Caracas, July 30 (PL-RHC), -- The presidents of the South Common Market (Mercosur) member nations Tuesday paid tribute to Simón Bolívar, as part of the activities for the bloc summit that is being held in Caracas.... More


Mexico City, July 29 (RIA Novosti-RHC) -– In Caracas, participants of the Southern Common Market (MERCOSUR) summit are expected to sign documents establishing a new economic zone that includes the member states of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA), the Caribbean Community (Caricom), Mercosur and Petrocaribe, Venezuelan Foreign Minister Elias Jaua said.... More


Caracas, July 29 (Xinhua-RHC) -- Leaders of Latin America and the Caribbean marked the 60th anniversary of the birth of late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Monday by vowing to carry on his legacy.... More


Gaza City, July 29 (RHC)-- Israel has intensified its assault on the Gaza Strip, bombing more than 150 sites overnight including Gaza’s only power station. Palestinian health officials say more than 110 people have died in 24 hours, bringing the Palestinian death toll to more than 1,100.... More


Ramallah, July 29 (RHC)-- The president of the Palestinian unity government, Mahmoud Abbas, is planning to dispatch a group of Palestinian representatives to Egypt to discuss the termination of Israel’s onslaught on the besieged Gaza Strip.... More


Port of Spain, July 29 (PL-RHC) -- Japan will donate 15 million US dollars to help the member countries of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to cope with the impact of climate change.... More


Cairo, July 29 (RHC)-- Egypt’s airline Air Sinai has cancelled its flight to Ben Gurion International Airport in Tel Aviv amid the ongoing Israeli war on the besieged Gaza Strip. The flight was reportedly cancelled on Monday because of security concerns. According to an airport official, the Egyptian carrier has two weekly flights on Mondays and Thursdays to Ben Gurion.... More


Gaza City, July 28 (RHC)-- More than 1,000 Palestinians have so far been killed in Israel’s 21-day military offensive against the besieged Gaza Strip. On Monday, Palestinian medics told Press TV that nearly 1,050 people, including a large number of women and children, have lost their lives in the Israeli attacks since July 8th and more than 6,200 have been wounded.... More


Caracas, July 28 (Xinhua-RHC) -- The ruling United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) on Saturday appointed Nicolas Maduro as head of the party after the death of its founder Hugo Chavez last year.... More


Gaza City, July 28 (RHC)-- A multinational group of doctors have written an open letter denouncing the Israeli war and crippling siege on the Gaza Strip. The doctors have voiced their opposition to the relentless onslaught in the blockaded enclave, describing the war on Gaza “a ruthless assault of unlimited duration, extent and intensity.”... More


Caracas, July 28 (Xinhua-RHC) -- Venezuela's ex-general Hugo Carvajal, wanted by the United States over drug trafficking charges and arrested several days ago on the Caribbean island of Aruba, was released Sunday and returned to Caracas.... More


Tripoli, July 28 (RHC)-- Several countries have advised their nationals in Libya to leave the country immediately amid a raging battle in the capital, Tripoli. On Sunday, Cairo called on its citizens in Tripoli and Benghazi to seek "safer areas in Libya or head to the Libya-Tunisia border." The violence also prompted Britain, France, Germany and the Netherlands to follow suit. ... More


Buenos Aires, July 28 (Mercopress-RHC) -– Argentinian President Cristina Fernandez left on Friday for Santa Cruz province, where she stayed over the weekend and analyzed New York Argentinian/holdouts case briefings. ... More


New York, July 28 (RHC)-- Fast food workers in the United States have voted to intensify their protest campaign over working conditions by non-violent civil disobedience. Over 1,300 workers demanding higher wages and union representation voted Saturday to add sit-down strikes and restaurant occupations to their campaign to win $15-an-hour wages and a union.... More


Uruguay to Open Embassy in Angola

Montevideo, July 28 PL-RHC) -- Uruguay will open an embassy in Angola to deepen relations with that country and with all states in sub-Saharan Africa, an official source announced today.... More


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