Beijing, June 1 (RHC)-- China has rejected a request by the United States for a meeting between the two countries' defense chiefs, as tensions continue to rise between Beijing and Washington. According to a report by The Wall Street Journal, China's Monday decision was apparently over Beijing's ire at Washington over the latter's sanctions against the Chinese defense minister.... More
Panama City, June 1 (RHC)-- Panama's Prosecutor's Office has requested the maximum penalty for the former president, Ricardo Martinelli, and 12 other people accused of the alleged crime of money laundering for considering that they incurred in a "continuous" violation and of which they are "perpetrators."... More
Cape Town, June 1 (RHC)-- The foreign ministers of the BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) met Thursday in the South African city of Cape Town to analyze global developments and prepare for the summit of heads of state and government of the economic bloc to be held next August.... More
Lima, June 1 (RHC)-- The designated Peruvian 'president' Dina Boluarte has authorized the entry into national territory of over one thousand U.S. soldiers, who will train the Armed Forces and the National Police.... More
Brasilia, June 1 (RHC)-- The presidents of Brazil and Colombia, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, and Gustavo Petro, respectively, met on Wednesday morning at the Alvorada Palace, Brasilia, in a meeting whose central theme was the protection of the Amazon.... More
Brasilia, June 1 (RHC)-- In meetings parallel to the presidential summit held in Brasilia on Tuesday, Presidents Nicolas Maduro (Venezuela) and Lula da Silva (Brazil) were present at the signing of cooperation agreements between their countries.... More
Bogota, June 1 (RHC)-- The president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, denounced before attending the meeting of presidents of South America, in Brazil, that a soft coup strategy is being developed against his government.... More
Beirut, June 1 (RHC)-- The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – General Command (PFLP-GC) has blamed Israel for the killing of five of its members in a blast in eastern Lebanon, near the Syrian border.... More
Mexico City, June 1 (RHC)-- The president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, held a meeting with Elizabeth Sherwood, advisor to the president of the United States, Joe Biden, in matters of national security, with whom he agreed on greater bilateral collaboration to confront fentanyl trafficking.... More
Acra, June 1 (RHC)-- Ama Ata Aidoo, the iconic Ghanaian writer whose classics The Dilemma of a Ghost and Changes were taught to children in West African schools for decades, has died aged 81. The death of the playwright and poet who was famous for her feminist ideals was announced on Wednesday in a short statement by her family. The cause of death was an undisclosed illness.... More
Brasilia, June 1 (RHC)-- The president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, announced in Brasilia that he will soon receive a delegation of foreign ministers from about twenty countries participating in the Conference in Bogota.... More
Brasilia, June 1 (RHC)-- The president of Bolivia, Luis Arce, has highlighted the need for a true regional integration for the benefit of the peoples. In the framework of the meeting of South American presidents held in Brazil, the Bolivian leader said that an "ideologization of integration and a vision subordinated to the North prevented the consolidation of this effort".... More
Brasilia, June 1 (RHC)-- The president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, has announced his decision to reintegrate the country into the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR), from which it separated almost five years ago during the government of then president Iván Duque.... More
Brasilia, May 31 (RHC)-- Brazil's Ministry of Foreign Affairs shared the final declaration of the meeting of South American presidents, called the "Brasilia Consensus."... More
Brasilia, May 31 (RHC)-- Upon his arrival to the summit of South American presidents in Brazil, Colombian President Gustavo Petro affirmed that Latin America must have a unified voice, not only in discourse but also in actions.... More
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