Mexico City, April 09 (teleSUR-RHC) Just two years has past and Enrique Pena Nieto has spent more on presidential expenses than any other president since at least 1990, according to a report from La Reforma Wednesday.... More


Buenos Aires, April 09 (teleSUR-RHC) A commission of the Argentine parliament investigating systematic tax evasion released on Tuesday a list of 61 companies owning secret HSBC accounts in Switzerland.... More


Washington, April 09 (teleSUR-RHC) The U.S. government asked a North Carolina court on Wednesday to approve the extradition of a Salvadoran former colonel and minister to Spain, for the murders of six Jesuit priests, including five Spaniards, in 1989.... More


Quito, April 09 (teleSUR-RHC) Working to make owning a home accessible for all citizens and to stimulate the construction sector, the government of Ecuador invested $1.1 billion to develop new lines of credit and promote access to housing.... More


Lima, April 09 (teleSUR-RHC) Thousands of labor union members joined two marches in Lima on Wednesday to protest measures that benefit private entities instead of workers.... More


Caracas, April 09 (teleSUR-RHC) Venezuelan Foreign Minister Delcy Rodriguez met on Wednesday in Caracas with U.S. State Department counselor Thomas Shannon.... More


United Nations, April 8 (RHC)-- The United Nations has demanded access to a Palestinian refugee camp in Syria invaded by the self-proclaimed Islamic State, warning of a humanitarian catastrophe. About 18,000 people have been trapped in Yarmouk, just a few miles outside the capital Damascus.... More


Caracas, April 8 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro announced on Tuesday that the campaign calling for U.S. President Barack Obama to repeal his executive order that arbitrarily declares Venezuela an extraordinary threat to its national security had reached over 9 million signatures. ... More


Sanaa, April 8 (RHC)-- fierce fighting between Houthi rebels and forces loyal to ousted President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi have continued to rage in southern Yemen, including in Hadi’s former stronghold of Aden.... More


Nairobi, April 8 (RHC)-- Kenya has launched another round of airstrikes in Somalia targeting the militant group Al-Shabab after it claimed responsibility for the massacre of 148 people, mainly Christian students, at Kenya’s Garissa University College.... More


Bogota, April 08 (teleSUR-RHC) The U.S. prosecutor in the case against former Colombian paramilitary Salvatore Mancuso is seeking a 22-year sentence for the former AUC leader, Colombian media reported on Monday. ... More


Seattle, April 8 (RHC)-- Six environmentalists with the group Greenpeace have boarded a Shell oil rig in the middle of the Pacific Ocean to protest Shell’s plans to drill in the Arctic.... More


Mexico City, April 08 (teleSUR-RHC) A criminal attack against federal police forces left 15 officers dead and five wounded, confirmed local authorities from the western state of Jalisco on Tuesday. The police unit was ambushed late Monday on the road linking Guadalajara with the tourist resort of Puerto Vallarta, reported the local attorney general on social media. ... More


Ottawa, April 8 (RHC)-- CIA whistleblower John Kiriakou has revealed new details about the CIA’s internal debate over the arrest, rendition and torture of Canadian citizen Maher Arar.... More


United Nations, April 8 (RHC)-- Civilians in Yemen are increasingly suffering from the ongoing violence in their country as Saudi Arabia’s aggression against the Arab nation continues unabated, the United Nations says.... More


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