Washington, June 1 (RHC)-- A new poll in the United States reveals that most Americans oppose the Patriot Act, used by the National Security Agency as a legal basis to spy on its own citizens. ... More
Chicago, June 1 (RHC)-- An American Muslim woman says she is the victim of religious discrimination after a United Airline flight attendant denied her an unopened can of Diet Coke because it could be used as a "weapon." ... More
Caracas, June 1 (teleSUR-RHC)-- The president of the Venezuelan National Assembly declared on Sunday that he plans to file lawsuits against U.S. and Spanish media outlets that have linked his name to drug trafficking. ... More
Caracas, June 1 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Pope Francis will meet with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, Chile’s Michelle Bachelet and Argentina’s Cristina Fernandez beginning on Friday. ... More
Mexico City, June 1 (teleSUR-RHC)-- While the Mexican National Security Commissioner Monte Alejandro Rubido said he bets his job no massacre took place at El Sol ranch in Tanhuato, Michoacan, testimonies and analysis of what happened indicate that it was a brutal execution of 42 “innocent civilians,” as 11 of bodies show signs of torture, local press reported Sunday. ... More
Bogota, June 1 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Simon Trinidad, one of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia's most senior leaders currently held in solitary confinement in a U.S. prison, is seeking to be transferred back to Colombia to face a number of charges in his homeland. ... More
Santiago de Chile, June 1 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Chile's largest teachers union announced an indefinite strike on Sunday in protest of a bill currently being discusses in congress. The law, which is part of the educational reform promoted by the government of President Michelle Bachellet, proposes that teachers will reorganize the salary-scale for teachers, while also increases the time that they have to spend in “non-school hours,” including meetings and planning. Teachers who do not fulfill these new rules will be dismissed. ... More
Lima, June 1 (teleSUR-RHC)-- President of the Mexican mining company Southern Copper, Óscar González Rocha, offered to create a $3.2 million fund to compensate farmers, schools and the health sector affected by recent demonstrations against a proposed mining project in the southern region of Arequipa. ... More
Havana, May 30 (RHC), -- The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia-People's Army (FARC-EP) stated Saturday that the entrance of Foreign Minister Maria Angela Holguin to the peace talks in Havana will contribute to overcoming many issues.... More
Rome, May 30 (RHC)-- The Italian Navy says it has found the bodies of 11 dead migrants on Europe-bound boats across the Mediterranean Sea, and saved other 570. A statement on Twitter said that the Italian Navy's patrol vessel Bettica rescued 86 migrants from two inflatable boats in the Mediterranean on Friday. It said that the dead bodies were discovered after the rescue operation.... More
Havana, May 30 (RHC) – The Colombian government and FARC guerrillas have begun working together on clearing the country’s landmines, officials said Friday, but their peace talks remain fragile amid a surge in fighting. ... More
Islamabad, May 30 (RHC)-- A group of heavily armed terrorists have shot dead at least 20 passengers and injured several others after taking them hostage from two buses in the troubled southwestern Pakistan. ... More
Sanaa, May 30 (RHC)-- At least 19 people have lost their lives in the latest wave of Saudi airstrikes against the people of Yemen. Some 12 people, mostly women and children, were killed and about 80 others injured on Friday after Saudi fighter jets targeted a residential area and a military base in the northwestern province of Hajjah, the Yemeni al-Masirah TV network reported.... More
Bogotá, May 30 (RHC-PL), -- A clandestine clinic in Cúcuta, North Santander, Colombia selling newborn babies for two thousand dollars, was occupied by the police, said reports from that region Friday.... More
Baghdad, May 29 (RHC)-- At least 10 people have been killed in two separate car bomb attacks targeting two hotels in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad. ... More
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