Cancun, January 27 (RHC-teleSUR) -- Mexico launched its first national forum on the question of marijuana legalization Tuesday in the Caribbean city of Cancun, the first of five historic debates that could change the future of marijuana prohibition in the country.... More
Panama City, January 27 (RHC-teleSUR) -- Panama has begun to take preliminary steps to support the launch of a truth commission process investigating the 1989 U.S. invasion of Panama.... More
Caracas, January 27 (RHC-teleSUR), -- Victims of Venezuela’s 2014 political violence said the opposition-proposed amnesty guarantees impunity for guilty politicians and ignores those whose lives have been affected by the unrest.... More
Brasilia, January 27 (RHC-teleSUR) -- Workers Party (PT) President Rui Falcao told high-ranking lawmakers that taxes should “spare the middle class and workers and instead fall on the wealthy,” as the PT convened in Brasilia, capital city of Brazil, Tuesday in order to analyze the country’s current political and economic situation.... More
United Nations, January 27 (RHC)-- UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has blasted Israel over plans to construct new illegal settler units in the occupied Palestinian territories, calling for an end to the unlawful activity. ... More
Kabul, January 27 (RHC)-- At least five people were killed when U.S. military forces launched a fresh drone strike in Afghanistan’s eastern province of Nangarhar. ... More
Athens, January 27 (RHC)-- Another five refugees have drowned in waters off Turkey while trying to reach Greece in the latest boat accident involving asylum seekers, reports say. ... More
Washington, January 27 (RHC)-- The chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Joseph Dunford, says he wants to begin taking "decisive military action" against the self-proclaimed Islamic State in Libya. ... More
Copenhagen, January 27 (RHC)-- Denmark’s parliament approved Tuesday a controversial proposal to confiscate refugees’ valuables to help cover their accommodation costs in the country. ... More
Paris, January 27 (RHC)-- In France, Justice Minister Christiane Taubira has resigned in protest over plans to strip people convicted of terrorism of their citizenship. ... More
Amsterdam, January 27 (RHC)-- Austrian Interior Minister Johanna Mikl-Leitner says that Europe’s passport-free travel system in the 26-country Schengen area may soon collapse. Mikl-Leitner made the comment following an eight-hour-long EU interior ministers meeting held in the Dutch capital Amsterdam, The Guardian reported on Tuesday. ... More
Paris, January 27 (RHC)-- In France, air traffic controllers went on a walkout and taxi drivers disrupted traffic by burning tires on Tuesday in protest against labor conditions. The so-called Black Tuesday of strikes saw the two groups joining civil servants, hospital workers and teachers in the protest action. ... More
Quito, January 27 (RHC)-- Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa delivered on Wednesday the opening remarks of the 4th Summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC). He issued a call for hope and unity among regional countries. ... More
Quito, January 26 (RHC)-- Cuban First Vice President Miguel Díaz-Canel, expressed hopes that the 4th Summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), to be held Wednesday in Quito, Ecuador, will contribute to strengthened integration among regional governments and peoples.... More
Havana, January 26 (RHC)-- Cuban President Raul Castro met on Monday with Ernesto Samper, General Secretary of the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) and former President of Colombia. ... More
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