United Nations, December 8 (RHC)-- Latin America must take enormous steps in order to reverse the lingering impacts of nearly five centuries of racial discrimination towards Latin America’s Afro-descendant population, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein stated on Monday.... More
Bogotá, December 8 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Delegates from the FARC (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia) rebel movement traveled to the town of Bojaya to personally ask the local residents for forgiveness for a 2002 accident that killed approximately 80 people.... More
Caracas, December 7 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Venezuela's right-wing has won a majority in the country's National Assembly during parliamentary elections on Sunday.... More
Washington, Washington, December 7 (RHC)-- U.S. President Barack Obama delivered a live speech from the Oval Office Sunday night, calling last Wednesday’s mass shooting in San Bernardino, California, an act of terrorism. ... More
London, December 7 (RHC)-- In London, police are investigating Saturday’s knife attack on a man at an East London metro station as a terrorist attack. British police say they were told the attacker shouted, "This is for Syria." ... More
Paris, December 7 (RHC)-- In France, Marine Le Pen’s far-right party, the National Front, secured 30 percent of the vote in the first round of regional elections on Sunday, marking a major boost for the anti-immigration party. ... More
Paris, December 7 (RHC)-- At the United Nations climate change summit in Paris, France, negotiators have approved draft text for what they hope will form an accord to curb global carbon emissions by the end of this week. ... More
Paris, December 7 (RHC)-- New figures show that worldwide, an average of one person is displaced by climate-related weather events every single second. ... More
Brussels, December 7 (RHC)-- Ten thousand people marched in the Belgian city of Ostend on Sunday, calling for an ambitious accord at the UN climate summit. ... More
Helsinki, December 7 (RHC)-- People have taken to the streets in the Finnish capital, Helsinki, to stage a demonstration against policies adopted by the European Union (EU) on refugees. ... More
New Delhi, December 7 (RHC)-- In India, the air force has resumed rescue operations in the southern state of Tamil Nadu as heavy rains and flooding continue. The state is experiencing the worst flooding in a century, which has killed more than 250 people. ... More
United Nations, December 7 (RHC)-- The United Nations has voiced alarm over dire living conditions in South Sudan’s war-zone regions, saying tens of thousands of people there are facing death by starvation. ... More
Roanoke, December 7 (RHC)-- Mayor David Bowers of the U.S. city of Roanoke, Virginia, has sparked outrage after he cited the widespread internment of Japanese Americans during World War II in order to justify suspending the resettlement of Syrian refugees to his city. ... More
Washington, December 7 (RHC)-- More Mexican immigrants have returned to Mexico from the U.S. than have migrated to the country since the end of the Great Recession, according to a new analysis. ... More
Havana, December 7 (RHC)-- Cuba has made a noticeable contribution to Venezuela, particularly in the area of health over the past 15 years, said Doctor Luis Estruch, professor at the Havana-based Latin American School of Medicine. ... More
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