Pyongyang, January 1 (RHC-PL), -- The leader of the Democratic People''s Republic of Korea (DPRK), Kim Jong Un, congratulated Wednesday Cuban President Raul Castro Ruz on the 56th anniversary of the triumph of the Revolution and wished success to the people of the Caribbean nation.... More


Brasilia, Jan. 1 (RHC)-- Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff was sworn in for a second four-year term Thursday in the capital city of Brasilia, during a ceremony held in the country’s legislative building. ... More


Washington, January 1 (RHC-PL), -- Efforts by United States President Barack Obama to close the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay in the illegally occupied Cuban territory appear to be moving forward with the transfer of five detainees from the facility to Kazakhstan on Wednesday.... More


Paris, January 1 (RHC-PL), -- Cuban Ambassador in France Hector Igarza said Thursday that the Cuban Revolution is sovereign and independent and does not have to bow to anyone or anything.... More


Santiago de Chile, January 1 (RHC-PL), -- Chile assumes the Presidency Pro Tempore of the United Nations Security Council on Thursday, with a commitment to make specific contributions, according to the statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Santiago de Chile. ... More


Ramallah, January 1 (RHC-teleSUR), -- President Mahmoud Abbas signed on to 20 international agreements Wednesday, including the Rome Statute of the International Court (ICC).... More


Mexico City, January 1 (RHC-teleSUR), -- Some 80 Mexican demonstrators have announced they will begin a hunger strike Friday to protest the 43 missing students from Ayotzinapa teacher training college.... More


Ferguson, January 1 (RHC-teleSUR), -- Protesters against police violence occupied the St. Louis Police Department in Ferguson Wednesday demanding that the “occupiers of the St. Louis Police Metropolitan Police Department… be removed from power.”... More


Asuncion, January 1 (RHC-PL), -- The Paraguayan coalition Guasu Front, made up of parties and social organizations, called Wednesday for strengthening organization and unity of the people in 2015 to move towards the second independence of the country.... More


Lima, January 1 (RHC-Andina), -- Peruvian Foreign Minister, Gonzalo Gutierrez will take part in the first ministerial meeting of the joint forum between China and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (Celac), to be held in Beijing later this month.... More


United Nations, December 31 (RHC-teleSUR), -- The United Nations Security Council rejected a Palestinian resolution demanding an end to Israeli occupation and the recognition of the Palestinian State on Tuesday.... More


BEIJING, Dec. 31, (RHC) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping will attend the opening ceremony of the first ministerial meeting of the Forum of China and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC).... More


Washington, December 31 (RHC-teleSUR), -- The United States government plans to station 150 armored vehicles in Europe by the end of next year as tensions with Russia rise over the crisis in Ukraine.... More


Quito, December 31 (RHC-teleSUR), -- The minimum wage in Ecuador will rise in 2015 to US$354, an increase of US$14 a month, the Labor Minister Carlos Marx Carrasco announced Tuesday.... More


Caracas, December 31 (RHC-teleSUR), -- Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro gave a year-end assessment of his administration at an international press conference Tuesday, announcing that in the coming year the country would undergo a major change in economic policies to address the 'economic war' being waged against it.... More


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