San Juan, February 2 (RHC-teleSUR) -- Puerto Rico unveiled Monday an offer it made to its creditors to restructure US$49.2 billion of existing debt, slashing debt repayments by almost US$23 billion... More
Moscow, February 2 (RHC-teleSUR) -- Venezuela’s Minister of Petroleum and Mining and President of the state-run PDVSA, Eulogio del Pino, began his trip to OPEC member and non-member countries in order to deliver a plan aimed at stabilizing global oil prices, which have plunged by more than 70 percent over the past 18 months.... More
Bogota, February 2 (RHC-teleSUR) -- Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos will travel to the United States later this week to commemorate the 15th anniversary of the controversial Plan Colombia, and is expected to ask for billions of dollars more to continue the program.... More
Buenos Aires, February 2 (RHC-teleSUR) -- Argentina’s conservative President Mauricio Macri made official Monday huge hikes in wholesale electricity rates, which will leave some facing an increase of 700 percent after the removal of subsidies.... More
Guatemala City, February 2 (RHC)-- In Guatemala, two former military officers are on trial for crimes of sexual and domestic slavery and forced disappearance perpetrated against indigenous Mayan women in 1982 during the U.S.-backed dirty wars. ... More
Kabul, February 2 (RHC)-- In Afghanistan, a Taliban suicide attack near a police complex in Kabul has killed at least 20 police officers and wounded dozens more. It’s the latest in a growing string of Taliban attacks in the capital. ... More
Riyadh, February 2 (RHC)-- A Saudi military spokesman has acknowledged Saudi Arabia bombed a Doctors Without Borders hospital in Yemen in October. ... More
Paris, February 2 (RHC)-- UNICEF is asking for $9 million for its programs in the Americas to curb the spread of Zika virus and lessen its impact on babies and their families across the region. ... More
Madrid, February 2 (RHC)-- Officials say laboratory tests have confirmed a fourth case Zika virus in Spain. The southeastern regional government of Murcia said Tuesday that tests carried out by the National Microbiology Center confirmed the case of a man treated two weeks ago at a regional hospital after visiting an unspecified country affected by the virus. ... More
New York, February 2 (RHC)-- Human Rights Watch has published a scathing report criticizing the United States for violating human rights in a variety of areas. According to the report, U.S. laws and practices violate internationally recognized human rights in incarceration, racial disparities, criminal justice, police killing of African-Americans and foreign policy -- to name a few. ... More
Addis Ababa, February 2 (RHC)-- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has welcomed France’s ultimatum to Tel Aviv that Paris will recognize Palestine as an independent state should a new push to revive Israel-Palestinian talks fail. ... More
Oslo, February 2 (RHC)-- U.S. whistle-blower and former spy agency contractor Edward Snowden is among the top candidates for the 2016 Nobel Peace Prize which is awarded in Oslo, Norway. ... More
Addis Ababa, February 2 (RHC)-- The Organization of African First Ladies against HIV/AIDS (OAFLA) has called for more global effort in the fight against the epidemic. ... More
Des Moines, February 2 (RHC)-- In the U.S. presidential race, the Iowa caucuses saw an upset victory for Republican Senator Ted Cruz over front-runner Donald Trump and a virtual tie between Hillary Clinton and rival Bernie Sanders. ... More
Paris, February 1 (RHC)-- Cuban President Raul Castro and his French counterpart, Francois Hollande, attended the signing Monday of several bilateral cooperation accords in Paris on the first day of the Cuban leader's official visit to France. ... More
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