSUR-RHC)-- The Mexican attorney general has been ordered to hand over all information pertaining to the infamous 1968 student massacre in Tlatelolco, Mexico City, as well as the Corpus Christi Massacre of 1971 – information that may implicate former President Luis Echeverria Alvarez in the crimes.... More


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