Saint Vincent evacuating thousands as volcano erupts

Kingston, April 9 (RHC)-- Empty cruise ships are arriving at the eastern Caribbean island of Saint Vincent on Friday to help transport thousands of people evacuated under the fiery glow of La Soufriere volcano which officials said has now begun to erupt.... More

Venezuelan foreign minister says U.S. blockade impedes vaccinations 

Caracas, April 9 (RHC)-- Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza denounced Thursday that the U.S. blockade against Venezuela is the impediment for the government of Caracas to acquire all the vaccines needed to carry out a thorough immunization campaign.  Arreaza's pointed out that without the unilateral coercive measures imposed by Washington, the anti-viral vaccines needed by the country would have already been purchased.... More

Lula da Silva blames Bolsonaro for turning Brazil into a global threat

Brasilia, April 9 (RHC)-- The former president of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, blamed Jair Bolsonaro for making the country a threat to the world by the uncontrollable circulation of COVID-19 and the emergence of new mutations.... More

Global coronavirus cases surge with record daily infections

New York, April 9 (RHC)-- Global coronavirus cases are soaring to levels not seen since January’s record peak of infections, led by massive outbreaks across Europe, the Americas and parts of Asia.... More

Countries cut back on AstraZeneca vaccinations after report of blood clots

London, April 9 (RHC)-- The British government has recommended that people under the age of 30 should not receive shots of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine, after a European drug regulator described a “possible link” between the vaccine and rare cases of blood clots. ... More

Bolivia announces the arrival of a new batch of Sputnik V vaccines

La Paz, April 8 (RHC)-- The Deputy Minister of Foreign Trade and Integration of Bolivia, Benjamín Blanco, reports that the country will soon receive a new batch of Sputnik V vaccines to fight the coronavirus.... More

Peru registers new record number of deaths three days before presidential election

Lima, April 8 (RHC)-- In Peru, the Ministry of Health (Minsa) reported that to date nationwide there are 53,725 deaths and 1,607,898 accumulated cases of new coronavirus.... More

Massacre in southwestern Colombia leaves at least four dead

Bogota, April 8 (RHC)-- In Bogota, the Institute for Development and Peace Studies of Colombia (Indepaz) reported Wednesday the death of four people in a new massacre in the village of Mondomo, municipality of Santander de Quilichao, in the department of Cauca.... More

Syria blames Israel for missile attacks near Damascus

Damascus, April 8 (RHC)-- A missile attack near the Syrian capital of Damascus has wounded four soldiers, according to Syria’s state media which blamed Israel for the attack.  Syria’s state news agency SANA, quoting an unidentified military official, said Syrian air defences were able to shoot down most of the missiles before they hit their targets on Thursday.... More

Ecuador's Minister of Health removed after only 19 days in office

Quito, April 8 (RHC)-- Ecuadorean President Lenin Moreno reported on his Twitter account the decision to replace the country's Minister of Health, Dr. Mauro Antonio Falconí, after irregularities in the vaccination campaign in Quito.... More

Number of billionaires in Brazil grows 44% during pandemic

Brasilia, April 8 (RHC)-- The number of billionaires in Brazil increased by 44 percent, going from 45 in 2020 to 65 in 2021, according to Forbes magazine, while more than half of the population of the South American country suffers from hunger.... More

PAHO says over half of last week’s global COVID deaths in the Americas

Havana, April 8 (RHC)-- COVID-19 infections continue to surge throughout the Americas, the director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) said on Wednesday, with more than 1.3 million new cases registered this past week and more than 37,000 thousand deaths.... More

Report says U.S. military poisoning American communities with toxic chemicals

Washington, April 8 (RHC)-- The U.S. Department of Defense is secretly burning one of the most enduring, indestructible toxic chemicals known to man -- Aqueous Film Forming Foam (AFFF) -- despite its grave risks to human health.... More

Mexico's secretary of health warns not to be overconfident with COVID 

Mexico City, April 8 (RHC)-- Mexican Secretary of Health Jorge Alcocer has warned people "not to lower their guard" or to be overly confident because there is a vaccine.... More

Bolsonaro again refuses lockdown as Brazil COVID crisis drags on

Brasilia, April 8 (RHC)-- Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has reiterated that he has no plans to order a national lockdown, one day after the nation saw its highest number of coronavirus deaths in 24 hours.... More

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