Havana, January 5 (RHC)- Cuba improved its position among the 188 countries that in 2015 submitted human development data to the UN Development Program. ... More
San José, January 5 (RHC)-- The first group of Cuban migrants, made up of 180 people, out of the nearly 8 000 stranded in Costa Rica, will be flown to El Salvador next week, Costa Rica's Foreign Minister Manuel González has announced.... More
Caracas, January 5 (RHC)-- As Venezuela's new, opposition-controlled Parliament was sworn in Tuesday, socialist lawmakers vowed to defend the Venezuelan people's gains over the past 15 years of the Bolivarian Revolution. ... More
Guatemala City, January 5 (RHC)-- Guatemalan workers have filed a lawsuit against the minimum wage regulation the government signed late last week.... More
Caracas, January 5 (RHC)-- Grassroots organizations and social movements in Venezuela have mobilized in the face of threats by right-wing politicians to roll back social programs.... More
Kabul, January 5 (RHC)-- A car bomb attack has hit an area near the airport in the Afghan capital, Kabul, just hours after a bomber detonated his explosives in the city. Afghan police officials said the explosion, which appeared to target a compound for foreign contractors, took place close to the Kabul International Airport on Monday evening. ... More
Berlin, January 5 (RHC)-- Germany's Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel has warned Saudi Arabia that Berlin will review its sales of military equipment to Riyadh following the internationally-condemned mass execution of 47 people by the kingdom. ... More
Washington, January 5 (RHC)-- The U.S. government says it had previously warned Saudi Arabia about damaging consequences that would follow the execution of Shia cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr. ... More
Ramallah, January 5 (RHC)-- Israeli forces have wounded a Palestinian whom they accused of carrying out a stabbing attack in northern Jerusalem. The attacker reportedly tried to stab police officers but failed and then attempted to flee. Police shot him in the legs and arrested him, Israeli police spokeswoman Luba Samri said in a statement on Monday.... More
United Nations, January 5 (RHC)-- The United Nations expert on the human rights situation in the occupied Palestinian territories has resigned, complaining that the Tel Aviv regime continues to deny him access to the areas he is tasked with monitoring. In a Monday statement, the UN said Makarim Wibisono submitted his resignation to President of the Human Rights Council Joachim Rucker earlier in the day.... More
Stockholm, January 5 (RHC)-- Denmark has imposed controls at its border with Germany to limit the flow of refugees entering the country, Danish Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen says. ... More
Washington, January 5 (RHC)-- U.S. authorities have taken 121 people into custody as part of efforts to deport Central American families who had immigrated to the United States illegally. ... More
Caracas, January 5 (RHC)-- The Venezuelan right-wing is hoping to privatize state-run oil and telecommunications companies when it assumes power in the National Assembly, President of Venezuela Nicolas Maduro warned Monday. ... More
Caracas, January 5 (RHC)-- Henry Ramos Allup, a veteran politician from one of the two traditional parties that ruled Venezuela before the Bolivarian Revolution, has been elected president of the new opposition-controlled National Assembly.... More
Buenos Aires, January 5 (RHC)-- Despite mass protests against plans to change Argentina’s media law aimed at discouraging monopolies, President Mauricio Macri on Monday reformed the measure by emergency decree, removing the cap on the number of media outlets one company can control. ... More
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