Mexico City, September 25 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Prior to the meeting with President Enrique Peña Nieto, the parents of the 43 forcibly disappeared students September 26, 2014 elaborated a document with eight petitions that were bluntly rejected by the Mexican head of state.... More


San Jose, September 25 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Costa Rica is estimated to be reaching “pandemic” levels of violence by the end of the year, as up to 533 murders are expected by December, said the country’s Public Ministry and Judicial Police on Wednesday.... More


Lima, September 25 (teleSUR-RHC)-- In Peru, over 1,500 residents of various districts of Arequipa province began a three-day mobilization against the Tia Maria mining project on Wednesday. ... More


Buenos Aires, September 25 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Argentina's Parliament approved Wednesday by a wide majority to launch an investigation into economic complicity by civilians during the country's last military dictatorship.... More


Asunción, September 25 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Paraguayan farmers initiated a massive demonstration on Wednesday morning in the district of Santa Rosa of Aguaray in the department of San Pedro. ... More


Mexico City, September 25 (teleSUR-RHC)-- After almost a year mobilizing and demanding justice for their 43 loved ones, the relatives of the disappeared Ayotzinapa students were finally met by Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto on Thursday.... More


United Nations, September 25 (RHC)-- Pope Francis addressed the United Nations General Assembly on Friday morning, issuing a sweeping call for peace and environmental justice. And he placed blame for the exploitation of natural resources on “a selfish and boundless thirst for power and material prosperity.”... More


New York, September 24 (RHC)-- A newly-released report concludes that burning all of the world’s coal, oil and natural gas deposits would cause the entire ice sheet covering Antarctica to melt. ... More


Mecca, September 24 (RHC)-- At least 700 people have been killed and nearly 720 others injured in a crush during Hajj pilgrimage rituals outside Mecca. According to Saudi disaster officials, the incident occurred in Mina, near Mecca, after two large masses of pilgrims coming down parallel streets fused together.... More


Havana, September 24 (PL-RHC)-- Delegations of the Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia-People's Army (FARC-EP) signed on Wednesday an agreement on special jurisdiction for peace in Colombia.... More


Abuja, September 24 (RHC)-- Nigerian soldiers have rescued more than 240 women and children in a series of security operations against the Takfiri Boko Haram terrorist group in the country's troubled northeast.... More


Washington, September 24 (RHC)-- A video of a little girl delivering a letter to Pope Francis during his papal procession down Constitution Avenue in Washington, D.C., has gone viral. ... More


Washington, September 24 (RHC)-- Pope Francis continued his first-ever trip to the United States by becoming the first Pope ever to address the U.S. Congress. At the joint session of the House of Representatives and the Senate, the Pope's speech was interrupted numerous times by applause from both Republicans and Democrats.... More


Hebron, September 24 (RHC)-- Israeli forces have clashed with Palestinians in the occupied West Bank following the funeral of a young woman shot dead by the Tel Aviv regime's troops.... More


Budapest, September 24 (RHC)-- Police in Hungary say a record high of 10,046 refugees crossed the border into the country on Wednesday, amid the unprecedented influx of asylum seekers to Europe. Data showed that a total of 9,939 refugees entered Hungary from Croatia while 102 crossed from Serbia. The police, meanwhile, failed to explain the discrepancy of five refugees in the figures.... More


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