Bogota, February 14 (RHC)-- The Colombian National Strike Committee (CNP) has convoked new protests for the next couple of months as they didn’t reach an agreement with Ivan Duque’s government.... More


Caracas, February 14 (RHC)-- U.S. sanctions against Venezuela's state-owned airline Conviasa violate international law, according to Jorge Alvarez, president of the Chamber of Venezuelan Air Transport Companies.... More


Havana, February 14 (RHC)-- The Cuban Minister of Science, Technology, and Environment (Citma), Elba Rosa Pérez, said Thursday that the Cuban State's plan for confronting climate change is a reference example for the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda.... More


Havana, February 14 (RHC)--  Russian President Vladimir Putin has accepted the invitation of his Cuban counterpart, Miguel Díaz-Canel, to visit Cuba, Russian Ambassador to Havana Andrei Guskov told Sputnik.... More


Citizens place candles to remember social leaders killed in Colombia, 2020.  (Photo: Twitter/ @PedroBriegerOk)

Bogota, February 13 (RHC)-- In Colombia, the Villa Fatima's Community Action Board prosecutor Luis Alberto Parra and his son Jader Alberto Parra were found dead in the municipality of Puerto Guzman, Putumayo.... More


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


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