Brasilia, December 15 (RHC)-- Brazil is set to restart diplomatic relations with neighbouring Venezuela once President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva assumes office on January 1st.... More
Brasilia, December 15 (RHC)-- Brazil’s President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has accused far-right incumbent Jair Bolsonaro of inciting violence following violent pro-Bolsonaro demonstrations in the capital Brasilia where vehicles were torched and clashes took place with police.... More
Lima, December 15 (RHC)-- The former president of Peru, Pedro Castillo, asked the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights on Wednesday to "intercede for [his] rights and the rights of my Peruvian brothers and sisters who are crying out for justice", in the midst of the legal uncertainty in which he finds himself.... More
London, December 14 (RHC)-- At least four people are dead after an incident involving a small boat in the English Channel between Britain and France, the British government has said. According to British media reports, dozens of people were rescued after a small boat capsized in the icy water off the British coast on Wednesday. British radio station LBC reported that 43 people had been rescued.... More
Lima, December 14 (RHC)-- Seeking to contain the massive protests triggered by the removal of Pedro Castillo, President Dina Boluarte on Wednesday declared a 30-day state of emergency throughout the country.... More
London, December 14 (RHC)-- British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak pledged to clear a backlog of asylum-seeker applications as he announced new measures aimed at curbing the number of people reaching the United Kingdom by crossing the English Channel on small boats.... More
Lima, December 14 (RHC)-- Social sectors denounced on Tuesday the militarization of Peru in the face of an increase in popular mobilization in favor of the release of former president Pedro Castillo and to demand the closure of Congress.... More
Kinshasa, December 14 (RHC)-- At least 50 people have been killed in Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, after heavy rains triggered floods and caused landslides. “We are already at around 50 deaths and that is not yet final,” the city’s police chief, Sylvano Kasongo, said on Tuesday.... More
New York, December 14 (RHC)-- New York City is naming a gate in Central Park in honor of the five Black and Latino men who as teenagers were wrongfully convicted of the 1989 beating and rape of a white woman. ... More
Reno, December 14 (RHC)-- In the U.S. state of Nevada, over a dozen people at the Ely State Prison remain on hunger strike protesting unsafe and inhumane conditions. The peaceful action began December 1st with at least 40 prisoners joining the hunger strike, according to the ACLU. ... More
Bogota, December 14 (RHC)-- The president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, sanctioned on Tuesday from the Casa de Nariño the tax reform promoted by his government, which has become law and will start to be in force as of 2023.... More
Lima, December 14 (RHC)-- Mobilizations in Peru continue in several localities to reiterate the demand for the closure of Congress, the release of former president Pedro Castillo, as well as the resignation of President Dina Boluarte and the holding of new elections.... More
Brasilia, December 14 (RHC)-- The defeated ultra-right-wing leader Jair Bolsonaro is apparently carrying out maneuvers to try to annul the result of the elections in Brazil won by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.... More
Lima, December 14 (RHC)-- The Peruvian Prosecutor's Office has requested to the Supreme Court of Preparatory Investigation to order 18 months of preventive imprisonment against the former president of this South American country, Pedro Castillo, and the former chief of the Cabinet, Aníbal Torres.... More
Mogadishu, December 14 (RHC)-- More than 200,000 Somalis are suffering catastrophic food shortages and many are dying of hunger, with that number set to rise to over 700,000 next year, according to an analysis by an alliance of UN agencies and aid groups.... More
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