Buenos Aires, May 13 (EFE-RHC)-- Workers from the banking sector in Argentina initiated a 24 hour national strike on Tuesday to press for a 30 percent salary increase. The national strike comes after bankers have failed to make significant concessions to their workers in ongoing negotiations, unions reported to EFE. ... More
Asuncion, May 13 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Special United States army forces will arrive in Paraguay this month to train local soldiers as part of a bilateral agreement between the two countries, in what some analysts call a step towards U.S. militarization of the region. ... More
Bogota, May 13 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos confirmed on Monday that he had authorized the travel to Cuba of the military heads of the country's largest guerrilla armies, Timochenko of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and Gabino of the National Liberation Army (ELN). ... More
Lima, May 13 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Protests on Tuesday against the Tía María mining project were marked by violent clashes between demonstrators and police, leaving at least 2 more civilians dead. Confrontations began after the start of a 72-hour general strike called by protesters, which also led to the closing of schools and businesses in the area.... More
Santo Domingo, May 13 (teleSUR-RHC)-- The Dominican army opened fire on demonstrators this week, when they were protesting a spate of mysterious fires on the Loma Miranda mountainside that is owned by a local mining company. ... More
Following an intense season at Havana’s emblematic Martí Theater, the Lizt Alfonso Dance Cuba show, ALAS, will be staged at the Milanés Theater in Cuba’s westernmost province of Pinar del Rio in late May... More
The Cuban player Yulieski Gourriel denied today having being disrespected with the contract linking him to the Yokohama Bay Stars DeNA club from the Japanese Professional Baseball League (NPB).... More
Kathmandu, May 12 (RHC)-- Another major earthquake has struck Nepal, killing at least four people, setting off landslides, collapsing damaged buildings and sending panicked residents running into the streets. ... More
Bogota, May 12 (RHC) -- Colombia's smaller insurgency, the National Liberation Army (ELN), has met with members of the main rebel force FARC, in Cuba, with the blessing of President Juan Manuel Santos, who is hoping it will lead to a second peace process, AFP reports.... More
Sanaa, May 12 (RHC)-- In Yemen, Saudi-led airstrikes pounded the capital Sanaa and the southern port of Aden, targeting Shiite Houthi rebels, hours before today’s ceasefire was due to take effect. ... More
Port-au-Prince, May 12 (RHC-AFP) -- French President Francois Hollande landed in Haiti on Tuesday to sign cooperation agreements and support reconstruction efforts that continue since the deadly 2010 earthquake.... More
Brussels, May 12 (RHC)-- Nearly 20 warships representing nine member states of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) have commenced the Baltic Fortress 2015 military drills in waters off the Lithuanian Baltic Sea coast. ... More
Bogota, May 12 (RHC-Telesur) -– Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos authorized the return of two members of the FARC to Colombia Monday to assist with landmine removal efforts amid ongoing peace talks in Havana. ... More
New York, May 12 (RHC)-- The human rights group Amnesty International has pressed the Obama administration to revise a decision not to prosecute former officials involved in the CIA's torture program. ... More
Lima, May 12 (RHC-TeleSur) –- On Monday, a coalition of Peruvian civil society organizations issued a strong warning as negotiations for the Trans Pacific Partnership Treaty (TPP) came to an end. ... More
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