Washington, February 3 (RHC)-- The latest official figures show the US consumer spending in December hit the lowest level since 2009. Figures released by the Commerce Department consumer spending, which accounts for more than two-thirds of U.S. economic activity, fell 0.3 percent after a 0.5 percent gain in November, Reuters reported. ... More
Buenos Aires, February 3 (RHC-PL) -- The Argentinean opposition is showing different approaches to the reform proposed by President Cristina Fernandez to dissolve the country's secret services and create a Federal Intelligence Agency (AFI) in its place.... More
London, February 3 (RHC)-- UK-based oil giant British Petroleum (BP) plans to announce cuts worth billions of dollars in its capital spending schemes following crashing oil prices and a whopping 40-percent drop in its fourth quarter earnings. ... More
Washington, February 3 (RHC)-- Senior U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham says 10,000 American "boots on the ground" are required in Syria to stop the ISIL terrorist group from “launching an attack” on the United States. ... More
Geneva, January 3 (RHC-teleSUR) -- The Mexican government has admitted that the 43 Ayotzinapa students who were kidnapped by police and have been missing since September are victims of forced disappearance.... More
Havana, January 3 (RHC-teleSUR) -- Peace talks between the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and the Colombian government resumed in Havana on Monday, hoping to put an end to more than half a century of violence.... More
Bogotá, February 3 (RHC-PL) -- The Colombian National Liberation Army (ELN) has called for the conclusion of agreements between the military commanders of the guerrilla group and the Colombian armed conflict to reduce and prevent victimization of civilians.... More
Quito, January 3 (RHC-teleSUR) -- At the most recent CELAC summit in Costa Rica, regional leaders committed to eliminating extreme poverty in five years, as Ecuador, the pro tempore president of CELAC, works to provide the necessary leadership to meet this goal.... More
Lima, January 3 (RHC-teleSUR) -- The news of approval of same-sex civil unions in neighboring Chile has inspired Peruvian LGBT rights groups and they have spoken out against the lack of progress to approve a similar law in their country.... More
Caracas, February 2 (RHC-Xinhua) -- Venezuelan head of state Nicolas Maduro has accused U.S. Vice President Joe Biden of heading a "bloody" plan to overthrow his government, which he said was announced to presidents and prime ministers of Caribbean countries.... More
Ramallah, February 2 (RHC)-- Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat says the Palestinian Authority’s decision to become a member in the International Criminal Court is a permanent one and cannot be revoked. "All powers on earth will never bring the clock back," Erekat told Voice of Palestine radio on Sunday. ... More
Mexico City, February 2 (RHC-EFE) -- A group of vigilantes was told by army troops to leave Chilpancingo, the capital of the southern Mexican state of Guerrero, after they arrived in the city to "provide security services" at the request of residents.... More
Washington, February 2 (RHC)-- A new report suggests the Central Intelligence Agency, the CIA, tortured terror suspects on a British territory in the Indian Ocean. The CIA carried out some of its “interrogations” on the atoll of Diego Garcia, a senior Bush administration official has told Vice News. ... More
Morelia, February 2 (RHC-EFE) –- At least five suspected members of the Caballeros Templarios drug cartel were killed in a shootout with police officers in the western Mexican state of Michoacan, state officials said.... More
Paris, February 2 (RHC)-- Greece is “not going to ask for any new loans” amid Athens’ efforts to renegotiate bailout terms with the international creditors, Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis says. Speaking to reporters in Paris on Sunday, Varoufakis announced that the new administration plans to reach a global consensus with international creditors "by the end of May." He also added that in the meantime, the country would not ask for any new loan. ... More
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