Islamabad, August 3 (RHC)-- Flash floods, triggered by monsoon rainfall, have killed more than 100 people across Pakistan over the past weeks. Pakistan's National Disaster Management Authority announced on Sunday that 109 people have died and some 700,000 others have been affected due to heavy flooding. ... More
Sacramento, August 3 (RHC)-- The release of the power plant rules by the U.S. president coincides with a reminder of global warming’s impact in California, where about two dozen wildfires are raging amid a historic drought. Thousands of people have been evacuated, and a firefighter has been killed. ... More
Havana, August 3 (RHC) –- Cuban young people will pay honor to Revolution Commanders Hugo Chavez and Fidel Castro during an historic tour named “From Bolivar to Marti,” August 6th to the 19th in central Cuba.... More
Guantanamo, August 3 (RHC) –- Young Cuban artists taking part at the 39th Festival of the Political Song demanded the return to their country of the territory illegally occupied by the U.S. Naval Base in Guantanamo. ... More
Oakland, August 3 (RHC) – Upon her return to the United States after a recent study trip to Cuba, university student Annabelle Chidiac from Oakland, California said: “I went there to discover and I discovered a lot.” ... More
Havana, August 3 (RHC)-- Young Cubans, combatants and people in general paid tribute to Juan Fajardo Vega, known as “The Last Mambi, on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of his death – on August 2, 1990.... More
Havana, August 3 (RHC)-- The 13th International Congress on Sugar and Its Derivatives will be held in Havana from October 5th to the 9th. Organizers of the event have announced that among the participants will be Guatemalan José Alberto Orive Vélez, the new Executive Director of the International Organization of the sugar industry. ... More
Quito, August 3 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Indigenous Ecuadoreans began their march to the capital on Sunday, rallying hundreds of protesters just one day after the government announced that almost a thousand social organizations in the country have chosen to participate in the government-backed national dialogue, which was established after weeks of sometimes violent protests in June.... More
Mexico City, August 3 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Two of the four women killed last Friday along with photojournalist Ruben Espinosa, in Mexico City, have been identified by the local press as Yesenia Quiroz and Nadia Vera.... More
Guatemala City, August 3 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Hundreds of Guatemalan students gathered outside the country’s Supreme Court (CSJ) building on Saturday demanding an end to government corruption.... More
Caracas, August 3 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Greece signed an important energy agreement with the Venezuelan government on Saturday, which marked the end of the Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras' five-day visit to Caracas.... More
Bogota, August 3 (EFE-RHC)-- Colombia will have 100 percent nationwide Internet coverage this year as part of a government effort to promote social inclusion through technology, according to Information and Communications Technologies Minister David Luna. ... More
Caracas, August 3 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Venezuela secured a $5 billion loan from China as part of the long-standing Joint Chinese-Venezuelan Fund, said Venezuelan Finance Minister Rodolfo Marco on Saturday.... More
Havana, August 1 (RHC)-- Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa said that a national strike, set for August 13th and called for by opposition sectors, lacks legitimacy.... More
Havana, August 1 (RHC)-- Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has formally requested the Vatican's involvement in the Operation Miracle free eye-surgery program, run jointly by Cuba and Venezuela to assist low-income patients.... More
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