Caracas, October 5 (RHC)-- Ministers and other authorities of Science, Technology and Innovation of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (Celac) evaluated this Tuesday in Caracas the creation of a regional center for the development of these areas, informed the Government of Venezuela.... More


United Nations, October 4 (RHC)-- The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) condemns all forms of terrorism, but war on terror must not be used as a pretext to use force against countries, a statement issued by the group says.... More


Mexico City, October 4 (RHC)-- The Mexican government has announced that an Australian company will make a millionaire investment in association with the state-owned oil company Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) to produce, starting in 2028, crude oil and gas.... More


Buenos Aires, October 4 (RHC)-- The candidates for the presidency of Argentina, Sergio Massa of Unión por la Patria, Javier Milei (La Libertad Avanza), Patricia Bullrich (Juntos por el Cambio), Myriam Bregman (Frente de Izquierda) and Juan Schiaretti (Hacemos por Nuestro País) held on Sunday the first mandatory debate ahead of the elections of next October 22.... More


Bogota, October 4 (RHC)-- In search of building a methodology for civil society participation that contributes to the peace talks, the delegation of the National Liberation Army (ELN) and the government delegation will hold meetings in different areas of the country to listen to communities and unions.... More


Madrid, October 4 (RHC)-- Spain’s Energy Minister Teresa Ribera has warned that talks at the COP28 climate summit will be “challenging” as she opened a gathering of energy ministers and climate leaders from around the world in Madrid.... More


Madrid, October 3 (RHC)-- In Spain, right-wing opposition leader Alberto Núñez Feijóo has failed in his bid to form a new government, clearing the way for acting Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez to win four more years in power. In order to clinch another term, Sánchez will need to win the support of two Catalan parties who are demanding amnesty for hundreds of Catalan separatist activists arrested during mass protests in 2017. ... More


United Nations, October 3 (RHC)-- The United Nations Security Council has voted to deploy multinational armed forces to Haiti as the island nation combats worsening gang violence.  ... More


Guatemala City, October 3 (RHC)-- Social and political organizations and the board of community mayors of the 48 Cantons of Totonicapán, called a national strike on Monday in Guatemala to demand the resignation of the attorney general and other officials of the Public Ministry after the actions of the judicial body against the electoral authorities and the electoral process.... More


La Paz, October 3 (RHC)-- The former president of Bolivia, Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada, and his former defense minister have agreed to pay damages to the families of eight people killed during a 2003 massacre in the largely Indigenous Aymara city of El Alto. ... More


London, October 2 (RHC)-- UK’s home secretary, Suella Braverman, has faced scrutiny over her immigration policy after the ambassador of Rwanda was filmed in an covert sting operation, criticizing the UK government's stance on asylum seekers, calling it as “absolutely wrong.”... More


United Nations, October 2 (RHC)-- The United Nations Refugee Agency is reporting more than 2,500 people have died or gone missing this year while attempting to cross the Mediterranean to seek protection in Europe.  That is a sharp increase over last year, when about 1,700 migrants died or went missing. ... More


Mexico City, October 2 (RHC)-- At least 10 migrants have been killed and 25 others injured after a cargo truck clandestinely carrying them overturned on a highway in southern Mexico.  The accident took place early on Sunday in the Mexican state of Chiapas near the border with Guatemala.... More


Austin, Ocotober 2 (RHC)-- In news from the U.S. state of Texas, a 29-year-old man from the city of Palestine has pleaded guilty to federal smuggling charges for his role in the death of 53 migrants from Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras who died in the back of a sweltering hot truck in San Antonio last year. ... More


Albuquerque, October 2 (RHC)-- In the U.S. state of New Mexico, a protest over the reinstallment of a statue of the violent Spanish conquistador Juan de Oñate was disrupted over the weekend when a man wearing a red MAGA hat opened fire and shot a Native American protester, who had to be airlifted to a hospital. ... More


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