Managua, July 23 (RHC)-- This past week --commemorating the 44th anniversary of the Sandinista victory in Nicaragua -- President Daniel Ortega addressed a number of current events.... More


Quito, July 23 (RHC)-- A Spanish security company reportedly used its equipment to spy on the former president of Ecuador, Rafael Correa, at the request of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), according to various international media sources.... More


Brasilia, July 23 (RHC)-- Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has moved to restrict access to firearms, seeking to reverse a trend of proliferating gun ownership under his predecessor Jair Bolsonaro.... More


Santiago de Chile, July 23 (RHC)-- The lead scientist and climatologist at the University of Santiago de Chile, Raúl Cordero, stated that high temperatures of up to 39 degrees Celsius (ºC) could be registered in the Chilean capital during this summer due to the El Niño phenomenon... More


Lima, July 23 (RHC)-- Despite police hostility, thousands of Peruvians participated this Saturday in the great national march against the government of Dina Boluarte in the framework of the third Toma de Lima.... More


Managua, July 23 (RHC)-- The Government of Nicaragua has congratulated the multiplatform channel teleSUR on the 18th anniversary of its creation and praised its informative work at the service of the people.... More


Madrid, July 23 (RHC)-- Polls opened at 07:00 GMT in potentially close-run general elections marked by ideological differences and the prospect of the first far-right party in government since Francisco Franco’s dictatorship ended in the 1970s.... More


Ramallah, July 23 (RHC)-- Israeli forces have shot and killed a 17-year-old Palestinian boy in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian officials said, the latest bloodshed amid continued violence in the region.... More


Montevideo, July 23 (RHC)-- In Montevideo, the Uruguayan capital, the SOS Fauna Marina NGO confirmed that over 300 Magellanic penguins appeared dead on the Uruguayan coast in the last week.  This occurred during their annual migration from Argentina's Patagonia to Brazil, where the penguins seek food and warmer waters for the winter.... More


Athens, July 22 (RHC)-- Greece’s capital -- Athens -- is facing its hottest July weekend in 50 years, with temperatures forecast to soar above 40C (104F), as the nation and others in southern Europe, such as Italy and Spain, swelter in another record-breaking heat wave.... More


New Delhi, July 22 (RHC)-- In northern India, public health officials are warning of a high risk of waterborne diseases as floodwaters from unusually heavy monsoon rains begin receding.  The swollen Yamuna River has caused extensive flooding across the holy cities of Vrindavan and Mathura. ... More


Sao Paulo, July 22 (RHC)-- Stella Li stood in front of a packed stage, banging a brightly decorated drum to a samba-reggae rhythm.   Moments earlier, Li, global vice president of the world’s largest electronic vehicle manufacturer, BYD, had announced that the Shenzhen-headquartered Chinese company would open an industrial complex in Brazil’s northeastern state Bahia.... More


Austin, July 22 (RHC)-- A court in Austin, Texas heard testimony this week from women who are suing over Texas’s abortion ban, which put their lives in danger when they were unable to end their pregnancies, even when they were nonviable. ... More


Lincoln, July 22 (RHC)-- In the U.S. state of Nebraska, a teenager who used abortion pills to terminate her pregnancy has been sentenced to 90 days in jail.  ... More


Brasilia, July 22 (RHC)-- Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva approved on Thursday the Food Acquisition Program (PAA) and the Solidarity Kitchens Program. At least 30% of public purchases of food products must be made from small farmers.... More


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