Mexico City, May 5 (teleSUR-RHC)-- A top Mexican official has admitted in an interview published on Monday that the case of the 43 disappeared students in Ayotzinapa shows the latent problem of “historical inequality” in the country.... More
Mexico City, May 5 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Mexico will host the 10th Davos Forum on Latin America, an event expected to draw five heads of state or government, 20 Cabinet ministers from 11 countries and more than 500 business leaders. The gathering, scheduled for May 6th through the 8th on the Riviera Maya, brings together corporate and government leaders to promote free market policies and corporate trade agreements. ... More
Quito, May 5 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Speaking on his weekly television program, Ecuador’s President Rafael Correa invited U.S. actor Brad Pitt to visit the country to personally witness the legacy of contamination and destruction left by the oil giant in the Ecuadorean rainforest.... More
Quito, May 5 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Foreign ministers from the ALBA bloc member countries are meeting in Quito to define a common position on the 2020 development agenda for the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC). ... More
Rome, May 4 (RHC)-- Italy says thousands of migrants have been rescued over the weekend in the Mediterranean off the coast of Libya amid a surge in the number of people crossing the sea. ... More
The Hague, May 4 (teleSUR-RHC)--The International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the Hague is formally hearing arguments regarding the maritime border dispute brought forward by Bolivia against Chile.... More
Tel Aviv, May 4 (RHC)-- Protests over police violence have erupted in Tel Aviv, Israel, where Ethiopian Jews are protesting racial profiling and police harassment. Protests erupted after security camera footage showed a police officer beating a uniformed Ethiopian-Israeli soldier. ... More
New York, May 4 (RHC)-- Human Rights Watch has accused the Saudi-led coalition of dropping banned cluster bombs manufactured and supplied by the United States near rebel-held villages in Yemen. ... More
San Juan, May 4 (teleSUR-RHC) --Puerto Ricans will now be able to legally use medicinal marijuana after Puerto Rico's governor signed an executive order on Sunday authorizing the drug use for medicinal purposes. ... More
Jerusalem, May 4 (RHC)-- Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter says the situation in the Gaza Strip remains intolerable eight months after Israel's war on the besieged territory. Carter is on a three-day visit to Jerusalem and other occupied Palestinian territories. ... More
Abuja, May 4 (RHC)-- In Nigeria, community leaders in the central state of Plateau have accused government troops of killing dozens of civilians in order to avenge the deaths of six soldiers. The army has denied the reports, saying it is battling with a tribal militia apparently responsible for the soldiers’ deaths. ... More
United Nations, May 4 (RHC)-- French soldiers in the Central African Republic have been accused of sexually abusing refugee children and feeding them only in exchange for sex. ... More
Dallas, May 4 (RHC)-- In the U.S. state of Texas, police have shot and killed two men they say opened fire outside an anti-Islam event in the city of Garland, wounding a security officer. ... More
Baltimore, May 4 (RHC)-- In the U.S. city of Baltimore, officials have lifted a 10 p.m. curfew and National Guard troops have begun to withdraw as peaceful protests continue over the death of Freddie Gray. ... More
Berlin, May 4 (RHC)-- The union representing German train drivers has called for a nearly week-long strike in a long-running dispute over low wages, unsatisfactory working conditions, and a stronger union representation. ... More
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