Morena wins the majority of seats in the Mexican Chamber of Deputies

Mexico City, June 7 (RHC)-- Mexico's National Electoral Institute (INE) has issued a preliminary report saying that President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's National Regeneration Movement (Morena) party leads the vote for the Chamber of Deputies and would reach between 190 and 203 legislators.... More

Russian President Vladimir Putin signs withdrawal from Open Skies Treaty

Moscow, June 7 (RHC)-- President Vladimir Putin has signed legislation to pull Russia out of the Open Skies arms control treaty following Washington's exit from the pact.   The United States initially left the Open Skies Treaty, which allows unarmed surveillance flights over member countries, lsdy November in one of Donald Trump's final acts as president.  Trump accused Russia of violating the treaty.  Russia responded in January, saying it would also withdraw.... More

Colombia's Strike Committee suspends dialogue due to government non-compliance 

Bogota, June 7 (RHC)-- The National Strike Committee confirmed this Sunday the suspension of the negotiations with the Colombian government due to its non-compliance with the pre-agreement, which has as fundamental axes the guarantee of the right to peaceful protest and demilitarization in all regions of the country.... More

Mexicans vote in midterm elections seen as referendum on president

Mexico City, June 7 (RHC)-- Voting drew to a close on Sunday as Mexicans chose a new lower house of Congress, state governors and local lawmakers, in a race seen as a referendum on President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s policies and shakeup of Mexico’s institutions.... More

Agricultural sector in Gaza suffers $204 million in losses

Gaza City, June 7 (RHC)-- Palestinian agricultural authorities say the total losses that the sector suffered as a result of the recent Israeli military offensive on the Gaza Strip are estimated to stand at $204 million.... More

Court asks Iván Duque to explain militarization of Colombia

Bogota, June 6 (RHC)-- The Administrative Court of Cundinamarca requested the testimony of the president of Colombia, Iván Duque, in order for him to give the necessary explanations for decree 575 of 2021, with which military assistance was ordered to Cali, Valle del Cauca and other regions of the country.... More

Chilean activists eye chance for unmatched environmental protection

Santiago de Chile, June 6 (RHC)-- Chile’s newly-elected Constitutional Assembly will be meeting this month for the first time to kick off a nine-month process of drafting a new doctrine to guide the country, throwing aside the previous dictatorship-era constitution.... More

Namibia says German colonial-era genocide reparations offer not enough

Windhoek, June 6 (RHC)-- Germany's offer to fund projects in Namibia worth $1.22 billion over 30 years in compensation for its genocide and property seizures in its former African colony is "not enough," says Namibia’s Vice President Nangolo Mbumba.... More

Polling stations close and vote count begins in Peru

Lima, June 6 (RHC)-- Authorities of the National Jury of Elections (JNE) of Peru announced the closing of all polling stations, as well as the formal beginning of the vote count to know the next head of state of the South American nation.... More

U.S. port workers refuse to unload Israeli ship

Oakland, June 6 (RHC)-- Dockworkers in the U.S. Port of Oakland have refused to unload an Israeli cargo ship as part of an international boycott campaign against Israeli atrocities against Palestinians.... More

ALBA-TCP rejects Almagro's attacks against Mexican foreign minister

Caracas, June 6 (RHC)-- The Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA-TCP) rejected on Saturday the verbal attack of the Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), Luis Almagro, against the Secretary of Foreign Affairs of Mexico, Marcelo Ebrard on June 4th.... More

Peruvians vote in crucial presidential elections

Lima, June 6 (RHC)-- Peruvians are going to the polls to elect their new president between candidates Pedro Castillo and Keiko Fujimori.... More

Afghanistan faces vaccine delay as it battles COVID surge

Kabul, June 6 (RHC)-- Afghanistan is battling a brutal surge in COVID-19 infections as health officials plead for vaccines, only to be told by the World Health Organization that the three million doses the country expected to receive by April will not be delivered until August.... More

Activists renew call to end Washington's aid to Israel

Washington, June 6 (RHC)-- Palestinian rights advocates in the United States have condemned a recent visit to the U.S. capital by Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz, renewing their calls for an end to unconditional U.S. military aid to Israel.... More

Former first lady of El Salvador sentenced to 10 years in prison

San Salvador, June 5 (RHC)-- The Fourth Sentencing Court of El Salvador has handed down a sentence of 10 years in prison against Ana Ligia Mixco de Saca, wife of former President Antonio Saca (2004-2009), for the crime of money laundering for an amount exceeding $26,000,000, informed the Attorney General's Office of the Central American country.... More

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