Ottawa, February 19 (RHC)-- Saudi Arabia is buying 10 billion dollars worth of weapons from a Canadian subsidiary of a U.S. arms maker. General Dynamics has announced that it secured the 14-year contract for its Canadian division to sell Riyadh military vehicles as well as training and support services with a value of 10 billion dollars.... More
Caracas, February 18 (RHC)-- Venezuelans staged a mass mobilization Tuesday for peace and against violence unleashed by right-wing opposition sectors. ... More
La Paz, February 18 (RHC)-- In Bolivia, the Chamber of Deputies began aseries of actions to assist victims of floodings in the Andean nation.... More
Caracas, February 18 (RHC)-- The Venezuelan government has ordered three U.S. diplomats to leave the country within two days. The three, accused of inciting violent protests that left three people dead and dozens injured, have been declared persona non-grata.... More
Buenos Aires, February 18 (RHC)-- Three important multi-national organizations in Latin America and the Caribbean -- UNASUR, CELAC and MERCOSUR -- have rejected the institutional destabilization attempt taking place in Venezuela.... More
La Paz, February 18 (RHC)-- Evo Morales, the President of Bolivia, denounced on teleSUR TV that the United States is financing a coup d'etat against Venezuela in order to destroy the legacy of Hugo Chavez. Morales also stated that Venezuela is not alone and can count on all Latin American and Caribbean countries' solidarity.... More
Santiago de Chile, February 18 (RHC) -- Experts from Chile and Peru on Monday met in Valparaiso, Chile, to make preparations for setting the new maritime border between the two countries, based on the recent verdict of the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the Chilean daily El Mercurio reported.... More
Rio de Janeiro, February 18 (RHC) -- Brazil will become the world's largest soybean producer in 2014, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff announced on Monday.... More
Bridgetown, February 18 (RHC)-- An earthquake of 6.7 magnitude on the Richter scale hit the north region of Barbados this morning, as reported by the U.S. Geological Service.... More
Baghdad, February 18 (RHC)-- Nearly 50 people have been killed in the past 24 hours by a series of car bomb explosions in the Iraqi capital and the southern city of Hillah. Several explosive-laden parked cars detonated across Baghdad on Tuesday, targeting the city's Shia districts.... More
Kabul, February 18 (RHC)-- Afghan President Hamid Karzai has rejected U.S. objections to his government’s latest release of prisoners. A group of 65 inmates were freed from Bagram last week, a prison formerly run by the U.S. occupation. ... More
Washington, February 18 (RHC)-- A new report based on leaks by Edward Snowden reveals the National Security Agency played a role in the monitoring of a U.S. law firm that represented the Indonesian government during trade disputes with the United States. ... More
Islamabad, February 18 (RHC)-- A Pakistani anti-drone activist and journalist who was abducted from his home earlier this month says he was tortured while being kept blindfolded in a basement cell. ... More
Jakarta, February 18 (RHC)-- U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is in Indonesia, where he has sought to downplay the reports of spying on Indonesian officials. In Jakarta, Kerry urged Indonesia to take action against climate change, calling it "perhaps the world’s most fearsome weapon of mass destruction."... More
Washington, February 18 (RHC)-- A new report says the Barack Obama administration is making plans to launch drone strikes from bases in Central Asia in case the United States is forced to withdraw from Afghanistan this year. ... More
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