Bloomington, (AP-RHC) -- A group of Bloomington residents who were in Cuba when President Barack Obama announced that the U.S. would work to restore normal diplomatic relations with the island nation say the historic moment was very emotional.... More
The U.S. sports world is showing solidarity with the protests taking place all over the Unites States, as players make public statements during games. Protest in the U.S. Continue over the death of Eric Garner and Michael Brown and the decisions by the respective Grand Juries to not indict the police officers who killed them. ... More
Caracas, December 24 (RHC-PL) -– Venezuelan media have published a statement by the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) which rejects U.S. sanctions against officials of the South American country.... More
Buenos Aires, December 24 (RHC-Mercopress) -- Five years after the Treaty of Maipu, the foreign ministers of Argentina and Chile Tuesday signed five additional protocols outlining steps for a new phase in binational integration.... More
United Nations, December 24 (RHC)-- The United Nations Security Council will vote before the end of 2014 on a draft resolution calling for the recognition of the Palestinian state, a chief Palestinian negotiator says. ... More
Mexico City, December 24 (RHC-teleSUR) -- The Mexican Navy has announced that it received an anonymous call alerting authorities about five bodies that were found in a mass grave located in the foothills of the Sierra de Zapaliname, in the northern state of Coahuila.... More
Algeria, December 24 (RHC)-- The President of the Palestinian Unity Government Mahmoud Abbas says Palestine will regain its independence and put an end to the decades-old Israeli occupation. At a news conference at the Algerian Foreign Ministry on Tuesday, Abbas said: "We are determined to recover the rights of our people, including the right to return and the release of all the Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails. We will not succumb to the policy of the Israeli hegemony and oppression." ... More
St. Louis, December 24 (RHC)-- Police in the U.S. state of Missouri have fatally shot an 18-year-old Black man just two miles from Ferguson, where an officer killed unarmed teenager Michael Brown in August. The latest victim has been identified as Antonio Martin. Police claim Martin had pulled a gun on an officer who was conducting a routine check on a gas station. ... More
United Nations, December 24 (RHC-NNN) -- The United Nations and its international partners on Tuesday welcomed the designation of Florence Guillaume as Haiti’s interim Prime Minister.... More
Milwaukee, December 24 (RHC)-- In the U.S. state of Wisconsin, a prosecutor has decided not to bring charges against a white police officer who fatally shot a mentally ill African-American man. ... More
Montevideo, December 24 (RHC-EFE) -- The lower house of Uruguay's Congress has passed the Audiovisual Communication Services Act, which was approved by the Senate last week and is aimed at preventing monopolies and oligopolies in the media.... More
New York, December 24 (RHC)-- Protesters slamming police brutality in the United States have defied calls to end demonstrations. On Tuesday, a national coalition of activists announced plans for a mass demo in New York on New Year's Eve. ... More
Quito, December 24 (RHC-teleSUR) -- The Law for Labor Justice and Recognition of Work from Home has been approved with eight votes in favor and two against by the Commission of Workers Rights and Social Security in the Ecuadorean National Assembly. To be debated are 44 articles, 41 of which are reforms to the Labor Code, and three to the Social Security Law.... More
Caracas, December 24 (RHC-teleSUR) -- Venezuela's state run food programs handed out more than 4.5 tons of produce in 2014, food minister Yvan Bello announced Tuesday. Bello explained the food was distributed at fair prices, as a way to fight back against the economic war against Venezuela.... More
United Nations, December 24 (RHC)-- The United Nations has demanded justice for what it calls serious rights violations and possible "war crimes" carried out during recent fighting in Libya. According to a joint report released by the UN Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights (OHCHR) and the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) on Tuesday, the ongoing fighting in Libya has killed hundreds of civilians and caused hundreds of thousands to abandon their homes. ... More
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