Ecuador's public transport and interprovincial buses join strike.  (Photo: El Universo)

Quito, October 3 (RHC)-- Public transport drivers have begun an indefinite nationwide strike Thursday to protest the elimination of gasoline subsidies announced by President Lenin Moreno as part of a neoliberal reform package. ... More


12,000 officials dressed in white designated "peace belt" to ensure the safety of protesters. (Photo: Medio Tiempo)

Mexico City, October 3 (RHC)-- Mexicans commemorated the 51st anniversary of the massacre of Tlatelolco with extreme security measures around the capital's historic downtown, as metal fences cordon off people from historical buildings, businesses, and government institutions to avoid "vandalism," according to the government. ... More


Brasilia, October 3 (RHC)-- The Brazilian Senate has approved the long-debated and controversial retirement reform project proposed by the government of President Jair Bolsonaro. After nearly three hours of debate, 56 lawmakers backed the text, while 19 voted against it. The bill requires a constitutional amendment, so 49 ‘yehs’ were necessary. ... More


Tehran, October 3 (RHC)-- Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump failed to deceive him into holding a telephone conversation during his recent visit to New York.... More


Washington, October 3 (RHC)-- The New York Times is reporting that President Donald Trump privately pushed for shooting migrants and for creating a “water-filled trench, stocked with snakes or alligators” along the U.S.-Mexican border.... More


Palestinians demonstrate in support of Samer al-Arbid. (Photo: AFP)

Ramallah, October 3 (RHC)-- Palestinian protesters have marked a ‘Day of Rage’ over the brutal torture of a Palestinian detainee during interrogation by Israel’s domestic spy service Shin Bet, in what Amnesty International has slammed as “a reprehensible crime.”... More


Detroit, October 3 (RHC)-- General Motors has laid off 6,000 workers in Mexico temporarily due to a US labor strike, which has disrupted production at two plants south of the border manufacturing pickup trucks. ... More


Brasilia, October 3 (RHC)-- Brazil's far-right President Jair Bolsonaro is pushing to ressurect a dilapidated highway project that seeks to build a highway through the heart of the South American country's Amazonas region.... More


Paris, October 3 (RHC)-- Discontented police officers in the French capital, Paris, are on a “March of Anger” against poor working conditions and an anti-police sentiment that has been there since the so-called yellow vest protests erupted nearly a year ago.... More


Israeli Likud party supporters wave a Trump 2020 electoral banner.  (Photo: AFP)

Washington, October 3 (RHC)-- U.S. President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign and the Republican National Committee (RNC) have raised $125 million in the third quarter of the year. ... More


Havana, October 3 (RHC)—Russian Prime Minister, Dimitri Medvedev will arrive in Cuba today for a 2-day official visit.... More


Dallas, October 3 (RHC)-- In Dallas, Texas, a white police officer was convicted of murdering her 26-year-old Black neighbor in his own apartment last year. ... More


Jackson, October 3 (RHC)-- A city in Mississippi is claiming that a man who was shot dead inside his own home by a police officer two years ago has no constitutional rights because he was an undocumented immigrant, not a U.S. citizen. ... More


Havana, October 2, (RHC)-- The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the U.S. Treasury Department announced on Tuesday that General Electric (GE) was fined for alleged violations of the U.S. blockade against Cuba.... More


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Caracas, October 2, (RHC)-- Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro today awarded the Francisco de Miranda Order of First Class and the Carabobo and Loyalty´s Victorious Sabre to Cuban Ambassador Rogelio Polanco.... More


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