Quito, April 15 (teleSUR-RHC)-- During a massive event with social movements and indigenous leaders in the town of Cangahua, in the outskirts of Quito, Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa promised he will raise a social security scheme designed for the informal sector workers. ... More
Santiago de Chile, April 15 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Five indigenous Mapuche communities from the Bio-Bio region in Southern Chile are seeking to invalidate an approval granted to the Celulosa Horcones company to expand their factory, saying the community was not properly consulted. ... More
Montevideo, April 15 (teleSUR-RHC)-- In an exclusive interview with teleSUR, Uruguayan Senator and former President Jose Mujica said on Tuesday that the world owes a great debt to the recently departed intellectual and author, Eduardo Galeano. ... More
Mexico City, April 15 (teleSUR-RHC)-- The Mexican southeastern state of Tabasco has implemented an emergency plan to provide potable water to capital Villahermosa, after an oil pipeline tapped by thieves polluted two rivers that supply water to the city of more than 200,000 people. ... More
Quito, April 15 (teleSUR-RHC)-- After a marathon 11 hour session, the National Assembly of Ecuador approved a historic reform of the country's labor laws on Tuesday. ... More
Mexico City, April 15 (teleSUR-RHC)-- A federal judge in Mexico has ordered the media conglomerate MVS to meet with their former employee, renowned journalist Carmen Aristegui, in order to reach an agreement. ... More
United Nations, April 14 (RHC)-- The UN human rights chief has called for an independent investigation into the high level of Yemen civilian casualties amid ongoing Saudi airstrikes against the impoverished Arab country.... More
Santiago de Chile, April 14 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Chilean President Michelle Bachelet has signed into law a bill recognizing same-sex civil marriage. The new law, which also recognizes civil unions between opposite-sex couples, extends important rights to same-sex couples but stops short of extending full marriage rights. “We are saying that this is a concrete step forward in the path to end differences between homosexual and heterosexual couples,” President Bachelet said when signing of the bill into law. The Chilean leader added that she saw this as “a vindication in the struggle for sexual diversity rights.” ... More
Riyadh, April 14 (RHC)-- Saudi Arabia has dismissed Iranian calls for an end to its bombing campaign in Yemen. Last week, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani urged a ceasefire and dialogue among rival Yemeni factions. ... More
Mexico City, April 14 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Mexican activists, including politicians, activists and actors, launched a referendum campaign on Monday with the aim of forcing President Enrique Peña Nieto to step down. ... More
United Nations, April 14 (RHC)-- The United Nations continues to issue warnings over Yarmouk, the Palestinian refugee camp invaded by the self-proclaimed Islamic State in Syria. The head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, Pierre Krähenbühl, said the United Nations is seeking to help civilians who have managed to flee.... More
Miami, April 14 (RHC)-- Republican Senator Marco Rubio has entered the presidential race set to be held in the United States in January 2016. The junior U.S. senator from Florida -- and a defender of right-wing causes in the Cuban-American community of Miami -- announced his bid for the presidency in a conference call on his top donors on Monday.... More
Washington, April 14 (RHC)-- A court in the United States has sentenced 4 former guards with private security firm Blackwater to lengthy prison terms over their roles in the 2007 killing of 17 unarmed Iraqi civilians. ... More
Mogadishu, April 14 (RHC)-- At least 10 people have died in an attack on a government building in the Somali capital of Mogadishu. ... More
Quito, April 14 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Ecuador has lifted 1.3 million people out of poverty in the past eight years, a new survey revealed on Monday. The results of the first “Survey of Living Conditions in Ecuador” showed that poverty has fallen by one third. It also revealed that 900,000 individuals have been lifted out of extreme poverty, whilst the Gini coefficient, which measures wealth gaps, has dropped 4.8 points since 2006. ... More
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