Buenos Aires, December 18 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Thousands protested outside Argentina's Congress on Thursday to demand the new government of President Mauricio Macri back down on proposed reforms that activists say will lead to a concentration of the country's mass media in private hands.... More
Brasilia, December 18 (teleSUR-RHC)-- The justices of the Brazilian Supreme Court voted 6 to 5 to annul the secret ballot procedure used by the embattled head of the Chamber of Deputies, Eduardo Cunha, to elect the special committee that is tasked with determining if impeachment against President Dilma Rousseff should proceed.... More
Caracas, December 18 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Venezuelan workers protested on Thursday against proposed privatization of state assets. Thousands rallied in Caracas, amid growing fears the right-wing political coalition, the Democratic Unity Roundtable (MUD), could push for mass privatizations when it takes control of the National Assembly (AN) next month.... More
Santiago de Chile, December 18 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Chile has created a special State department for human rights, which the government says will ensure its commitment to seek truth and justice for victims of the military dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet.... More
Santiago de Chile, December 18 (teleSUR-RHC) Latin American and Caribbean economies will face a bleak and complex economic situation in 2016 as they take a marked step back this year, the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean said on Thursday. ... More
Washington, December 18 (teleSUR-RHC)-- A new report from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) states that in 2015, exports dropped for the third year in a row, with the decline intensifying and spreading to virtually all nations in the region.... More
Mexico City, December 18 (RHC-PL) -- The former mayor of Cocula, in the Mexican state of Guerrero, Cesar Miguel Penaloza, was arrested for allegedly taking part in organized crime, reported the Office of the General Prosecutor (P... More
Bogotá, December 18 (RHC-euronews) -- The remains of 29 people who disappeared during the half-century conflict in Colombia were handed over to their families on Thursday (December 17), as the peace process gets back on track.... More
Havana, December 18 (RHC)-- Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez issued a statement on Thursday, one year after the historic announcements by Presidents Raul Castro and Barack Obama and the return to Cuba of the remaining three of the Cuban Five. ... More
Havana, December 18 (RHC)-- Delegations from Cuba and the United States wound up a three-day meeting on hydrography and nautical charts in Washington, DC, as part of the process of bilateral rapprochement between the two countries. ... More
Las Tunas and Matanzas completed a slide on Thursday in the first of a three-game sub-series in the second phase of the 55th Cuban Baseball Series. ... More
Havana, December 17 (RHC-PL) -- Cuba and the United States made significant progress during 2015, despite the continuing economic blockade of the island, according to Josefina Vidal, the director of the U.S. Department of the Cuban Foreign Ministry.... More
Havana, December 17 (RHC-PL) -- The President of Cape Verde, Jorge Carlos de Almeida Fonseca, paid tribute to the African hero Amilcar Cabral in the context of his official visit to Cuba.... More
Havana, December 17 (RHC)-- Cuban President Raul Castro met on Wednesday with the visiting President of Cape Verde, Jorge Carlos de Almeida Fonseca. ... More
Washington, December 17 (RHC)-- A dozen U.S. Democratic and Republican legislators announced on Wednesday the setting up of a working group at the House of Representatives to consolidate the rapprochement between Cuba and the United States. ... More
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