Tegucigalpa, April 22 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Berta Caceres, an indigenous activist and human rights defender, was awarded the prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize for South and Central America on Monday for her contribution to the struggle against an unwelcome dam project in Honduras. ... More


Mexico City, April 22 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Local press and social media have ridiculed statements from Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto saying that organized crime threatens the security of “some areas of the country.” ... More


Castries, April 22 (teleSUR-RHC)-- William Antoine has been a beekeeper for over two decades. He is also the CEO of Saint Lucia's Mille Fleur Honey Producers Cooperative. With over 200 members, it is the island’s sole umbrella body representing beekeepers. He is worried that honeybee populations on the island are dying off at increasingly rapid rates and honey is fast becoming a precious commodity. ... More


Santiago de Chile, April 22 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Chile's National Journalists Association announced on Tuesday it would expel Agustin Edwards Eastman, president and owner of El Mercurio, the country's largest newspaper. ... More


La Paz, April 22 (PL-RHC)-- The Bolivian government is launching on Wednesday an environmental program and a ministerial resolution with the intention to recycle solid waste, coinciding with Mother Earth Day, celebrated every April 22nd.... More


Bogota, April 22 (PL-RHC)-- Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos reiterated his decision to keep the peace efforts by means of a dialogue with the rebel movements, as the way to end up the armed conflict in Colombia.... More


The 24th Book Fair, Cuba 2015, is underway in Santiago de Cuba with 580 titles and more than 100 thousand copies up for sale until April 26th... More


Sports News Roundup April 21

With the dispute over the qualifying round the Peru Open Badminton Tournament kicks off tomorrow with the presence of Cuban Osleni Guerrero.... More


Buenos Aires, April 21 (teleSUR-RHC)-- On her social media accounts, Argentinian President Cristina Fernandez pointed to a report that suggests a link between late prosecutor Alberto Nisman and Paul Singer, head of one of the hedge funds seeking billions from Argentina’s government. ... More


Tripoli, April 21 (RHC)-- An apparent bomb blast has reportedly gone off across from the Spanish Embassy in the Libyan capital of Tripoli amid the ongoing unrest in the war-ravaged North African country. ... More


Sanaa, April 21 (RHC)-- The United States has dispatched its warships near Yemen as Saudi Arabia's aggression continues against the Arab world's poorest country. U.S. Central Command moved the ships due to the situation in Yemen, said Colonel Steve Warren, a Pentagon spokesman, on Monday, further denying reports that the move aimed at the interception of Iranian ships present in the region. ... More


Quito, April 21 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Nobel Peace Prize winner and internationally renowned indigenous rights activist Rigoberta Menchu will address audiences in Washington D.C. in a show of support for the Ecuadorean people's fight for justice against the Chevron multinational oil company.... More


Damascus, April 21 (RHC)-- The UN Security Council has called for humanitarian access to Palestinian refugees trapped inside Syria's violence-hit camp of Yarmouk, which has come under severe attacks by Takfiri militants. ... More


Sanaa, April 21 (RHC)-- At least 40 people have been killed and 547 more injured as Saudi jets target a missile depot in the Yemeni capital city of Sanaa. Earlier reports of the Monday attack on the missile depot in Faj Attan district, located on the outskirts of the capital, had put the death toll at 18. ... More


United Nations, April 21 (RHC)-- The UN's High Commissioner for human rights says "callous" EU migration policies are turning the Mediterranean into a "vast cemetery" as migrant death toll is skyrocketing. "Europe is turning its back on some of the most vulnerable migrants in the world, and risk turning the Mediterranean into a vast cemetery," Zeid Ra'ad Zeid al-Hussein said on Monday. ... More


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