Bogota, July 2 (RHC)-- Colombian President-elect Gustavo Petro called on the authorities to investigate the murder of activists who supported him during the election.  "There are several cases of murders of militants who supported us.  Investigative entities are called to determine the perpetrators of these systematic murders against a civilian group with a political identity," Petro said on Twitter. ... More


Managua, July 2 (RHC)-- The center of tropical storm Bonnie made landfall Friday night at a point on the border between Nicaragua and Costa Rica, in the Atlantic sector, meteorological authorities of both nations reported.... More


Paris, July 2 (RHC)-- Flights from Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris and other French airports have faced disruptions as airport workers hold a strike and protests to demand salary hikes to keep up with inflation.... More


Lisbon, July 2 (RHC)-- Environmental groups have urged world leaders to keep promises they made at the UN Ocean Conference in Lisbon this week, to do everything in their power to save the world’s seas.... More


Bluefields, July 1 (RHC)-- On Friday, Nicaragua and Costa Rica decreed the evacuation of people, the protection of heritage, and other preventive measures in the face of the imminent impact on their Caribbean territories of the winds and rains generated by Tropical Storm Bonnie.... More


San Salvador, July 1 (RHC)-- Teachers and administrative staff of the Rutilio Grande School, located in San Martín, department of San Salvador, closed for several hours a stretch of the Oro highway to demand better conditions in the educational sector.... More


San Antonio, July 1 (RHC)-- Two more people have died after being trapped in a stifling trailer on the outskirts of San Antonio, Texas.  This brings the death toll to 53, the largest single human trafficking death toll on record in the United States. ... More


London, July 1 (RHC)-- WikiLeaks’ founder Julian Assange has appealed to the High Court in London to block his extradition to the United States to face criminal charges, his brother has said, the latest step in his legal battle that has dragged on for more than 10 years.... More


Mexico City, July 1 (RHC)-- In the early hours of September 26-27, 2014, 43 students were kidnapped after a chase in which it has already been proven that municipal, state, federal and Army police officers participated.... More


Washington, July 1 (RHC)-- Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Director Carissa F. Etienne has warned all the countries of the Americas region to prepare their health systems for the treatment and monitoring of post-COVID conditions, as infections have increased by 13.9 percent in the region from last week.... More


Kinshasa, July 1 (RHC)-- The family of Democratic Republic of Congo’s murdered independence hero Patrice Lumumba has buried his only known remains, a tooth, in the capital Kinshasa, 61 years after his death at the hands of Belgian-backed secessionist rebels.... More


Lima, July 1 (RHC)-- The president of Peru, Pedro Castillo, has announced his resignation from the Peru Libre party, the political grouping to which he belonged when he achieved his electoral victory in 2021.... More


Washington, June 30 (RHC)-- The U.S. Supreme Court has rolled back a landmark decision on tribal sovereignty it delivered just two years ago in the historic ruling McGirt v. Oklahoma.... More


New Delhi, June 30 (RHC)-- At least seven people have died and another 55 are feared to have been killed after a massive landslide hit a remote area of northeastern India’s Manipur state, local officials said.... More


Manila, June 30 (RHC)-- Ferdinand Marcos Jr, the son and namesake of the Philippines’s late dictator, was sworn in as the country’s new president.  Marcos Jr’s inauguration on Thursday marked a stunning political comeback for one of Asia’s most famous political dynasties, 36 years after it was toppled in a popular uprising.... More


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