Caracas, December 16 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Venezuela’s National Guard has come out in defense of its head, Major General Nestor Reverol, accused of alleged drug trafficking. ... More


Caracas, December 16 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Thousands of Venezuelans took to the streets of Caracas and several other cities in Venezuela to show their support to the workers of the state-owned telecommunication company CANTV after it was threatened with privatization by right-wing forces.... More


Paris, December 16 (PL-RHC)-- Venezuelan ambassador to UNESCO, Luis Alberto Crespo, stated on Wednesday that more than ever is necessary to be united and to strengthen the integration mechanisms that exist in Latin America.... More


Mexico City, December 16 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Mexican authorities said on Tuesday they had uncovered at least 19 corpses in an isolated region of the violence plagued state of Guerrero.... More


Buenos Aires, December 16 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Argentina's state prosecutor has called for the reopening of an investigation into the 1994 AMIA Jewish center bombing.... More


Guatemala City, December 16 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Various labor and women’s rights organizations in Guatemala have expressed strong disagreement with an employment bill recently introduced in Congress that activists have branded the “Maquila Bill.” ... More


Moscow, December 15 (RHC)-- Russian jets carry out up to 40 airstrikes a day in support of Free Syrian Army (FSA) militants who are battling Daesh in Syria's Raqqah, Aleppo, Homs and Hama provinces, says Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces General Valery Gerasimov. ... More


Havana, December 15 (RHC-PL) -- Delegations from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia People's Army (FARC-EP) and the Colombian government have signed an agreement on the point of victims of the armed conflict.... More


Riyadh, December 15 (RHC)-- A ceasefire to halt nine months of Saudi aggression against its southern neighbor Yemen took hold at noon local time (0900 GMT) on Tuesday. In a statement carried by the official Saudi Press Agency (SPA), Riyadh said the truce came as a request by fugitive former Yemeni President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi. ... More


Moscow, December 15 (RHC)-- Russian and U.S. foreign ministers believe the make-up of an opposition delegation needs to be determined before a scheduled meeting on Syria in New York. ... More


Kabul, December 15 (RHC)-- Doctors Without Borders has raised the death toll of the U.S. airstrike on its hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan.... More


Gaza City, December 15 (RHC)-- Thousands of Palestinians have rallied in Gaza to mark the 28th anniversary of the establishment of Hamas resistance movement. The demonstrators also voiced their support for an uprising against the Israeli occupation. ... More


Ottawa, December 15 (RHC)-- Hundreds of Syrian refugees have arrived in Canada, where they have been immediately granted permanent residency. ... More


London, December 15 (RHC)-- British resident Shaker Aamer has spoken out about his imprisonment at the U.S. prison in the illegally-occupied Cuban territory of Guantánamo. He was released in October after more than 13 years behind bars. ... More


Des Moines, December 15 (RHC)-- On the campaign trail for the U.S. presidency, a new poll of Republican voters in the U.S. state of Iowa shows Texas Senator Ted Cruz leading over business mogul Donald Trump. ... More


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