Kiev, January 28 (RHC)-- The United States has once again threatened to step up sanctions on Russia in an attempt to increase pressure on the Kremlin over the situation in Ukraine. Speaking on a visit to Kiev on Wednesday, U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew said: "We remain prepared to do more (on sanctions) if necessary." ... More
Bogotá, January 28 (RHC-PL) -- The head of the Colombian government's negotiating team, Humberto de la Calle, and High Commissioner for Peace Sergio Jaramillo will talk with Colombian intellectuals about the peace process, starting Friday in Cartagena, media sources have reported.... More
Washington, January 28 (RHC)-- U.S. House Speaker John Boehner has told members of the Republican Party that the body could take legal action against President Barack Obama. Boehner made the remarks over Obama's immigration policies at a closed-door meeting, according to an e-mail by an unnamed participant on Tuesday, the Huffington Post reported. ... More
Santiago de Chile, January 28 (RHC-PL) -- The Chilean Government has welcomed the adoption of the education law that eliminates shared financing, regulates admission and prohibits profits in schools with state funds.... More
Athens, January 28 (RHC)-- The top economic spokesman for Greece's victorious Syriza Party says it would be unrealistic to expect the country to repay its massive debt in full. Euclid Tsakalotos told reporters in Athens: "I haven't met an economist in their heart of hearts that will tell you that Greece will pay back all of that debt. It simply can't be done." ... More
Mexico City, January 28 (RHC-PL) -- Thousands of people marched through the streets of the city demanding punishment for those responsible for the death of 43 teaching students four months ago.... More
Athens, January 28 (RHC)-- Greece's new prime minister, Alexis Tsipras, visited a World War II National Resistance Memorial in his first outing as the country's new leader. ... More
San José, January 28 (RHC-teleSUR) -- Latin American presidents are kicking off the two-day Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) summit in Costa Rica Wednesday.... More
Atlanta, January 28 (RHC)-- An African American prisoner has been executed in the United States despite being mentally disabled, according to his lawyers. Warren Lee Hill was put to death by injection of a single drug at a prison in Jackson, Georgia, on Tuesday. ... More
Lima, January 28 (RHC-Andina) -- Peru's President Ollanta Humala participated Tuesday in a ceremony commemorating the first year since the Hague-based International Court of Justice issued the ruling on the maritime dispute between Peruvians and Chileans.... More
Washington, January 28 (RHC)-- More information has to come to light about the small drone that crashed on the grounds of the White House on Monday. ... More
Bogotá, January 28 (RHC-PL) -- The first Colombian scientific program in the Antarctic made progress Tuesday following the placement of 20 oceanographic stations at different depths within the so-called frozen continent.... More
Bismarck, January 28 (RHC)-- In the U.S. state of North Dakota, nearly three million gallons of saltwater created as a byproduct of oil drilling have leaked from a pipeline. ... More
Caracas, January 27 (RHC-teleSUR) -- The Venezuelan government issued a statement Tuesday condemning remarks by former Colombian President Andres Pastrana and support for these remarks by the current Colombian foreign minister, warning it could set back bilateral relations.... More
Madrid, January 27 (RHC)-- A Greek F-16 fighter jet has crashed at a military base in the southeastern Spanish city of Albacete, leaving eleven people dead. The jet crashed into other planes and burst into flames at the Los Llanos airbase while it was taking part in NATO-related maneuvers, said a Spanish defense ministry official on Monday. ... More
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