Washington, June 19 (RHC)-- U.S. President Donald Trump was originally slated to speak in Tulsa today on the holiday of Juneteenth. It was June 19, 1865, that enslaved Africans in Texas first learned they were free, two years after Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation. ... More
Tulsa, June 19 (RHC)-- The U.S. state of Oklahoma has reported a record number of new COVID cases on Thursday for the fifth consecutive day. President Trump is traveling to Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Saturday for his first large indoor rally in months. Trump has refused to cancel the event despite warnings from public health officials who fear the rally could turn into a “superspreader event.” ... More
Washington, June 19 (RHC)-- In a massive win for immigrant rights, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled against President Trump’s attempt to end DACA, a program that protects nearly 700,000 immigrants from deportation. ... More
Havana, June 19 (RHC)-- The Director of Bilateral Affairs of the U.S. General Directorate, Yuri Gala López, expressed today to the U.S. Chargé d'Affaires, Mara Tekach, the most energetic rejection of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the letter sent by this diplomat in complicity with common criminal José Daniel Ferrer. ... More
Miami, June 19 (RHC)-- The Jose Marti USA Cultural Association of Miami denounced that three U.S. senators intend to carry out inhumane acts with legislation aimed at sanctioning other countries for hiring Cuban medical missions.... More
Caracas, 19 June (RHC)-- Venezuela welcomed the incorporation of China as an observer member of the Association of Caribbean States (ACS) during the conclusion of the XXV Ordinary Meeting of the Ministerial Council.... More
Havana, June 19 (RHC)-- The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cuba, Bruno Rodríguez, intervened in the XXV Ordinary Meeting of the Ministerial Council of the Association of Caribbean States (ACS), in which issues of regional interest were discussed, such as actions undertaken by the organization in tourism, trade, transport, prevention and mitigation of natural disasters and sustainability of the Caribbean Sea.... More
Geneva, June 19 (RHC)-- A group of 50 human rights experts at the United Nations have condemned Israel’s plan to annex 30% of the occupied West Bank, describing it as a “vision of a 21st-century apartheid.” ... More
Dallas, June 19 (RHC)-- U.S. authorities are now probing the recent hangings of six people of color in four states. Officials have ruled every case to be a suicide, but many fear some of the deaths might be modern-day lynchings. ... More
Brasilia, June 19 (RHC)-- Coronavirus cases continue to surge in Latin America. Brazil has more than 30,000 new cases daily, with the official death toll now at over 46,000 — though researchers say that’s a significant underestimate. ... More
Tulsa, June 19 (RHC)-- In the U.S. state of Oklahoma, Tulsa’s Republican Mayor G.T. Bynum said he will not be attending President Trump’s first campaign rally since the start of the pandemic on Saturday, telling reporters: “I’m not positive that everything is safe.” ... More
Geneva, June 19 (RHC)-- In Geneva, the brother of George Floyd has called on the United Nations Human Rights Council to set up a commission of inquiry into racism and police brutality in the United States.... More
Washington, June 19 (RHC)-- Protests against racism and police brutality continue across the United States — and continue to make political gains. Officials in East Lansing, Michigan; Duluth, Minnesota; Eugene, Oregon; Columbus, Ohio; and elsewhere are moving to ban police officers from schoolhouses.... More
Atlanta, June 19 (RHC)-- New video has emerged of Rayshard Brooks speaking in his own words about his struggles with the criminal justice system. ... More
Havana, June 19 (RHC)-- The president of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel, recalled the 67th anniversary of the "legal lynching" of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg -- falsely accused of treason. The president noted on his Twitter account that Ethel and Julius were victims of the fierce McCarthyism hysteria, which never ceased its cruel persecution of socialist ideas inside and outside the United States.... More
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