Tokyo, October 29 (RHC)-- The Japanese government has resumed the controversial expansion of a U.S. base on Okinawa Island in a move that is set to trigger more and more protests by area residents. ... More
Athens, October 29 (RHC)-- At least 10 refugees, including seven children, have drowned in an incident during which their boats overturned in waters near Greece, amid the ongoing influx of refugees to Europe. ... More
Ramallah, October 29 (RHC)-- Thousands of Palestinians have rallied in the occupied West Bank calling for Israel to release the bodies of Palestinians killed by security forces for allegedly attacking Israelis. ... More
Washington, October 29 (RHC)-- The U.S. Senate has passed a bill critics say will expand mass surveillance by allowing corporations to share sensitive user data with the government under the guise of cyber-security. ... More
New York, October 29 (RHC)-- A key witness in Chevron’s effort to avoid paying for environmental contamination in the Ecuadorean Amazon has admitted he lied. ... More
Denver, October 29 (RHC)-- U.S. Republican presidential candidates faced off at their third debate Wednesday night in Boulder, Colorado. This was the first debate since retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson pulled ahead of business mogul Donald Trump in the polls. ... More
Havana, October 29 (RHC)-- The Deputy Secretary of the United States Department of Homeland Security, Alejandro Mayorkas, is paying a visit to Cuba. On Wednesday, the U.S. official held talks with Cuban Interior Minister Division General Carlos Fernandez Gondin. ... More
Tegucigalpa, October 29 (teleSUR-RHC)-- The human rights violations carried out following the 2009 coup d'état in Honduras do not constitute crimes against humanity and therefore cannot be fully investigated by the International Criminal Court, the ICC prosecutor said on Wednesday.... More
Panama City, October 29 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Eleven groups in the teachers' union confederation (UNEP) reiterated on Wednesday they will maintain the strike they started on Monday. The teachers are demanding “decent schools,” meaning better infrastructure and equipment.... More
Bogota, October 29 (PL-RHC)-- President Juan Manuel Santos urged on Wednesday insurgents of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia-People's Army (FARC-EP) to speed up talks in Cuba leading to decree an internationally verifiable bilateral truce as of January 1st, 2016.... More
Santiago de Chile, October 29 (PL-RHC)-- About 3,000 people marched on Wednesday in numerous cities in Chile with the slogan "We Are All Civil Registry" in support of the strike carried out in this area for 30 days.... More
Quito, October 29 (PL-RHC)-- Illicit crops and drug laboratories ceased to exist in Ecuador, confirmed the Executive Secretary of the National Council for the Control of Narcotic and Psychotropic Substances (CONSEP), Rodrigo Velez on Wednesday.... More
Brasilia, October 29 (PL-RHC)-- José Carlos Araújo, Leader of the Ethics Commission of the House of Representatives, announced on Thursday the process against the Commission's President Eduardo Cunha for lack of decorum will begin next Tuesday.... More
Castries, October 29 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Known as Creole Heritage Month, the four-week celebration in Saint Lucia during the month of October is a true cultural extravaganza.... More
United Nations, October 28 (RHC)-- Venezuela, Ecuador and Panama were elected Wednesday as members of the UN Council on Human Rights, representing Latin American and Caribbean countries.... More
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