United Nations, July 14 (RHC)-- For the first time ever, United Nations Member States have agreed an all-encompassing Global Compact to better manage international migration, address its challenges, strengthen migrant rights and contribute to sustainable development.... More


President Miguel Díaz-Canel receives prime minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. Photo: ACN

Havana, July 13 (RHC)-- Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel held official talks Friday in Havana with Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Ralph Gonsalves, who is here on an official.... More


Mapuche people of Neuquen are part of the 60 organizations that oppose the U.S. base.   Photo: @pcayuqueo

Buenos Aires, July 13 (RHC)-- In Argentina, political parties, social organizations, human rights groups, workers’ unions and Mapuches held a caravan to protest the installation of a United States “humanitarian” base in the western city of Neuquen.... More


Demonstrators protest against the visit of U.S. President Donald Trump in central London, UK.   Photo: Reuters

London, July 13 (RHC)-- British citizens are mobilizing against U.S. President Donald Trump, organizing mass protests in at least 25 cities across the United Kingdom. ... More


Trump administration says it will speed family reunifications after missing deadline.  Photo: AFP

Washington, July 13 (RHC)-- The Donald Trump administration says it’s working to speed up the reunification of immigrant families it separated at the U.S.-Mexico border... More


Pakistan's Malala Yousafzai was visiting Rio de Janeiro to kick off the expansion of her education charity into Latin America.  Photo: Reuters

Brasilia, July 13 (RHC)-- Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai described as "cruel" a policy launched by U.S. President Donald Trump to separate children of illegal immigrants from their families, during her first visit to South America to promote girls' education. ... More


Amazon workers and activists protest ahead of the annual Axel Springer award ceremony in Berlin.   Photo: Reuters

Madrid, July 13 (RHC)-- Spanish labor unions have called on around 1,000 Amazon employees to walk out for three days next week, on one of the company's most important days of the year known as Amazon Prime Day, as they mobilize against the company's efforts to reduce workers' rights.... More


Troops patrolling the favelas in Rio de Janeiro.   Photo: Reuters

Rio de Janeiro, July 13 (RHC)-- Some 4,000 troops have been patrolling the Pavao-Pavaozinho, Cantagalo, Babilonia and Chapeu Mangueira favelas in the southern area of Rio de Janeiro.  ... More


White House touts Judge Kavanaugh’s business-friendly rulings.   Photo: White House file

Washington, July 13 (RHC)-- The White House touted federal Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s business-friendly record in a one-page memo handed out to corporate executives after Kavanaugh’s nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court this week. ... More


Papa John’s founder steps down as chairman after using N-word.   Photo: AP

New York, July 13 (RHC)-- Papa John’s founder John Schnatter has stepped down as chairman of the board, after Forbes magazine reported he used a racial slur -- the N-word -- during a conference call in May.  ... More


Havana, July 13 (RHC)-- The 10th Congress of the Union of Cuban Journalists (UPEC) is underway in the Cuban capital. ... More


Dilma, Hoffmann and Lula.

Brasilia, July 13 (RHC)-- The national president of Brazil´s Workers´ Party (PT), Senator Gleisi Hoffmann, will participate, along with former President Dilma Rousseff, at the 24th annual meeting of the São Paulo Forum, scheduled to start in Havana on Sunday.... More


Bolivia President Evo Morales with Paraguayan President-Electt Mario Abdo Benitez in La Paz. Vaaju.com photo

La Paz, July 12 (RHC)—Paraguay´s president-elect, Mario Abdo Benitez, says he will do his best to help Bolivia become a full member of the Mercosur trade bloc.... More


Havana, July 12 (RHC)-- Japan's Peace Boat will arrive in Havana next Tuesday, July 17th -- bringing in 1,200 peace activists and a strong message, advocating a nuclear-free world.... More


Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cuba, Abelardo Moreno Fernández. File photo

Havana, July 12 (RHC)-- Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cuba, Abelardo Moreno Fernández, will lead a delegation to the second ministerial meeting between the European Union and Community of Latin American and Caribbean States, taking place July 16 to 17 in Brussels, Belgium. ... More


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