Santiago de Chile, September 8 (RHC)-- The Municipal Council of Estación Central reports that a section of Ecuador Avenue, located in Santiago de Chile, will be renamed Víctor Jara in honor of the singer-songwriter who was assassinated by forces of the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet.... More
Caracas, September 8 (RHC)-- Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has denounced the attempts of Colombia and the United States to boycott the dialogue process between the Government and the opposition forces that recently completed its sessions in Mexico.... More
Brasilia, September 8 (RHC)-- More than 160 cities in Brazil were the scenes of mobilizations against the government of President Jair Bolsonaro, as part of the campaign calling for the president's ouster, which has been joined by the movement of the excluded.... More
Quito, September 8 (RHC)-- Students and workers in Ecuador have announced that they will mobilize in the coming days against President Guillermo Lasso, to express their rejection of neoliberal policies, including an eventual cut to education.... More
Washington, September 7 (RHC)-- Across the United States, at least 1,000 schools in 35 states have canceled in-person classes since the start of the school year, with tens of thousands of students forced to quarantine due to community spread of the coronavirus. ... More
Washington, September 7 (RHC)-- Unemployment benefits for millions of U.S. workers expired on Labor Day, after President Joe Biden declined to press the Democratic-led Congress to extend assistance — even as many states suffered their worst surge of the pandemic. ... More
Geneva, September 7 (RHC)-- The World Health Organization warns more than 2,000 healthcare centers across Afghanistan may soon be forced to close — at least temporarily — because their donors are barred from working with the Taliban. ... More
United Nations, September 7 (RHC)-- The United Nations World Food Program has published disturbing new footage of the humanitarian crisis in Ethiopia’s Tigray region. ... More
New Orleans, September 7 (RHC)-- In the U.S., parts of Louisiana remain underwater more than a week after Hurricane Ida struck as one of the most powerful storms ever to hit the United States. ... More
La Paz, September 7 (RHC)-- The president of Bolivia, Luis Arce, reactivated this Monday the urea and ammonia plant of Bulo Bulo, in Cochabamba, and at the same time announced the execution of feasibility studies for the opening of another similar plant, as part of the boost to the agrochemical industry.... More
London, September 7 (RHC)-- More than 200 journals are joining forces to issue an editorial voicing climate change concerns, imploring world leaders to act to protect populations against the “catastrophic harm” of rising temperatures.... More
Brasilia, September 7 (RHC)-- Indigenous groups are urging world leaders to back a new target to protect 80 percent of the Amazon basin by 2025, saying bold action is needed to stop deforestation pushing the Earth’s largest rainforest beyond a point of no return.... More
New Orleans, September 7 (RHC)-- Parts of the southern United States still grappling with widespread power outages and water-logged homes in the aftermath of deadly Hurricane Ida are facing the threat of more flash floods from slow-moving rain and drenching thunderstorms.... More
Mexico City, September 7 (RHC)-- The head of the Venezuelan government delegation in the dialogue process in Mexico, Jorge Rodríguez, announced Monday evening that in the framework of the second day of dialogue with the oppositions, two partial agreements were signed in favor of the welfare of the citizens.... More
San Salvador, September 7 (RHC)-- After learning of the resolution of the Supreme Court of El Salvador that allows immediate presidential reelection, citizens took to the streets in front of the Monument to the Constitution in San Salvador to reject the measure.... More
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