New York, February 13 (RHC)-- In the U.S., Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg has released his tax plan, under which he would pay nearly $5 billion less under his wealth tax than he would under Senator Bernie Sanders’s proposal. ... More


Washington, February 13 (RHC)-- U.S. Attorney General William Barr is slated to testify before the House Judiciary Committee on March 31st, as calls mount for his resignation after he intervened to lessen the Justice Department’s sentencing recommendation for President Donald Trump’s longtime friend and former campaign adviser Roger Stone... More


Luis Almagro, Hugo De Zela and María Fernanda Espinosa presented their proposals to the OAS ahead of the March 20 elections.  (Photo: Reuters - UN)

Washington, February 13 (RHC)-- Luis Almagro, Hugo De Zela and Maria Fernanda Espinosa have presented their candidacies for Secretary-General of the Organization of American States before the Permanent Council in Washington, ahead of the March 20th elections.... More


Venezuela’s Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza at the International Criminal Court, the Hague, Netherlands, Feb. 13, 2020  (Photo: Twitter/ @Punto_deCorte)

The Hague, February 13 (RHC)-- Venezuela’s Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza arrived in The Hague (Netherlands) on Thursday to file a complaint with the International Criminal Court (ICC) against the United States and its sanctions.... More


Diosdado Cabello, president of the National Constituent Assembly of Venezuela.  (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)

Caracas, February 13 (RHC)-- The president of the National Constituent Assembly of Venezuela (ACN) has announced that Venezuelan authorities arrested a relative of the self-proclaimed 'president' of Venezuela, Juan Guaido, as he carried “explosive substances” on an airplane that returned him to the South American country.... More


Washington, February 13 (RHC)-- Civil rights groups and immigration advocates slammed the Donald Trump administration after it filed a series of lawsuits and issued measures against state and local governments that have enacted "sanctuary" policies.... More


UN report comes in response to 2016 UNHRC resolution calling for 'database for all businesses engaged in Israeli settlements.

United Nations, February 13 (RHC)-- The United Nations human rights office has issued a report on companies with business ties to illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, a long-delayed move that has already drawn the ire of Israel and its main ally, the United States.... More


A woman holds a sign during a rally against guns and white supremacy in Washington, DC (Photo: Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)

New York, February 13 (RHC)-- Incidents of white supremacist propaganda distributed across the nation jumped by more than 120 percent between 2018 and last year, according to the Anti-Defamation League, making 2019 the second straight year that the circulation of propaganda material has more than doubled.... More


Havana, February 13 (RHC)-- The second working visit of the Council of Ministers to the southern province of Cienfuegos began Thursday. President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez heads the delegation.... More


Defending truly cultural, authentic and enriching proposals is one of the main goals of the Music Recordings and Editing Company –EGREM. ... More


General view of Port Stanley, Las Malvinas, in the South Atlantic Ocean.  (Photo: AFP)

Buenos Aires, February 13 (RHC)-- After a period of relative inactivity, Argentina has renewed diplomatic and political efforts to win back the occupied Islas Malvinas (Malvinas Islands) from the UK.  Argentina has targeted an international sporting event and is exerting pressure on the so-called Falkland Islands badminton team to play under the authentic name of Islas Malvinas.... More


Havana, February 13 (RHC)-- Argentine political scientist Atilio Borón and Spanish professor Ignacio Ramonet will deliver lectures this Thursday at the 12th International Congress University 2020 on the role of universities in meeting the challenges of sustainable development.... More


Havana, February 13 (RHC)-- Cuban Minister of Communications, Jorge Luis Perdomo, met Wednesday with Alexey K. Volin, Russian Deputy Minister of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media.... More


Protest against the International Monetary Fund, Buenos Aires.  February 12.  (Photo: EFE)

Buenos Aires, February 14 (RHC)-- Argentina's social movements, political parties and unions have marched to protest against the International Monetary Fund (IMF), which has a delegation in Buenos Aires to review the country's public accounts to renegotiate the external debt with President Alberto Fernandez.... More


The government wants to overthrow education because education overthrows the government. (Photo: Twitter / @averdade_jornal)

Brasilia, February 13 (RHC)-- Brazil’s National Union of Teachers of Higher Education Institutions (Andes-SN) began consultations with their grassroots organizations to call a national strike in rejection of the far-right President Jair Bolsonaro and his attacks on the Brazilian education system.... More


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