Brasilia, July 1 (RHC)-- Social movements, along with political parties, parliamentarians and personalities of various trends have presented in Brazil a super request for impeachment against President Jair Bolsonaro, in an act that is part of a campaign to demand the impeachment of the ultra right-wing president.... More
Lima, June 30 (RHC)--A supporter of the Peru Libre party and of the virtual Peruvian president-elect, Pedro Castillo, died on Tuesday, days after being attacked by pro-Fujimori supporters, when he was carrying out a sit-in in defense of the vote.... More
United Nations, June 30 (RHC)-- The economic effects from the plunge in tourism since the coronavirus pandemic emerged last year could be more than $4 trillion, a United Nations report said on Wednesday.... More
New York, June 30 (RHC)-- The New York City Commission on Human Rights has fined Fox News $1 million --the largest penalty in its history -- for violations of laws protecting against sexual harassment and job retaliation.... More
Ottawa, June 30 (RHC)-- An Indigenous community in western Canada has found 182 unmarked graves near a former boarding school for Indigenous children, the latest such discovery in recent weeks.... More
Vancouver, June 30 (RHC)-- In Canada, officials estimate dozens of people across British Columbia have died in connection with the record-shattering, climate change-driven heat wave that engulfed the western U.S. and Canada in recent days. ... More
Rome, June 30 (RHC)-- At least seven people, including a pregnant woman, have drowned after a boat carrying migrants and refugees capsized five miles (eight kilometres) off the Italian island of Lampedusa, officials said.... More
United Nations, June 30 (RHC)-- UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appealed to U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration to lift or waive all sanctions on Iran as agreed under a 2015 deal aimed at stopping Tehran from developing a nuclear weapon.... More
Jakarta, June 30 (RHC)-- As the Delta variant threatens to hamper COVID-19 recovery efforts around the world, the Red Cross is warning Indonesia is “on the edge of catastrophe” as health systems struggle to keep up with the influx of patients.... More
Brasilia, June 30 (RHC)-- As Brazil reels from its worst drought in decades, President Jair Bolsonaro has issued a broad 120-day ban on unauthorised outdoor fires ahead of the annual burning season in the Amazon rainforest.... More
La Paz, June 30 (RHC)-- The president of Bolivia, Luis Arce, announced that one million Janssen single-dose vaccines, produced by Johnson & Johnson pharmaceuticals, will arrive in that nation in the following weeks.... More
London, June 30 (RHC)-- The director of the campaign against the extradition of Julian Assange to the United States, John Reese, said in London that Washington's case is falling apart after a prosecution witness admitted lying in court.... More
Buenos Aires, June 30 (RHC)-- The Puebla Group (el Grupo de Puebla), an alliance founded by political personalities from 17 countries, has strongly rejected the pretension of handing over the verification of the Peruvian elections to the Secretary of the Organization of American States (OAS), Luis Almagro.... More
Washington, June 29 (RHC)-- In the U.S. capital, hundreds of youth climate activists surrounded the White House Monday in a nonviolent blockade demanding President Biden take meaningful action on the climate crisis. Secret Service agents made dozens of arrests. ... More
Minneapolis, June 29 (RHC)-- In the U.S. state of Minnesota, Hubbard County sheriff’s deputies have barricaded access to an encampment of water protectors who are resisting construction of the Enbridge Line 3 tar sands pipeline, which has the backing of the Biden administration. ... More
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