For profit detention center in Georgia.  Photo:  AP

Atlanta, April 25 (RHC)-- In the U.S. state of Georgia, immigrants imprisoned at a for-profit detention center have filed a class-action lawsuit, claiming they were forced to work for eight dollars a day -- or less -- in violation of U.S. labor law. ... More


Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel receives WHO and PAHO directors  Photo Estudios Revolucion

Havana, April 24 (RHC)-- Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel has met in Havana with directors from the World Health Organization, the WHO, and the Pan American Health Organization, PAHO. ... More


Havana, April 24 (RHC)-- The coordinator of the National Network of Solidarity with Cuba in the United States, Cheryl Labash, demanded in Havana on Tuesday that the economic circle the U.S. maintains against Cuba be lifted.... More


Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro poses for photos with residents of Bolivar state after speaking to the press at the launch of his electoral campaign.  Photo

Caracas, April 24 (RHC)-- Nicolas Maduro, president of Venezuela and candidate of the Frente Amplio de la Patria, the FAP -- a coalition of Leftist and progressive political parties -- kicked off his presidential campaign on Monday.... More


Smoke billows from the southern Syrian village of Hadar on November 3, 2017, as seen from the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights.  Photo: AFP

Damascus, April 24 (RHC)-- The Israeli military has targeted a Syrian army artillery position in the Golan Heights after claims that a mortar shell exploded close to the occupied territory. ... More


The National Liberation Army's (ELN) negotiation team.  Photo: Twitter @ELN_paz

Santiago de Chile, April 24 (RHC)-- Chile has offered to act as the guarantor of peace negotiations between the Colombian government and guerrilla organization the National Liberation Army (ELN) after Ecuador recently withdrew from the role, the Chilean foreign ministry announced. ... More


 Saudi strike on wedding in Yemen.  Photo: AFP

United Nations, April 24 (RHC)-- United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres has strongly condemned Saudi Arabia's deadly attack on a wedding ceremony in Yemen's Hajjah province. ... More


Former President Rafael Correa during an interview in Havana, Cuba.  Photo: EFE

Havana, April 24 (RHC)-- Former Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa says he is ashamed of the decision made by his successor Lenin Moreno to discontinue Ecuador’s role as a guarantor country of the peace talks... More


NASA head Jim Brindenstine.  Photo: File

Washington, April 24 (RHC)-- In the United States, a climate change denier with no scientific credentials is set to take the helm of NASA, after he was narrowly confirmed by the U.S. Senate in a 50-49 vote. ... More


HSBC pledges to roll back financing of fossil fuel projects.  Photo: AP

New York, April 24 (RHC)-- In a major victory for environmentalists in the U.S., banking giant HSBC has announced that it will no longer finance the development of tar sands oil extraction... More


 Protesters arrested in Georgia anti-Nazi rally.  Photo: AFP

Atlanta, April 24 (RHC)-- In the U.S. state of Georgia, hundreds of militarized police officers patrolled a small rally of neo-Nazis in the Atlanta suburb of Newnan... More


Herman Bell has been in prison for 45 years.  Photo: Democracy Now

New York, April 24 (RHC)-- In New York, former Black Panther Herman Bell is poised to leave prison for the first time in nearly 45 years, after a judge rejected a lawsuit challenging his upcoming release on parole. ... More


Havana, April 23 (RHC)-- The Third International Health Convention -- Cuba-Salud 2018 -- got underway Monday morning at Havana's Convention Center. ... More


Havana, April 23 (RHC)-- Following an invitation from the Cuban Minister of Public Health, Roberto Morales Ojeda, the Secretary of the Cabinet (Minister) for Health, Mrs. Sicily K. Kariuki, is heading the Kenyan delegation... More


The president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, concluded a visit to Cuba

Havana, April 23 (RHC)-- The president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, concluded a visit to Cuba on Sunday in which the deep bonds of friendship, unity and cooperation between the two countries were ratified.... More


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