Asunción, July 13 (teleSUR-RHC)-- In the last days of his South American tour, Pope Francis visited Paraguay’s poor and met with various civil society representatives, including a much-anticipated LGBTQI leader, emphasizing his commitment to reaching out to historically marginalized groups. ... More
Mexico City, July 13 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Activists expressed outrage and launched an online campaign after government trucks and construction vehicles entered this weekend protected lands of one of Mexico's indigenous communities in order to build a highly controversial highway. ... More
Bogota, July 13 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Colombian forces will de-escalate their military campaign against FARC rebels, but will not engage in a bilateral ceasefire, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said Sunday night in a televised message to the nation, just hours after the government and rebel group announced they had reached a deal to ease hostilities. ... More
Bridgetown, July 13 (AGENCIES-RHC)-- Young people across the Caribbean were provided with the unique opportunity to state their concerns to the United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon during an interactive youth symposium hosted by The University of the West Indies.... More
Mexico City, July 13 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Mexican drug lord Joaquin Guzman, known as “El Chapo,” escaped from prison through a hole in his cell that led to an elaborate, handmade tunnel, Mexico's National Security spokesman Monte Alejandro Rubio García confirmed on Sunday. ... More
Guatemala City, July 13 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Protesters marched over the weekend to the National Palace in Guatemala City, where they demanded that conservative President Otto Perez Molina resign, while chanting slogans like “They must pay back what they have stolen from us!”... More
Sanaa, July 11, - (RHC), -- A UN-brokered ceasefire in Yemen has only lasted for a few hours, media reports say.... More
Asunción, July 11 (RHC-PL), -- Pope Francis on Saturday began the second day of his visit to Paraguay with a tour of the Acosta Ñu Children's Hospital in San Lorenzo, in Central department, which is at few minutes drive from Asunción.... More
Abuja, July 11 (RHC)-- The Nigeria-based Boko Haram Islamist group has killed eight civilians in Nigeria and has slit the throats of five more in Niger, local sources say.... More
Sanaa, July 11 (RHC)-- A fresh U.S. drone strike has killed at least four suspected al-Qaeda militants in the southern Yemeni city of Mukalla, which was seized by the terrorists in April, Yemeni security sources say.... More
Washington, July 11 (RHC)-- The Barack Obama administration has acknowleged a breach of government computer systems was far worse than they initally disclosed.... More
Quito, July 11 (RHC-Xinhua), -- Ecuador is promoting a social inclusion policy for the country's vulnerable groups, which focuses on rights "that generate opportunities and power capabilities," a social development official said.... More
United Nations, July 11 (RHC)-- The number of Syrian refugees fleeing the turmoil in their home country has topped four million. The United Nations said more than 24,000 people crossed into Turkey from Syria last month alone. Within Syria, an estimated 7.6 million people have been displaced.... More
Caracas, July 11 (RHC-PL), -- The hostility of relations with Guyana due to tensions caused by a historic territorial dispute with that nation marked the situation in Venezuela this week.... More
Havana, July 11 (RHC) -- The historic leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro, met on Thursday with officers and civil workers of the Ministry of the Interior and the Revolutionary Armed Forces (FAR).... More
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