Caracas, July 21 (RHC)-- Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro delivered the 4,600,000th residence of the social program Gran Misión Vivienda Venezuela (GMVV), in an event held Thursday in Falcón state, in the central-western region of the country.... More
Tegucigalpa, July 21 (RHC)-- The president of Honduras, Xiomara Castro, described Thursday as "unacceptable" the politicization of the United Nations in her country, in response to the support of its representative in Tegucigalpa, Alice Shackelford, to the director of the National Anti-Corruption Council, Gabriela Castellanos.... More
Bogota, July 21 (RHC)-- The president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, installed this Thursday a new session of Congress with a call to legislators to contribute to move forward his environmental and social justice programs.... More
Lima, July 21 (RHC)-- Peruvian social organizations, movements and demonstrators continue with the mobilization in Lima to demand the resignation of the designated president Dina Boluarte and the closure of Congress.... More
New York, July 21 (RHC)-- More than half of the world’s oceans have changed colors in the past 20 years, becoming more green than blue. The culprit? Climate change. In a study, published in Nature, decades worth of research showed 56 percent of the world’s oceans experienced color change between 2002 to 2022.... More
San Juan, July 21 (RHC)-- According to reports, the coral reefs around Puerto Rico have one of the worst states of conservation of coral polyps in the Caribbean area. The island government was too late to implement a plan to protect these delicate marine ecosystems. The environmental policies focused on economic development and allowing tourists to explore the seascapes. And observers say that the problem became visible perhaps too late.... More
London, July 20 (RHC)-- Rejecting a meager pay rise offered by the government, thousands of senior doctors in England have staged their first major strike in a decade, a move expected to trigger massive disruption to health services.... More
New Orleans, July 20 (RHC)-- In the U.S. state of Louisiana, the ACLU filed an emergency plea with a federal court this week asking for the transfer of children incarcerated at the notorious Angola prison. ... More
Bogota, July 20 (RHC)-- The Central Unitaria de Trabajadores (CUT) of Colombia called for a new march this Thursday in support of the government of President Gustavo Petro, when Independence Day is commemorated.... More
Pretoria, July 20 (RHC)-- More than 40 countries have already expressed their desire to join the BRICS group of nations, South Africa says, as the bloc prepares to hold a summit next month. Speaking at a press conference on Thursday, South Africa's Ambassador to BRICS Anil Sooklal said that 22 countries have so far formally asked to join the bloc.... More
Brasilia, July 20 (RHC)-- Countries around the world are beginning to grow weary of the ongoing military conflict between Moscow and Kiev, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva told reporters this week. “The world is starting to get tired. Countries are starting to get tired,” he said following a two-day meeting of EU and Latin American leaders in Brussels, as quoted by Bloomberg.... More
Ramallah, July 20 (RHC)-- In Palestine, the Red Crescent Society says it has begun equipping first responders with helmets and bulletproof vests amid a surge in attacks on medical workers by Israeli forces and settlers in occupied East Jerusalem and the West Bank. ... More
New York, July 20 (RHC)-- An unrelenting heat wave across the southern United States is continuing today, with dozens of temperature records set to fall.... More
Geneva, July 20 (RHC)-- Hans Kluge, the World Health Organization's director for Europe, said there is an urgent need to tackle the climate crisis after confirming that 60,000 people died in Europe due to extreme heat over the past year.... More
Brasilia, July 20 (RHC)-- Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Wednesday criticized his Chilean counterpart, Gabriel Boric, for his obsession regarding the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) countries openly expressing themselves against Russia for its special military operation in Ukraine.... More
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