Brasilia, October 20 (RHC-Prensa Latina)-- Brazilian lower house speaker, Eduardo Cunha, filed a complaint to the Supreme Federal Tribunal (STF), claiming the right to decide impeachment of President Dilma Rousseff.... More


Guatemala City, October 20 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Low tax collection has left more than 53 percent of Guatemalans living in poverty and 17 percent in extreme poverty, Guatemala’s Ministry of Social Development said Monday.... More


Managua, October 20 (PL-RHC)-- Working groups from Brazil and Nicaragua met in Managua on Monday for cooperation projects focused on agriculture, public health, gender equity, water and sanitation.... More


Hobart, October 20 (RHC)-- The Antarctic Ocean Alliance (AOA) called on the 25 member countries on Monday gathering for the annual meeting of the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) meeting from October 19 to the 30th to finally agree on lasting and significant Southern Ocean protection.... More


United Nations, October 19 (RHC)-- “The U.S. blockade against Cuba is a cruel, brutal policy that must come to an end, and undoubtedly the International Community will again support this cause,” said Rafael Ramírez, Venezuelan ambassador to the United Nations. ... More


San Juan, October 19 (RHC)-- The Vice President of Puerto Rico's International Book Fair, Poet Dalia Nieves Albert, denounced that the U.S. blockade against Cuba hinders cultural exchanges between Puerto Rico and Cuba.... More


Santiago de Chile, October 19 (RHC)-- Anti-terrorist and Hero of the Republic of Cuba Fernando González paid homage Sunday to Salvador Allende, to all those killed or forcibly disappeared by the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet and to Chilean internationalists killed in combat. ... More


Geneva, October 19 (RHC)-- In Geneva, Cuba has called for a new and fair world order in the context of today's technology.... More


Sports News Roundup October 19

The penultimate subsets of the 55th Cuban Baseball Series conclude today after a day of only 4 challenges due to rain in several parts of the country. On Monday the official day of the current 39th domestic classic meets the definition of duels started last Friday if weather permits.... More


Beirut, October 19 (RHC)-- An explosion in northeast Lebanon has killed at least eight people in what some reports have described as an army rocket attack on militants positions. Lebanese sources said Monday that 11 people were wounded in the blast on the outskirts of the restive town of Arsal, which is located near the Lebanese-Syrian border. ... More


Caracas, October 19 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Thousands of Venezuelan voters turned out Sunday to participate in the vote simulation summoned by electoral authorities before election day on December 6th.... More


Tel Aviv, October 19 (RHC)-- Israel has rejected a proposal by France to send international observers to monitor the situation near the al-Aqsa Mosque compound in East Jerusalem. ... More


New York, October 19 (RHC)-- Human Rights Watch (HRW) has slammed Israel's "indiscriminate or deliberate" use of fire on observers and Palestinian demonstrators. ... More


United Nations, October 19 (RHC)-- The United Nations refugee agency says more than 10,000 people are stranded in Serbia as countries further west restrict the flow of refugees fleeing violence in their home countries. ... More


Washington, October 19 (RHC)-- Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders have voiced support for President Barack Obama’s plan to keep U.S. troops in Afghanistan through the end of his term in 2017. ... More


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