Havana, May 20, (RHC), – Eminent Puerto Rican actor and producer Benicio del Toro called on the United States and Cuba to speed up the process to normalize relations.... More
San Jose, May 20 (teleSUR-RHC) The Costa Rican National Institute for Census and Statistics published Tuesday the country's new unemployment rate has reached 10.1 percent.... More
Montevideo, May 20 (teleSUR-RHC) Former Guantanamo Bay detainees who camped outside the U.S. embassy in Montevideo for 22 days demanding compensation for their 12-year imprisonment ordeals ended their protest on Tuesday after the Latin American country offered guarantees to their welfare. ... More
Roseau, May 20 (teleSUR-RHC) Dominica’s Waitikubuli Storage Facility will be renamed in honor of the late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on June 29, 2015.... More
Mexico City, May 20 (teleSUR-RHC) Mexico's national human rights commission, known as CNDH, said on Tuesday that poverty is a major obstacle to the protection of the rights of children and youth in the country. ... More
Lima, May 20 (teleSUR-RHC) Miners in Peru began a national strike on Tuesday organized by the Federation of Mining, Steel, and Metal Workers who are protesting against a series of labor legislations and executive decrees cutting their rights at work. ... More
Mexico City, May 20 (teleSUR-RHC) The head of the human rights division of the federal attorney general's office in Mexico resigned unexpectedly on Monday. ... More
Havana, May 19 (RHC) -– Angolan Vice President Manuel Domingos Vicente has paid homage to the Cuban internationalist soldiers that died during the Angolan independence war.... More
Athletes from Cuba and the United States held a regatta today in the waters of Havana's Malecon seafront, which was more symbolic than competitive, because it was a very friendly cap between the two countries following the announcement of the intention of both governments to restore diplomatic relations.... More
Islamabad, May 19 (RHC)-- At least six people have been killed in a U.S. assassination drone strike in Pakistan’s northwestern tribal region near the border with Afghanistan. The strike reportedly targeted suspected militants in the Zoye Narye area of North Waziristan on Monday, Pakistan's Dawn News reported.... More
Mexico City, May 19 (teleSUR-RHC)-- A leading figure in the movement of Mexican farmers striking to demand better labor conditions in San Quintin, Baja California, was attacked by a gang in her home early Monday, as protests continue in demand of better wages.... More
Athens, May 19 (RHC)-- Greece says the conclusion of a make-or-break agreement with its creditors by the end of May is crucial to Athens’ avoiding disastrous default on its debt. The country has been trying to hammer out the deal with the lenders for nearly four months. The accord would unlock the 7.2-billion-euro Athens owes under its 240-billion-euro bailout provided by the European Union and the International Monetary Fund.... More
Ramallah, May 19 (RHC)-- A senior official of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) has called on Paris to terminate the cooperation of a French telecommunications corporation with the Israeli regime. ... More
Baghdad, May 19 (RHC)-- The self-proclaimed Islamic State has reportedly solidified its hold on the key Iraqi city of Ramadi after capturing it from Iraqi forces on Sunday. There were reports of militants throwing bodies into the Euphrates River. ... More
Abuja, May 19 (RHC)-- The militant group Boko Haram has reportedly raped hundreds of women and girls in Nigeria as part of a deliberate strategy to assert control over rural areas. ... More
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