Caracas, April 5 (RHC) -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez called to strengthen the people’s unity and welfare after returning home from Havana, the Cuban capital, where he traveled on Saturday to receive the second round of radiotherapy.

Geneva, April 5 (RHC) Kofi Annan, U.N. and Arab League Special Envoy to Syria said there will be a complete cease-fire between the Syrian government and the opposition in the 48 hours after April 10th.

San Juan, April 5 (RHC) -- Puerto Rican solidarity-with-Cuba groups in San Juan demanded the return to their homeland of the five Cuban anti-terrorists imprisoned in the U.S. since 1998.

La Paz, April 5 (RHC) -- The Supreme Electoral Court of Bolivia prepares a bill on political organizations, which will be presented to the Pluri-national Legislative Assembly in August, with a view of the 2014 general elections.

Bogotá, April 5 (PL-RHC) -- Colombia is ready to receive more than 8,000 participants to the 6th Summit of the Americas next week, to take place in the city of Cartagena de Indias, the capital of the department of Bolivar.

Quito, April 5 (PL-RHC) -- The positive rating of the administration of President Rafael Correa currently stands at 80.5 percent, according to a recent survey conducted in Quito and Guayaquil by the private firm Perfiles de Opinion.

Rio de Janeiro, April 5 (Xinhua-RHC) -- Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff said that the upcoming Rio+20 Conference must find ways to promote sustainable development and provide real solutions to environmental and other problems instead of being a fantasy debate.

Bogota, April 5th (RHC) Pacifist and former senator Piedad Córdoba stated that the Colombian government did not honour the agreement to authorize the Women for Peace group to visit the political prisoners held in Colombian penitentiaries.

Damascus, April 5 (Prensa Latina-RHC) Syria asked the International Red Cross on Thursday to intercede with the countries that support, finance and equip the armed groups in order to end the violence severely affecting the country.

United Nations, April 5 (RHC) The situation in Syria is being discussed on Thursday at the General Assembly and the Security Council, which is expected to approve a declaration put forth by the United States, France, and Great Britain to pressure Damascus to follow through with the cease-fire established for April 10th, as part of the 6-point plan put forth by U.N. and Arab League Special Envoy Kofi Annan.

Geneva, April 5 (RHC) The International Criminal Court rejected requests to open an investigation of war crimes committed by Israel during its three week attack against Gaza at the end of 2008.

Athens, April 5 (Xinhua-RHC) A 77-year-old retired Greek man committed suicide on Wednesday in front of the parliament building in central Athens in what appears to be an act linked to the acute debt crisis, police said.

FAIZABAD, Afghanistan, April 5 (Xinhua) -- A suicide bomber killed two people and injured six others in Kisham district in northern Afghan province of Badakhshan on Thursday, district chief Abdul Salam Paiman said.

Berlin, April 5, (RHC), -- At least one man has been killed in a suspected hate crime in the German capital, Berlin on Thursday.

Islamabad, April 5, (RHC), -- At least three Pakistani paramilitary troops have been killed and two others wounded after a roadside bomb targeted their vehicle in southwestern province of Balochistan.