Guatemala City, December 11 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Mining projects and resource extraction in Guatemala exacerbate the discrimination and violence that women face in all areas of Guatemalan society, Rights Action Director Grahame Russell told teleSUR English on Thursday.... More
Lima, December 11 (teleSUR-RHC)-- A congressional report says the drug trade is impacting the politics of Peru. The report, released after a long investigation by a legislative commission led by progressive lawmaker Rosa Mavila, said criminal groups are looking to fund electoral campaigns to buy influence and are even showing an interest in creating political parties of their own.... More
Santiago de Chile, December 11 (PL-RHC)-- The regional office of Food and Agriculture Organization, the FAO, based in Chile, highlights the projection of Latin America as the greatest net exporter of food products, ahead of North America.... More
Moscow, December 10 (RHC)-- Russian President Vladimir Putin has praised launching cruise missiles against terrorists' positions in Syria from a Russian submarine, and expressed hope these weapons would not need to be armed with nuclear warheads. ... More
Doctors Without Borders Marches on White House to Demand Independent Probe of Afghan Hospital Attack
Washington, December 10 (RHC)-- The international humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders -- Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) -- has repeated calls for an "independent international investigation" into a deadly attack against a hospital in the Afghan northern city of Kunduz. ... More
Washington, December 10 (RHC)-- The Pentagon has asked the White House to build up a series of U.S. military bases across Africa, Southwest Asia and the Middle East. ... More
Sanaa, December 10 (RHC)-- The chief of Blackwater mercenaries in Yemen has been killed in clashes with Houthi Ansarullah fighters and allied forces in the country's southwest, reports say. ... More
Washington, December 10 (RHC)-- Donald Trump, the leading U.S. presidential candidate from the Republican Party, has postponed a planned trip to Israel, saying he will reschedule "at a later date, after becoming President of the United States." ... More
New York, December 10 (RHC)-- Muslim Americans continue to report risings acts of Islamophobia in the aftermath of the Paris and San Bernardino attacks and increased anti-Muslim sentiment on the campaign trail. ... More
Washington, December 10 (RHC)-- U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia has suggested sending African American students to "less-advanced schools" that are on "slower tracks." Scalia's remarks, made during a Supreme Court session on Wednesday, surprised and shocked the African American community. ... More
Mexico City, December 10 (RHC)-- Dozens of Central American mothers whose children went missing in Mexico while attempting to flee violence in their home countries are now traversing Mexico on a journey to search for their missing children. ... More
New Haven, December 10 (RHC)-- At Yale University in the United States, a professor who sparked protests after dismissing concerns about culturally offensive Halloween costumes has resigned. ... More
Buenos Aires, December 10 (teleSUR-RHC)-- After eight years in office and one day before incoming President Mauricio Macri was sworn-in on Thursday, Argentinean President Cristina Fernandez addressed a massive crowd on Wednesday night in Buenos Aires.... More
Kingstown, December 10 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Unity Labour Party of St. Vincent and the Grenadines leader Ralph Gonsalves has won a historic fourth consecutive term in office, following a bitter election campaign against Arnhim Eustace of the New Democratic Party. ... More
Buenos Aires, December 10 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Argentinean Central Bank President Alejandro Vanoli has resigned under strong pressure from Argentinian President Mauricio Macri.... More
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