Havana, December 23 (RHC-PL) -- The National Ballet of Cuba (BNC) will give a gala performance to mark the 56th Anniversary of the Revolution on January 1st with a combination of some of the main classics of the 19th century.... More
Bogotá, December 23 (RHC-Mercopress) -- Over the past weekend, 96 Colombians were deported from Venezuela and more deportations are expected. The office of the Colombian Ombudsman provided support to these people who were allegedly victims of abuse by the Venezuelan authorities. There have been four mass deportations in 2014 from Venezuela to Colombia.... More
Tripoli, December 23 (RHC)-- Clashes between pro-government forces and militants have left 16 people dead and dozens more wounded in Libya's eastern regions. Sources at the Benghazi Medical Center said it took in seven killed and 35 wounded during the clashes, while the al-Jala hospital said it received four corpses and 25 injured on Monday. The casualties were all from the pro-government side. ... More
Brasilia, December 23 (RHC-NNN) -- Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff said her government will have to take "drastic" economic measures in 2015 to cut spending. However, the belt-tightening measures should not "affect social programs", Rousseff, whose second four-year term begins in January, told reporters.... More
Tel Aviv, December 23 (RHC)-- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has come under fire after a report revealed one out of every three Israeli children lives in poverty. The findings of a poverty survey published by Israeli Humanitarian Aid Organization, Latet, showed that there are more than two million 500 thousand poor people in Israel, including 932,000 children, Israel's Jerusalem Post newspaper reported on Monday. ... More
Guatemala City, December 23 (RHC-teleSUR) -- As several Mexican politicians continue to criticize the United States for deporting thousands of people each year, in 2014, Mexico’s deportations of Central Americans increased by 53.3 percent, according to Guatemalan officials.... More
New York, December 23 (RHC)-- Police officers across the United States are on high alert after two policemen in New York City were ambushed by a gunman on Saturday and shot dead. Police departments and their unions around the country warned rank-and-file police officers on Monday to wear bulletproof vests and avoid posting inflammatory statements on social media. ... More
Quito, December 23 (RHC-teleSUR) -- Over 4,000 trafficked archaeological pieces stolen from Ecuador have been returned to the country. A selection of the artifacts were presented to the press, and declarations made by authorities followed the ceremony.... More
Havana's International Convention Center hosted an awards ceremony, with the presence of the five anti-terrorist fighters, to recognize the most outstanding Cuban athletes in 2014 and the Cuban sports delegation to the 22nd Central American and Caribbean Games in Veracruz, Mexico.... More
La Paz, December 22 (RHC-PL) -- Bolivian journalists described the agreement between Cuba and the United States to restore relations as the most important event of 2014 in the international arena, but warned of the obstacles the U.S. congress will put in its path.... More
Washington, December 22 (RHC)-- Reports say that the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency has been using about thirty countries to help with its interrogation program. According to political commentator Anna O'Leary, the CIA hired two psychologists, James Mitchell and Bruce Jessen, to design interrogation and detention protocols to be used in what they called black sites. ... More
Tel Aviv, December 22 (RHC)-- The Israeli parliament (Knesset) has approved a 3.3-million-dollar funding to build a tourist center at an illegal settlement in the occupied West Bank. According to a Sunday statement by the Knesset, the money will be injected into the project at the Barkan settlement in the north of the occupied Palestinian territories. ... More
Quito, December 22 (RHC-PL) -– Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa announced Sunday that he will make a State visit to China on January 6th and 7th, at the invitation of his counterpart in the Asian giant, Xi Jinping.... More
New York, December 22 (RHC)-- Protests against police brutality and racial profiling continued throughout the United States over the weekend, with actions in New York City, including a silent march in Harlem on Sunday. ... More
Vatican City, December 22 (PHC -Mercopress) -- Pope Francis has received Argentina’s new ambassador to the Vatican, Eduardo Valdes, during a ceremony at Vatican City.... More
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