Tunis, September 20 (RHC)-- Weeks after a spike in coronavirus cases overwhelmed intensive care units across North Africa with severe oxygen shortages sparking public anger, case numbers are sharply declining.... More


Mexico City, September 19 (RHC)-- Bolivian President Luis Arce Catacora has affirmed that the Organization of American States (OAS) does not represent Latin America.  He made the comments during an interview he gave on his visit to Mexico to participate in the Sixth Summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC).... More


Tel Aviv, September 19 (RHC)-- Israel says its forces have arrested the two remaining Palestinian prisoners, who escaped from a high-security jail nearly two weeks ago.  The Israeli ministry of military affairs said early on Sunday that Iham Kamamji and Munadil Nafiyat, both members of the Islamic Jihad resistance movement, were apprehended in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin.... More


La Paz, September 19 (RHC)-- The Movement Towards Socialism (MAS) reports that it will send to the Bolivian Public Ministry a list of 36 names of people involved in the coup perpetrated against former president Evo Morales in November 2019.... More


Buenos Aires, September 19 (RHC)-- The president of Argentina, Alberto Fernandez, announced  that the minimum, vital and mobile salary will be raised 46 percent starting next month.  The announcement came on the heals of the Primary, Open, Simultaneous and Mandatory (PASO) legislative elections.... More


Washington, September 19 (RHC)-- The U.S. government is preparing a series of flights to deport thousands of Haitians who are kept in a camp in a town in the southern border state of Texas.... More


Melbourne, September 19 (RHC)-- Australia’s police have arrested 235 people in Melbourne and 32 in Sydney at unsanctioned anti-lockdown rallies and several police officers have been injured in clashes with protesters.... More


Washington, September 19 (RHC)-- In a city still on edge after the January 6th insurrection, law enforcement bore down in large numbers on the Capitol on Saturday over concerns that a rally in support of the jailed rioters would turn violent.... More


Mexico City, September 18 (RHC)-- Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel gave a forceful response at the CELAC summit to diatribes by Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou, who attacked the island's government and defended the Organization of American States, the OAS.... More


Mexico City, September 18 (RHC)-- The Secretary of Foreign Affairs of Mexico, Marcelo Ebrard, announced at a press conference on Saturday the agreements adopted at the initial meeting of the heads of state and government at the Sixth Summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC).... More


Mexico City, September 18 (RHC)-- The executive secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena presented this Saturday the technical report of her organization to the heads of State and Government participating in the Sixth Summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC).... More


Mexico City, September 18 (RHC)-- The president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, reiterated his request to the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) to evaluate with balance the proposal for an Executive Secretariat of the bloc and thus strengthen a new institutional in favor of integration, union and promotion of democracy among peoples.... More


Here is the English-language translation of the speech delivered by Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel at the 6th CELAC Summit held in Mexico City on September 18, 2021.... More


Mexico City, September 18 (RHC)-- The 6th Summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) ended today in Mexico City with the approval of six documents submitted for consideration by the leaders of the 31 countries represented.... More


Mexico City, September 18 (RHC)-- The VI Summit of Heads of State and Government of CELAC is being held Saturday in the Mexican capital.... More


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