Opposition candidate Salvador Nasralla

Tegucigalpa, December 6 (RHC)-- The Honduran opposition battling President Juan Orlando Hernandez over a disputed presidential election proposed on Tuesday that a run-off be held if authorities would not recount the entire vote.... More


Israeli flag over Jerusalem (AP Photo)

WASHINGTON (RHC-Agencies) -- President Donald Trump will announce on Wednesday that the United States recognizes Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and will move its embassy there, breaking with longtime U.S. policy and potentially stirring unrest.... More


CARIWA Vice-President Marilyn Rice-Bowen

Bridgetown, December 6 (RHC)-- The Caribbean Women’s Association (CARIWA) is calling on the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to reinstate its Women’s Desk in the wake of International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women.... More


Grandmother and granddaughter at press conference. (Photo Kaloian Santos)

Buenos Aires, December 6 (RHC)-- The Argentine human rights organization, Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo has identified “granddaughter number 126.”... More


Geneva, December 5 (RHC-Minrex)-- The meeting of States Parties to the Convention on Biological Weapons is underway in Geneva, with the participation of Cuba among the 179 member nations.... More


Seoul, December 5 (RHC-Minrex)-- Cuba has reiterated its commitment to the Safeguarding and Protection of Intangible Cultural Heritage, during the general debate of the 12th Session of the Intergovernmental Council of Intangible Heritage, sponsored by UNESCO in Seoul, South Korea.... More


Havana, December 5 (RHC)-- The 21st International Arts and Crafts Fair, FIART 2017, began Tuesday in Havana with the participation of exhibitors from 17 countries. ... More


Pyongyang, December 5 (RHC)-- North Korea has warned that U.S. actions were bringing the Korean Peninsula “to the brink of nuclear war.” ... More


San Juan, December 5 (RHC)-- A new report says poverty levels have spiked in the U.S. colony of Puerto Rico in the wake of the Category 5 storm that battered the island on September 20th. ... More


Salt Lake City, December 5 (RHC)-- U.S. President Donald Trump traveled to Utah Monday, where he announced plans for the largest rollback of federal land protection in U.S. history. ... More


Washington, December 5 (RHC)-- In the U.S., the Republican National Committee has recommitted money and resources to Alabama’s special election on December 12th, after President Donald Trump tweeted his support for Senate candidate Roy Moore. ... More


Husam Zomlot

Washington, December 5 (RHC)-- The Palestine Liberation Organization's top representative in the U.S. says the formal recognition of Jerusalem al-Quds as the Israeli capital will be the "kiss of death" to so-called peace efforts. ... More


Washington, December 5 (RHC)-- The U.S. Supreme Court has allowed the Donald Trump administration to fully enforce a travel ban targeting eight countries, six of them Muslim majority nations with no mention of a "bona fide" exception. ... More


Tegucigalpa, December 5 (RHC-Telesur) Expressing dismay over the ongoing state repression in Honduras under the rightwing president, Juan Orlando Hernandez, JOH, as an election fraud is apparent, the National Police in the Honduran capital of Tegucigalpa has called for a national strike starting Tuesday.... More


Silvio Rodriguez speaks at the opening of photo exhibit. (Photo Twitter account Venezuela´s Mission to UNESCO)

Paris, December 4 (RHC-PL) Cuban singer-songwriter Silvio Rodríguez opened a photo exhibit at UNESCO’s Headquarters in Paris with snap shots of his free concerts in some of Havana´s humblest neighborhoods.... More


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