Washington, January 9 (RHC)-- On Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says he has enough votes from Senate Republicans to begin President Trump’s impeachment trial without the support of Senate Democrats. ... More


Madrid, January 9 (RHC)-- In Spain, lawmakers are poised to form Spain’s first progressive coalition government since the 1930s, after a narrow Parliament vote. ... More


Elisa Trotta Gamus, "ambassador" for Guaido, with former Argentinean president Mauricio Macri.

Buenos Aires, January 9 (RHC)-- In Argentina, the new government of President Alberto Fernández has withdrawn credentials for the Venezuelan ambassador of U.S.-backed opposition figure Juan Guaidó — reversing the stance of former right-wing President Mauricio Macri. ... More


New Delhi, January 9 (RHC)-- In India, hundreds of thousands of unionized workers and students took to the streets on Wednesday for a strike to demand a rise in the minimum wage and to protest the privatization of natural resources. ... More


Gloria Ocampo, the Secretary of the Estrella Community Action Board, Colombia.  (Photo: Twitter/ @RndpColombia)

Bogota, January 9 (RHC)-- Colombia’s first political assassination of this year occurred in the Putumayo Department when hitmen murdered Gloria Ocampo, the Estrella Community Action Board (JAC) Secretary.  "Two men arrived at Gloria's house and asked about her. She identified herself and they shot her repeatedly," local outlet El Tiempo reported.  ... More


Washington, January 9 (RHC)-- U.S. President Donald Trump has now removed restrictions on foreign aid to Bolivia and considers the Andean country "vital to the interests" of Washington.... More


London, January 9 (RHC)-- British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace has put up a spirited defense of the U.S. decision to assassinate Iranian Quds force General Qassem Soleimani in a terrorist-style drone strike outside Baghdad airport.... More


Havana, January 9 (RHC) Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel has described as “indispensable” the input that workers should provide during the upcoming debates on the island´s economic plan for 2020.... More


Havana, January 9 (RHC)—Pianist Harold Lopez-Nussa will take Cuban jazz from Havana to New York during his first tour in 2020, 'Harold de ida y vuelta,' according to the Ministry of Culture.... More


Havana, January 9 (RHC)--Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel expressed his solidarity with Puerto Rico, hit by several earthquakes, including one of 6.4 magnitude, which caused serious property damage.... More


Mexico City, January 9 (RHC)-- With a greeting from Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel on Twitter to the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) meeting in Mexico City, Cuba called for a hopeful period of unity in diversity.... More


Havana, January 9 (RHC)-- Representatives of the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP) and the Cuban Academy of Sciences (ACC) celebrated on Wednesday the 60th anniversary of the diplomatic relations between the largest island of the Antilles and India.... More


Havana, January 9 (RHC)-- Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez has reiterated Cuba's support for the government of Venezuela headed by Nicolás Maduro.... More


The suspended accounts support or are linked to the government of President Nicolas Maduro.  (Photo: Reuters)

Caracas, January 9 (RHC)-- Twitter accounts linked to Venezuela's Central Bank, the Bolivarian National Armed Forces (FANB), public media, political leaders, and journalists were suspended without explanation earlier this week.... More


Audrey Azoulay, Director-General of UNESCO in Paris.  (Photo: File/Reuters)

Paris, January 9 (RHC)-- UNESCO’s director-general Audrey Azoulay has reminded U.S. President Donald Trump that his country was committed to multiple international conventions, binding Washington to respect cultural heritage in the case of conflict.... More


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