Caracas, Aug 9 (Prensa Latina) The Venezuelan Prosecutor's Office this week issued a list of 116 companies under investigation for alleged inappropriate use of hard currencies, official sources said on Saturday.... More
Córdoba, Aug 9 (RHC), -- The Cordoba-based Dr. Ernesto Guevara Ophthalmological Center, headquarters of Operation Miracle in Argentina, is celebrating today ten years of continuous work.... More
Bogotá, August 8 (Xinhua-RHC) -- Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos was sworn in for a second four-year term in Bogotá on Thursday.... More
Washington, August 8 (RHC)-- U.S. President Barack Obama has authorized air strikes in Iraq to halt the sweeping advance of militants known as the Islamic State. The group has captured large swathes of northern Iraq, including the country’s largest dam, near Mosul, and its largest Christian town. ... More
Gaza City, August 8 (RHC)-- A 6-year-old girl has been killed and several others were injured in fresh Israeli attacks on the besieged Gaza Strip. This comes as Tel Aviv’s warplanes hit several residential areas across the northern and eastern parts of the Gaza Strip on Friday. Palestinian sources say nearly a dozen people were also wounded in the deadly attacks. ... More
Geneva, August 8 (RHC)-- The World Health Organization has declared a record outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus an international public health emergency. Liberia and Sierra Leone have deployed soldiers to blockade hard-hit areas, and Liberia’s foreign minister told the Thomson Reuters Foundation "the health care system is collapsing." ... More
Santiago de Chile, August 8 (Mercopress-RHC) – Italian Foreign Minister Federica Mogherini pledged that under the current Italian presidency of the European Union, top priority will be given to signing the pending trade agreements, among which that with MERCOSUR is still under discussion. ... More
Brasilia, August 8 (PL-RHC) -- The US/EU sanctions against Russia, which caused Moscow to impose retaliatory trade restrictions, have opened Brazilian doors to sales of meat and grains to that country, said Brazilian Secretary of Agricultural Policy, Seneri Paludo.... More
Gaza City, August 7 (RHC)-- The month-long Israeli aerial and ground offensive in the besieged Gaza Strip is estimated to have thus far cost the Palestinian territory at least $4.6 billion in damage. ... More
Maiduguri, August 7 (RHC)-- Islamist Boko Haram militants have attacked a town in northeastern Nigeria, killing dozens of people.... More
Buenos Aires, August 7 (RHC) -- Argentinian Economy Minister Axel Kicillof on Wednesday accused the United States of “lacking legal security” as his country was trapped in a protracted wrangle with a U.S. Court.... More
Moscow, August 7 (RHC)-- Russia has struck back against Western sanctions with a new ban on agricultural products from the European Union, United States and other countries. The one-year ban applies to fruit, vegetables and meat and dairy products. ... More
Brasilia, Aug 7 (RHC) -- Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff says that the trade agreement between MERCOSUR and the European Union is stalled because of 'resistance' from several European countries, specifically France, Hungary and Ireland.... More
Freetown, August 7 (RHC)-- In West Africa, authorities are struggling to contain a record Ebola outbreak that has killed more than 900 people and sickened more than 1,600. ... More
Mexico City, August 7 (Xinhua-RHC) -- Mexico will open the state-controlled oil sector to foreign investment for the first time since 1938 after the Congress gave final approval Wednesday to an historic energy reform.... More
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