Caracas, May 5 (RHC)-- The Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America Peoples' Trade Treaty (ALBA/TCP) described as "immoral and illegal" the decision of the U.S. Treasury Department that will allow the auction of CITGO, a U.S.-based subsidiary of the Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA.... More
Brasilia, May 5 (RHC)-- The plenary of the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies approved on Thursday the bill establishing equal pay for men and women performing the same functions. The initiative presented by the government of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva received 325 votes in favor and 36 against. It must now be voted on in the Senate before Lula can sign it into law.... More
Dallas, May 5 (RHC)-- The city of Dallas in the U.S. state of Texas was hit by hacker sabotage on Thursday. According to reports, disruption was caused to several public services in Dallas, closing courts and knocking emergency services websites off-line, officials said on Thursday.... More
La Paz, May 5 (RHC)-- The Foreign Ministers of Bolivia, Rogelio Mayta and Brazil, Mauro Vieira met on Thursday to outline a timetable to deepen and relaunch bilateral relations. "We worked, hand in hand, with Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira and the Brazilian delegation to advance in a roadmap that allows strengthening, relaunching and deepening our bilateral relations," Mayta expressed on his Twitter account.... More
Washington, May 5 (RHC)-- The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee is holding a hearing on Supreme Court ethics reform amid a mounting series of scandals among justices. ... More
Vatican City, May 4 (RHC)-- Pope Francis said that the growing inequality in Latin America is what he called "a painful wound" -- and called to heal it. The Pope received at the Vatican the members of the Organization of Catholic Universities of Latin America and the Caribbean (Oducal) on the occasion of its 70th anniversary.... More
Washington, May 4 (RHC)-- The former leader of the far-right Proud Boys group, Enrique Tarrio, and three other deputies have been found guilty of seditious conspiracy in an alleged plot to attack the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021, and prevent a peaceful transfer of power.... More
Washington, May 4 (RHC)-- In the U.S. capital, protesters have confronted Secretary of State Antony Blinken over the Biden administration’s prosecution of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and for failing to condemn the killing of Palestinian American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, who was killed by an Israeli military sniper last year while reporting from the occupied West Bank. ... More
Cape Town, May 4 (RHC)-- South Africans are calling for the United Kingdom to return the world’s largest diamond, known as the Star of Africa, which is set in the royal sceptre that King Charles III will hold at his coronation on Saturday.... More
Ramallah, May 4 (RHC)-- Doctors Without Borders has called on Israel to immediately halt the demolition of Palestinian homes, schools and infrastructure in the occupied West Bank. David Cantero-Pérez, the MSF head of mission in the occupied Palestinian territory, called on Israeli authorities to assume obligations under international and human rights law and immediately stop the demolitions, Wafa news agency reported.... More
United Nations, May 4 (RHC)-- Almost 258 million people in 58 countries faced acute food shortages last year due to conflicts, climate change, effects of the coronavirus pandemic and the war in Ukraine, according to a United Nations report, a sharp rise from 193 million the previous year.... More
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine warns of full-blown uprising as Israeli raids continue
Ramallah, May 4 (RHC)-- The Secretary General of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) has warned that mounting tensions across the occupied West Bank over Israeli military raids and settler-related violence could turn into a new, full-blown intifada (uprising) at anytime soon.... More
Athens, May 4 (RHC)-- Greece’s Supreme Court has agreed to ban the far-right Greeks (Hellenes) Party from participating in the country’s upcoming general election, scheduled to take place on May 21st. The court’s assembly ruled by a majority of nine to one to uphold amendments adopted by parliament in February, which disqualify parties led by politicians convicted of serious offences, as well as ones that would not “serve the free functioning of [Greece’s] democratic constitution.”... More
Mexico City, May 4 (RHC)-- Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has issued a letter to the administration of Joe Biden, calling for the United States to end aid to organisations he perceives as opposed to his government.... More
Brasilia, May 3 (RHC)-- The Brazilian Federal Police on Wednesday searched the residence of former President Jair Bolsonaro and seized his cell phone, as part of an investigation into the falsification of COVID-19 vaccination certificates.... More
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