Brasilia, August 21 (RHC)-- Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva traveled this Sunday to Johannesburg to participate next week in the Brics Summit (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa),in which he will promote the expansion of the forum to more countries of the Global South.... More
Guatemala City, August 20 (RHC)-- Bernardo Arévalo de León, from the political group Semilla, has been declared the next president of Guatemala, when 92 percent of the votes cast in the election in the Central American country have been counted. The Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) announced it will take five days to present the final results.... More
Oslo, August 20 (RHC)-- Norwegian mass killer Anders Behring Breivik is suing the state for allegedly violating his human rights due to being held in “extreme” isolation, and has filed another application for parole, his lawyer said.... More
Washington, August 20 (RHC)-- The U.S. Justice Department is seeking 33 years in prison for former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio, who was convicted of seditious conspiracy earlier this year in relation to the 2021 riot at the U.S. Capitol.... More
Tel Aviv, August 20 (RHC)-- A high-ranking former Israeli military official insists the regime’s treatment of Palestinians in the occupied West Bank is identical to the discriminatory practices of Nazi Germany and amounts to apartheid.... More
Guatemala City, August 20 (RHC)-- The magistrate of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) of Guatemala, Blanca Alfaro, advanced in the framework of the second round of the presidential elections, that she made the decision to resign from her position, due to the inadequate environment in which she carries out her work.... More
United Nations, August 20 (RHC)-- A report by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), informed that at least 11 children die every week on the migratory routes between North Africa and Europe. The news has aroused alarm in world public opinion, making visible a tragedy that goes unnoticed due to the indolence of many, especially those human traffickers involved in assisting them.... More
Madrid, August 20 (RHC)-- Thousands of residents from Tenerife in Spain’s Canary Islands have been evacuated as a wildfire authorities deemed “out of control” rages on for a fourth day. The Canary Islands emergency services said more than 26,000 people had been evacuated by Saturday afternoon, according to provisional estimates, a sharp rise from 4,500 on Friday. Some 11 towns have now been affected.... More
Quito, August 20 (RHC)-- More than 13 million Ecuadorians are called to participate in a general election to elect the new president, vice president and assembly members amid a climate of violence and insecurity throughout the South American country.... More
Guatemala City, August 20 (RHC)-- Guatemala is holding the second round of elections between candidate Sandra Torres and Bernardo Arévalo, after obtaining the majority of votes in the elections of June 25th.... More
Brasilia, August 20 (RHC)-- Brazil's Minister of Planning and Budget Simone Tebet called on Saturday in Brasilia to confiscate the passport of former President Jair Bolsonaro, who could leave the country after a hacker confessed to acts that implicate him in attacks on the electoral system.... More
Buenos Aires, August 20 (RHC)-- Intellectuals, politicians and human rights defenders in Argentina delivered on Saturday to the United Kingdom embassy in Buenos Aires two letters demanding the release of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.... More
La Paz, August 20 (RHC)-- The Deputy Minister of Communications of Brazil, Gabriela Alcón, has confirmed the participation of President Luis Arce Catacora in the BRICS Group Summit, which will take place between August 24th and the 26th in the city of Johannesburg, South Africa.... More
Caracas, August 19 (RHC)-- The Venezuelan Ministry of Transportation has reported that the airline Conviasa carried out 6,309 flights inside and outside the country, between commercial operations and humanitarian support missions in the first half of 2023, and is currently advancing a route expansion plan, which includes destinations such as Barbados and Algeria, to increase these figures.... More
Mexico City, August 19 (RHC)-- Police in the Mexican state of Nuevo Leon reported on Friday the discovery of 41 migrants of Central American origin, who were kept crammed in a home and a hotel room.... More
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