Evo Morales speaks during a news conference in Buenos Aires, Argentina.  (Photo: Reuters)

Buenos Aires, December 18 (RHC)-- During a press conference in Buenos Aires, Bolivia's deposed president Evo Morales Tuesday analyzed the circumstances surrounding the coup d'etat against him and recalled some achievements of his presidency, which took place from January 22, 2006 until November 10, 2019.... More


Geneva, December 18 (RHC)-- The United Nations in Geneva has accused the government of far-right President Jair Bolsonaro for failing to comply with the international pact against torture.... More


Geneva, December 18 (RHC)-- UN General Secretary Antonio Guterres has called on the international community to carry out new strategies in order to improve the situations for refugees worldwide. "This is a moment for ambition," Guterres said at the Global Refugee Forum in Geneva, Switzerland.... More


Morgue at Dhaka Medical College Hospital after a deadly fire in Bangladesh last week.   (Photo: Reuters)

Dhaka, December 18 (RHC)-- At least 10 people were killed when a fire swept through a fan factory near Bangladesh's capital, police said, the second such accident in less than a week.... More


Argentina's President Alberto Fernandez at the University of Buenos Aires Law School.  (Photo: Reuters)

Buenos Aires, December 18 (RHC)-- The Government of Alberto Fernández sent the draft law on Social Solidarity and Productive Reactivation to Congress on Tuesday morning, which, among other matters, plans to freeze gas and electricity rates for six months.... More


A woman is detained by military police members in Valparaiso, Chile.  (Photo: Reuters)

Santiago de Chile, December 18 (RHC)-- The 7th Court of Guarantees of Santiago de Chile has admitted a complaint about crimes against humanity presented by the Upper House's Human Rights Commission president Alejandro Navarro against Chile's President Sebastian Piñera.... More


Trump walks with Morales after the Guatemalan president's arrival at the White House.  (Photo: Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)

Washington, December 18 (RHC)-- As President Donald Trump welcomed his Guatemalan counterpart to the White House on Tuesday and praised the two countries' cooperation to get "rid of the most dangerous people", five Honduran and Salvadoran families were sent from the US to Guatemala under a new controversial asylum agreement.... More


Education Minister Ena Elsa Velázquez

Havana, December 18 (RHC)-- More than 12,000 teachers have returned to the classrooms following last July´s salary increase, reported Education Minister Ena Elsa Velázquez Cobiella on Tuesday.... More


Havana, December 18 (RHC)-- The Cuban Telecommunications Company (Etecsa) announced that the country had reached six million mobile users as part of the process of computerization of society. ... More


Havana, December 18 (RHC)--The National Hotel of Cuba is nominated for the World Travel Awards 2020, considered the Oscars of the hotel industry, the institution announced in a statement. ... More


The investigation took place after a group of brigadistas handed over a sample of the water used to repel protests in Chile.  (Photo: Agencia UNO)

Santiago de Chile, December 18 (RHC)-- Chile's Association of Doctors, Pharmaceutical Chemists, and the 'Health Resistance Movement' (Movimiento Salud en Resistencia) reported Monday that traces of caustic soda and pepper spray compounds has been found in a sample of water launched by riot police against demonstrators.... More


Colombian Ambassador to the United States, Francisco Santos.

Washington, December 18 (RHC)-- The Colombian Ambassador to the United States, Francisco Santos, said on Monday that he 'underestimated' the Venezuelan President, Nicolas Maduro, and his ability to stay in power, and acknowledged that they miscalculated his departure from the government.... More


 Anti-Trump protesters rally in New York City to call for his impeachment. (Photo: Bebeto Matthews/AP)

New York, December 17 (RHC)-- Tens of thousands rallied across the United States on the eve the House of Representatives historic vote on whether to impeach President Donald Trump for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. ... More


Havana December 17 (RHC)-- Almost 4.5 million tourists will visit Cuba in 2020, about 200,000 more visitors compared to 2019, Economy Minister Alejandro Gil predicted on Tuesday.... More


Delcy Rodríguez explains that the Venezuelan government has taken extraordinary measures to halt inflation.  (Photo: MINCI)

Caracas, December 17 (RHC)-- The Venezuelan government will allocate 75.9 percent of the 2020 budget to social investment, which places the country as a benchmark in the search for protection and the fair distribution of income, Executive Vice President Delcy Rodríguez said on Monday. ... More


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