Washington, September 29 (RHC)-- U.S. Vice President Joe Biden has not yet announced a bid to enter the 2016 presidential race but he will make the most popular presidential candidate if he does, a new poll shows. ... More
Taipei, September 29 (RHC)-- A strong typhoon, called Dujuan, has killed at least two people and injured more than 300 in Taiwan, authorities say. Those injured were hit by flying debris or were involved in traffic accidents across the island, officials with Taiwan’s Emergency Operation Center told AFP on Tuesday. ... More
New York, September 29 (teleSUR-RHC)-- The global environmental crisis is not just a technical problem but also a political one, Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa said on Monday at the United Nations General Assembly. President Correa went on to add the issue of climate change must be solved through environmental justice.... More
New York, September 29 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Argentinean President Cristina Fernández raised a series of issues confronting the world and what the international community must do to resolve them at the United Nations General Assembly on Monday. “Debts should be honored, but not if it is at the cost of starving the people,” Fernandez stated, referring to debt crises in many developing countries. ... More
Quito, September 29 (teleSUR-RHC)-- The National Police Hospital in Quito was the site of a police rebellion nearly five years ago. President Rafael Correa was held inside the building, and the Attorney General Office of Ecuador has classified the events of Sept. 30, 2010 to be a failed coup attempt. Mateo Bolaños's brother, Juan Pablo Bolaños, was a student caught in the crossfire and killed by a police officer.... More
Mexico City, September 29 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto has “strongly” called attention in Mexico after announcing at the U.N.'s 70th General Assembly that Mexico would train military troops to participate in United Nations peacekeeping missions around the globe because it goes against the country's age-old policy of no intervention and responds to United States’ meddling in other countries’ internal affairs.... More
Lima, September 29 (teleSUR-RHC)-- At least three people were shot and killed by police and 17 are seriously injured in the Peruvian province of Cotabambas after being shot at and teargassed in a protest against mining the $7.4-billion Chinese project Las Bamba, as the government calls on demonstrators to dialogue while deploying a massive security force.... More
Kingston, September 29 (teleSUR-RHC)-- A prominent Jamaican academic called on the United Kingdom to pay slavery reparations Monday, ahead of Prime Minister David Cameron's visit to the island nation.... More
Buenos Aires, September 29 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Argentina's presidential candidate Daniel Scioli, from the governing Front for Victory (FPV) will continue the human rights policy developed by presidents Nestor Kirchner and Cristina Fernandez. ... More
Washington, September 29 (RHC)-- U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker will visit Cuba next week to discuss a series of new rules related to travel and business between the two countries.... More
Havana, September 29 (RHC)-- The governor of the U.S. state of Arkansas, Republican Asa Hutchinson, emphasized that the U.S. Congress should lift the over-fifty-year economic, commercial and financial blockade of Cuba.... More
Havana, September 29 (RHC)-- Agricultural entrepreneurs from the U.S. State of North Carolina expressed their intentions in Havana to explore opportunities in Cuba for bilateral commercial exchange.... More
Beijing, September 29 (RHC)-- China's YTO machinery-manufacturing corporation sold Cuba 587 mid and high power tractors to contribute to the development of the island agricultural sector.... More
United Nations, September 28 (RHC)-- Cuban President Raúl Castro said that the international community can always count on Cuba to raise its voice against injustice, inequality, underdevelopment, discrimination and manipulation, and for the establishment of a more equitable and fair international order that focuses on the human being, his dignity and wellbeing.... More
Quito, September 28 (RHC)-- The Cuban Five, who suffered unjust imprisonment in U.S. jails, sent greetings to the Cuban people for the 55th anniversary of the Committees for the Defense of the Revolution, the largest mass organization in the country.... More
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