Quito, September 17 (RHC)-- Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa said Tuesday that destabilization processes “similar to those in Venezuela” are taking place in his country, referring to an opposition protest to be be held Wednesday in Quito.... More


Caracas, September 17 (RHC)-- The Venezuelan Congress condemned Tuesday plans by two violent opposition activists to carry out terrorist attacks across the country. A video, revealed on Monday, showed they wanted to target bridges, shops and discos.... More


Buenos Aires, September 17 (Xinhua-RHC) -- Argentinian Foreign Minister Hector Timerman on Tuesday summoned the top U.S. diplomat in the South American nation to rebuke him for using the word "default" to describe Argentina's failure to pay off its foreign debt.... More


Rio de Janeiro, September 17 (Xinhua-RHC) -- Poll results released late Tuesday showed that Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff technically will tie with rival Marina Silva in an eventual runoff in the presidential elections.... More


Washington, September 17 (RHC)-- Anti-war protesters in the U.S. interrupted a Senate hearing on several occasions on Tuesday as the top military commanders were outlining military plans in Syria. ... More


United Nations, September 17 (RHC)-- Latin American nations will present a common agenda at the UN Climate Summit to be held on September 23rd in New York.... More


Washington, September 17 (RHC)-- The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank have warned that a lack of adequate funding for the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip could lead to more violence between the Palestinians and the Israeli regime. ... More


Bogota, September 17 (NNN-RHC) --- Colombia's police chief says leftist rebels have killed seven police officers and injured five in an ambush in the country's northwest.... More


Ottawa, September 17 (RHC)-- Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper says his country has deployed 69 soldiers to Iraq to advise security forces fighting the ISIL Takfiri militants in the northern part of the violence-hit country. ... More


Caracas, September 17 (teleSUR-RHC) -- Venezuela and Iran launched their eighth Joint Commission on Tuesday, aimed at deepening cooperation between the two countries.... More


Gaza City, September 17 (RHC)-- Palestinian lawyers have confirmed torture evidence after visiting prisoners detained during the Israeli assault on the besieged Gaza Strip. Lawyers from the Gaza-based Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) who gained access to four prisoners held at the Ashkelon prison, confirmed in a report on its website that the prisoners were beaten and shackled between two chairs for hours. ... More


La Paz, September 17 (Xinhua-RHC) -- Bolivia rejected Tuesday U.S. allegations of its failure in combating drug trafficking and production, describing the report which accused Bolivia of non-fulfillment of anti-drug agreements as "unilateral" and biased.... More


Berlin, September 17 (RHC)-- Plans to rebuild a church with ties to Hitler and the Nazi party's origins in Germany have sparked a national row. The state-run BBC reports that the announcement to fully reconstruct the Garrison Church, or Garnisonkirche in Potsdam, which is one of the most significant churches of the German history, has created a country-wide debate. ... More


Montevideo, September 17 (PL-RHC) -- President José Mujica has enacted a law that facilitates obtaining Uruguayan residency for those born in member-states of the Southern Common Market (MERCOSUR) and for Uruguayan relatives born abroad.... More


Washington, September 16 (RHC)-- The Barack Obama administration has launched what it calls the first strikes of its expanded military campaign against the Islamic State. The Pentagon says U.S. warplanes bombed Islamic State positions south of Baghdad in support of Iraqi forces under fire. ... More


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