Los Angeles, June 7 (RHC)-- According to media reports from the United States, President Joe Biden’s bid to reassert leadership in the Americas -- where mistrust of the U.S. runs deep -- has been dealt a blow as several south and central American countries have decided to stay away from a summit in Los Angeles.... More
United Nations, June 7 (RHC)-- Nearly a quarter of a million people are facing starvation in Somalia as drought worsens and global food prices hover near record highs, United Nations agencies have said.... More
Washington, June 7 (RHC)-- Former CIA Director Gina Haspel personally observed the torture of Saudi prisoner Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri in 2002, when she oversaw a CIA black site in Thailand. That’s according to recent testimony to a Guantánamo Bay military court by CIA psychologist James Mitchell, who’s been identified as an “architect” of the CIA’s torture program. ... More
Washington, June 7 (RHC)-- The Washington Post has revealed new details about how the U.S. has played a critical role in supporting the Saudi-led war in Yemen. ... More
Caracas, June 7 (RHC)-- Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said it is necessary to create a new organization in which all the countries of the Americas participate, to counteract the exclusionary actions of the United States.... More
Mexico City, June 7 (RHC)-- The Ninth Latin American Conference of Social Sciences has been in session since Tuesday at the National Autonomous University of Mexico, with the attendance of 10,000 professors from the continent and special guests.... More
Damascus, June 7 (RHC)-- Syrian media say the country’s air defenses have intercepted Israeli missiles in the sky over the southern part of the capital, Damascus, with no casualties reported as a result of the aggression.... More
Gaza City, June 7 (RHC)-- The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas has called on the international community to take immediate action to protect Palestinian children from Israeli brutality, saying they are suffering both in Palestine and abroad due to Israel’s occupation of their homeland.... More
Santiago de Chile, June 7 (RHC)-- According to parameters such as the slow growth of the economy and the rise of inflation, poverty and extreme poverty will increase in the Latin American and Caribbean region, according to the latest projections made on Monday by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC).... More
Guatemala City, June 7 (RHC)-- Guatemala ranks as the second most food insecure country in Latin America and the Caribbean, according to a report published by the Global Food Crisis Network.... More
Caracas, June 7 (RHC)-- The president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, repudiated on Monday the discriminatory stance of the United States with the exclusion of Cuba, Nicaragua and his country before the Summit of the Americas, a gathering that is taking place until Friday, June 10th.... More
La Paz, June 7 (RHC)-- The Bolivian Attorney General's Office has requested 15 years in prison for the coup-leader Jeanine Áñez. The request took place when the trial against her resumed after being paralyzed since April due to maneuvers carried out by her defense attorneys.... More
Bogota, June 7(RHC)-- The president of Colombia, Iván Duque, has been sentenced to five days of house arrest for failing to comply with a sentence for the protection of Los Nevados National Park.... More
Sucre, June 6 (RHC)-- No member of the Bolivian government will participate in the Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles, Deputy Foreign Minister Freddy Mamani said Monday -- and only Bolivia's ambassador to the Organization of American States, Héctor Arce, will attend the event.... More
Santiago de Chile, June 6 (RHC)-- Chilean President Gabriel Boric insisted Monday that the IX Summit of the Americas should not exclude any nation and criticized the U.S. government for leaving out Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela.... More
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