London, January 29 (RHC)-- Storm Gertrude has been sweeping across Britain causing power cuts and travel disruption triggering a red weather warning. ... More
Caracas, January 28 (RHC)-- Diosdado Cabello, Deputy of the Venezuelan National Assembly for the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) has denounced new coup plots by right-wing sectors.... More
Quito, January 28 (RHC)-- Regional heads of state and/or government of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) gathered in Quito, Ecuador, for the bloc's 4th summit, have agreed on the implementation of an Action Plan through 2025 to guarantee food security and hunger eradication in member states.... More
Quito, January 28 (RHC)-- Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has proposed the implementation of what he called 'a tactical plan to confront and overcome economic crises and strengthen trade ties among countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, thus impacting regional economies positively'. ... More
Quito, January 28 (RHC-teleSUR) -- Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa closed Wednesday’s heads of state meeting at the IV Summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States, CELAC, with a call for member countries to continue fighting for “justice, freedom and sovereignty.” ... More
Quito, January 28 (RHC-teleSUR) -- Haiti has called on the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States for help in ensuring its second round of presidential elections are free and transparent. ... More
Brasilia, January 28 (RHC-teleSUR) -- Brazil is deploying more than 200,000 soldiers to battle the Zika virus, which is believed to cause severe birth defects, the health ministry announced Wednesday. ... More
Buenos Aires, January 28 (RHC-teleSUR) -- Thousands of Argentines gathered in Buenos Aires’ central Plaza de Mayo Wednesday to protest the criminalization of social protest and demand freedom for Milagro Sala, a dissident lawmaker and Indigenous leader jailed for speaking out against President Mauricio Macri. ... More
Mexico City, January 28 (RHC-teleSUR) -- Mexico delivered birth certificates to over 7,000 indigenous people on Wednesday as part of a campaign to increase access to official documents in under-served areas. ... More
Castries, January 28 (RHC-teleSUR) -- Representatives of the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (U.N. Women) say the fact remains: political harassment and violence against women in the Caribbean and Latin America persists. ... More
Quito, January 28 (RHC-teleSUR) -- Argentinean Vice President Gabriela Michetti outlined various policy objectives for her country’s government such as the strengthening of democracy, poverty reduction and the fight against narco-trafficking at the fourth CELAC summit in Quito, Ecuador, on Wednesday. ... More
Geneva, January 28 (RHC)-- The head of World Health Organization (WHO) has voiced alarm over the Zika outbreak around the Americans, saying the virus is “spreading explosively.” ... More
Washington, January 28 (RHC)-- In the U.S. state of Virginia, the Health Department has confirmed its first Zika virus infection in an adult, sparking concern the mosquito-borne infection could soon sweep the United States as it has dozens of other countries. ... More
Stockholm, January 28 (RHC)-- Sweden intends to expel up to 80,000 of refugees who crossed its borders last year, saying they did not qualify for being asylum seekers. “We are talking about 60,000 people but the number could climb to 80,000,” Sweden’s Interior Minister Anders Ygeman said on Wednesday, adding that Stockholm had called on the police and authorities in charge of refugees to organize their expulsion. ... More
Copenhagen, January 28 (RHC)-- Refugees in Copenhagen are protesting newly passed Danish laws that permit Denmark to confiscate refugees’ money and valuables to pay for their stay in asylum centers. ... More
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