Guatemala City, April 03 (teleSUR-RHC) Nobel Peace Prize winner Rigoberta Menchu has wading into the U.S. aggression against Venezuela, throwing her weight solidly behind the democratically elected government of President Nicolas Maduro. ... More


Lima, April 03 (teleSUR-RHC) Lawyer Pedro Cateriano was named Peru's new Prime Minister late Thursday, after previous prime minister, Ana Jara, was sacked earlier this week over a spying scandal. ... More


Quito, April 03 (teleSUR-RHC) Nearly two thousands schools are now teaching languages of Ecuador’s 14 distinct indigenous nationalities, with the number set to grow further in 2015. ... More


Quito, April 3 (teleSUR-RHC) -- The Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) regional integration bloc announced that it will open the first South American School of Defense (ESUDE) on April 17 to train military officers of the 12 member countries of the regional bloc. ... More


Quito, April 2 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa has pardoned a police officer who had been convicted of trying to kill the president during a failed coup attempt on September 30, 2010.... More


Sports News Roundup April 02

Cuba will face off Curacao the 8th and 16th of June at the opening of the soccer playoffs in view to attending the Russia 2018 World Cup.... More


United Nations, April 2 (RHC)-- The United Nations has issued dire warnings for Yemen amidst a rising civilian death toll from internal violence and a Saudi Arabian-led military campaign.... More


Santiago de Chile, April 02 (teleSUR-RHC) Camila Vallejo, a representative of Chile’s Communist Party in the Chamber of Deputies, suggested on Wednesday that money to fund free higher education should come from higher taxes on business or cuts on armed forces funds. ... More


The Hague, April 2 (RHC)-- Palestine has officially become a member of the International Criminal Court. The Palestinian Authority joined the ICC earlier this year after the United States and Israel successfully lobbied against a UN Security Council measure calling for an end to the Israeli occupation and the establishment of a Palestinian state by 2017.... More


Santiago de Chile, April 2 (RHC)-- Chilean President Michel Bachelet announced that she won't be attending the upcoming Summit of the Americas in Panama on April 10th and 11th, and that instead, she will stay in Chile to personally coordinate assistance to those affected by severe floodings over the past several days. ... More


Washington, April 2 (RHC)-- The Barack Obama administration has announced new cuts to carbon emissions ahead of this year’s UN climate talks in Paris. White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said the measure was announced in line with the pollution reduction deal struck with China last year.... More


Buenos Aires, April 2 (RHC-PL) -- Argentine President Cristina Fernandez met in Buenos Aires with visiting Secretary General of the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) Ernesto Samper. ... More


Washington, April 2 (RHC)-- Hillary Clinton’s e-mail controversy is hurting her approval ratings and she is not seen as honest or trustworthy by about half of voters in three U.S. states that are critical in presidential elections, according to a new poll.... More


Berlin, April 2 (RHC)-- A storm in northern and central Europe has killed at least nine people and injured dozens of others as the severe natural disaster battered through the region, causing travel chaos and destruction. Authorities said on Wednesday that the chaos, which hurricane-strength Storm Niklas brought to Germany, Austria and Switzerland for much of Tuesday, claimed the lives of seven people in Germany.... More


Athens, April 2 (RHC)-- Hundreds of Greek pensioners have taken to the streets in several cities across the country to show their anger at austerity measures in the debt-ridden nation. The largest of the Wednesday protest rallies was held in the capital city of Athens, where protesters marched to the Labor Ministry.... More


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