La Paz, January 27 (RHC-teleSUR) -- In an exclusive interview with teleSUR Monday, Bolivian President Evo Morales spoke of neoliberalism and imperialism’s long history across the Americas. Morales denounced the ongoing attacks against Venezuela in light of the international forum currently underway in Caracas and organized by teleSUR and the Venezuelan Ombudsman Office addressing human rights abuses that take place under neoliberal regimes.... More
Santiago de Chile, January 27 (RHC-Xinhua) -- A majority of Latin American countries have stopped making headway in poverty reduction, a United Nations agency said Monday. The Santiago de Chile-based Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) presented a study that shows poverty affected 28 percent of Latin Americans last year, meaning "its decline has stalled at around that level since 2012."... More
Bogota, January 27 (RHC-Xinhua) -- Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos has congratulated Paulina Vega for her victory in an annual Miss Universe pageant. "It shows we have very intelligent, very hard-working, but above all, very pretty women," the Caracol news network quoted Santos as saying.... More
Athens, January 26 (RHC)-- Partial results from legislative elections in Greece show the opposition Syriza party has garnered a big victory, with the Greek prime minister conceding defeat to the leader of the anti-austerity party. ... More
Caracas, January 26 (teleSUR-RHC)-- The Venezuelan government has congratulated Alexis Tsipras, the leader of the left-wing Syriza party, who won a massive victory in Greece's parliamentary elections Sunday and has been inaugurated as the country's prime minister.... More
United Nations, January 26 (RHC)-- The United Nations has called on the Israeli regime to immediately stop the destruction of Palestinian houses in the occupied West Bank. “In the past three days, 77 Palestinians, over half of them children, have been made homeless,” James W. Rawley, the United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for the occupied Palestinian territory, said on Friday. ... More
Quito, January 26 (teleSUR-RHC)-- The Ecuadorean National Secretariat for Planning and Development has announced that between 2007 and 2014, over 1.5 million people have been lifted out of poverty in the South American country. These years coincide with the administration of Rafael Correa and the policies of what is known as the Citizen's Revolution, which recently celebrated eight years of government.... More
Damascus, January 26 (RHC)-- Syrian President Bashar al-Assad says the Israeli military is obviously supporting terrorist groups in Syria by conducting airstrikes in the crisis-hit country. "Whenever we make advances in some place, they (the Israelis) attack in order to undermine the army. It’s very clear," Assad said in an interview with American magazine Foreign Affairs which was published on Monday. ... More
San Jose, January 26 (PL-RHC)-- The first working sessions of the Third Summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) have been held here in an atmosphere of consensus, organizers said.... More
Washington, January 26 (RHC)-- The United States is still considering the military option against Russia over Ukraine, according to an analyst in Belgrade, Serbia. ... More
Quito, January 26 (teleSUR-RHC)-- During his weekly television address to the country, President of Ecuador Rafael Correa announced that his government is ready to assume the presidency position over the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) later this month, and that he will push for major proposals which include reduction of poverty in the region.... More
Atlanta, January 26 (RHC)-- Bomb threats have been made against two commercial flights at the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, the world’s busiest. Jets from North American Aerospace Defense Command met the two planes in the air and escorted them “as a precautionary measure” after officials “received word of a possible bomb threat on Twitter” on Saturday, said Preston Schlachter, a military spokesman. ... More
Bogota, January 26 (RHC-Prensa Latina)-- President Juan Manuel Santos' visit to France, aimed at strengthening bilateral relations and designing initiatives for the post-conflict period, is making headlines in Colombia.... More
London, January 26 (RHC)-- A new study reveals that hundreds of British patients died last year over healthcare issues. The study by the College of Emergency Medicine has found that 150 of the patients who died, could not be admitted because of hospital bed shortages. Another 350 died because they were not treated fast enough. ... More
Mexico City, January 26 (EFE-RHC) –- Three Mexican entrepreneurs have invented a liquid laundry detergent that does not require a rinse, is biodegradable and produces 50 percent savings on water, electricity and time when used in a washing machine’s normal cycle.... More
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