Augusta, May 27 (RHC)-- Two Native American tribes have pulled out their representatives from the Maine House due to the U.S. "paternalistic attitude," saying they will not return until "recognized" and "valued." The two, the Penobscot Nation and Passamaquoddy Tribe, abandoned seats at the Maine legislature on Tuesday amid a row with Governor Paul LePage, the Guardian reported. ... More
Dallas, May 27 (RHC)-- Record-setting flooding continues to inundate the U.S. states of Texas and Oklahoma, leaving 17 dead. Houston was brought to a near standstill on Tuesday as surging floodwaters stranded motorists across the city. ... More
Edmonton, May 27 (RHC)-- Numerous wildfires in Canada have forced some 7,000 people to evacuate their homes and businesses, officials say. ... More
The Baltimore Orioles will become the 1st US big league team to play in baseball-crazed Cuba since a diplomatic thaw, playing Havana's national team, a Cuban official recently said in Havana, following last December 17th when US President Barack Obama and Cuba's Raul Castro announced an historic change of course after more than 5 decades of Cold War bad blood.... More
Havana, May 27 (RHC) – The president of El Salvador, Salvador Sanchez Ceren, will meet Wednesday with his Cuban counterpart Raul Castro in Havana. ... More
Havana, May 27 (VNS-RHC) — Representatives from 12 Vietnamese businesses involved in hospitality, technology, trade, wood, rubber and IT attended a business forum held in Havana on Monday to seek investment opportunities in Cuba.... More
Washington, May 27 (RHC) -- Newly-elected Secretary General of the Organization of American States, OAS, Luis Almagro, has prioritized Cuba's full integration back into the organization.... More
Cuba will increase its energy output by six times its current production an official with the Energy and Mining Ministry said at an International Forum on Renewable Energy underway in Havana.... More
Caracas, May 27 (teleSUR-RHC) --The Venezuelan people will cast a “punishment vote” against the ultra-right at parliamentary elections at the end of the year, the country’s president, Nicolas Maduro, said on Tuesday. The democratically-elected head of state told teleSUR that the poor will play a key role at the polls.... More
Mexico City, May 27 (teleSUR-RHC)-- As Mexico's National Human Rights Commission (CNDH) opens an investigation into the recent events in Tanhuato, Michoacan, where 42 people were apparently executed, new witnesses' accounts surface suggesting that once again federal authorities have lied manipulating official information. ... More
Quito, May 27 (teleSUR-RHC)-- The media research center Ciespal and teleSUR will analyze the state of the media in Latin America in July during the international conference titled “Communication and Latin American Integration from the South.” ... More
Lima, May 27 (teleSUR-RHC)-- The southern region of Peru, Arequipa began a 48-hour strike in the early hours early Wednesday in support of the residents in a nearby town protesting against the $1.5-billion-Tia-Maria-copper-mining project. ... More
Lima, May 27 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Peru’s Ombudsman criticized the government of President Ollanta Humala on Tuesday for failing to enforce legislation that protects indigenous people. ... More
Baghdad, May 26 (RHC)-- Iraqi forces have launched an offensive to reclaim Anbar province from the self-proclaimed Islamic State. Thousands of Iraqi troops and Shiite militias have been massing around the ISIL-held city of Ramadi in preparation for the assault. ... More
Lima, May 26 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Peruvian police removed roadblocks that had been in place for weeks and arrested at least 13 protesters two days after President Ollanta Humala signed a decree imposing a 60-day martial law for Islay province, in Arequipa department, where some 3,000 policemen and 1,000 military officers were deployed to deal with demonstrations that had turned violent. ... More
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