The International Court of Justice (ICJ) demanded Friday that Israel "ensure unimpeded access" to Gaza for "any commission of inquiry" to "investigate allegations of genocide" against the Israeli army and government, and ordered it to "keep open" the Rafah crossing for humanitarian access to the Strip. The Brazilian government reported on Thursday that the death toll in Rio Grande do Sul has risen to 163, following the rains and floods that affected 468 municipalities. The Government of Honduras issued on Tuesday a red emergency alert in Tegucigalpa for an undetermined period due to the pollution caused by the dense layer of smoke in the city, while in the rest of the country a green prevention alert was issued. A brutal heat wave shaking Mexico has caused several howler monkeys to fall dead from trees. The incident occurred in the Tabasco town of Tecolutilla, in the state of Tabasco, where residents tried to help the animals and rescued those that were still alive. Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived Thursday in the Belarusian capital Minsk on a two-day official visit at the invitation of Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko. Upon arrival in Belarus, the Russian dignitary held a meeting with his counterpart in which they agreed to give priority to security issues and to plan the talks this evening. These are the main headlines brought to us today by our host Jorge Gestoso

Colombian President Gustavo Petro ordered the opening of an embassy in the Palestinian city of Ramallah, Foreign Minister Luis Gilberto Murillo announced Wednesday.Earlier this month, Petro announced his government's decision to break diplomatic relations with Israel over its actions in Gaza, and closed Colombia's embassy in Tel Aviv on May 3.Dignitaries and high-level officials from around 50 countries attended the official ceremony in Tehran on Wednesday to pay tribute to Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, who lost his life last Sunday after the helicopter in which he was returning to the capital crashed.The International Court of Justice of the United Nations (UN) dismissed Mexico's complaint against Ecuador after its police broke into the Mexican Embassy in Quito in April.These are the main headlines brought to us by our host Jorge Gestoso

Thousands of Iranians paid tribute on Monday in Tehran and other cities in the country to Raisi, who lost his life the day before in a helicopter crash in a mountainous area of northwestern Iran along with eight other people. Also, the Three Powers Committee agrees to hold presidential elections in the country on June 28, following the initial agreement reached between the Guardian Council of the Constitution and the Electoral Commission.The Brazilian Government informed this Friday that the number of people displaced by the floods in Rio Grande do Sul has increased to 581,633, where the death toll has risen to 157 and 88 are still missing.The latest bulletin issued by the Civil Defense also stated that 806 residents in the locality were injured; while 76,188 remain in temporary shelters.The authorities of Kazakhstan and China showed on Monday their harmony on the eve of a meeting of foreign ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) to be held in Astana until today.These are the main headlines brought to us today by our host Jorge Gestoso

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday referred to the energy and economic cooperation between his country and China, highlighting the achievements in these areas thanks to the ties of union and friendship between the two countries.Speaking at the 8th Russian-Chinese EXPO in the city of Harbin, Vladimir Putin said that Moscow and Beijing can be proud of the results of Russian-Chinese economic ties and cooperation.Colombia's influential former president Álvaro Uribe Vélez is inching closer to becoming the country's first former president to face criminal trial. He is scheduled for a hearing on Friday at which prosecutors are expected to formally charge him with the crimes of procedural fraud and witness bribery.Argentina's president, Javier Milei, will make his first official visit to Spain since Friday, May 17, following a diplomatic crisis that arose at the beginning of April 2024.These are the main headlines brought to us by our host Jorge Gestoso

The president of China, Xi Jinping, and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, made clear Thursday in Beijing their interest in continuing to strengthen relations of friendship and cooperation, a face to face that distances Western hopes that Beijing will pressure Moscow to stop the war in Ukraine.The South African ambassador to The Hague, Vusimuzi Madonsela, denounced on Thursday that the Israeli genocide continues in the Gaza Strip and increased after the International Court of Justice (ICJ) imposed provisional measures on the Zionist State to prevent war crimes, thus violating such measures and numerous international conventions.The Brazilian authorities informed this Thursday that due to the rains that hit the south of the country there are already 152 dead, 104 missing and around 615,000 displaced people.More than 100 wildfires raging in Canada are polluting the air with smoke and forcing thousands of people to evacuate as the flames engulf communities.These are the main headlines brought to us by our host Jorge Gestoso

The Palestinians commemorate this Wednesday the 76th anniversary of the 1948 Nakba, when more than 700,000 people were expelled from their homes.The National Assembly (NA) of Venezuela approved a draft agreement repudiating the renewal of unilateral coercive measures against the country by the European Union (EU) and proposed to the Electoral Power the withdrawal of the invitation to observers from that bloc for the presidential elections of next July 28.The president of the New Development Bank (NDB) of the Brics group, Dilma Rousseff, informed this Tuesday that said entity will allocate 1,115 million dollars for the reconstruction of the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul, devastated by the worst floods in its history.These are the main headlines brought to us today by our host Jorge Gestoso

The secretary-general of the United Nations (UN) is deeply saddened to learn of the death of one member of the United Nations Department of Safety and Security and the injury of another when their UN vehicle was hit as they were on their way to the European hospital in Rafah on Monday, said Farhan Haq, deputy spokesman for António Guterres.In the past 24 hours, the Israeli offensive in the Gaza Strip has killed at least 82 people and injured 234, a significantly higher daily toll than those recorded in recent weeks, the Palestinian Health Ministry said Tuesday. According to the health ministry's most recent tally, 35,173 people have died and 79,061 have been injured since the start of the Israeli genocide on October 7.Brazilian authorities reported on Monday that due to the rains that hit the south of the country there are already 148 dead, 127 missing and 806 injured. In the most affected region, Rio Grande do Sul, at least 147 deaths were reported, and in the state of Santa Catarina one death.According to the latest Civil Defense bulletin, the rains and floods have spread in Rio Grande do Sul affecting 447 municipalities out of 497 and some 2.12 million inhabitants.Russian President Vladimir Putin will pay a two-day state visit to China this week, the Chinese Foreign Ministry confirmed Tuesday, in what is expected to be another show of unity between the two allies against the U.S.-led Western global order.These are the main headlines brought to us today by our host Jorge Gestoso

The Brazilian government pledged some 10 billion dollars to rebuild Rio Grande do Sul, where the delivery of humanitarian aid was intensified on Thursday to help the population without housing, electricity or water after the historic floods.Extreme poverty in Peru during Boluarte's government already exceeds pandemic levelsOverall, the official poverty figure in the country governed by Dina Boluarte rose by one and a half percentage points: from 27.5% in 2022 to 29% in 2023. In other words, it is estimated that 9,780,000 Peruvians did not have the minimum economic income to cover the basic consumption basket last year. This is 3.2 million more people compared to 2019, the pre-pandemic year that registered 20.2%.Nearly 55 million people face increased food and nutritional shortages in West and Central Africa during the now traditional three months of shortages that the region suffers every year, from June to August, the UN World Food Program (WFP) reported Friday.These are the main headlines brought to us today by our host Jorge Gestoso

Russian President Vladimir Putin presided over Thursday the events held on the 79th anniversary of the Victory Day over Nazi Germany in World War II, which included the traditional military parade in Moscow's Red Square. Moscow's Red Square became today, as is tradition, the scene of the military parade dedicated to the 79th anniversary of the Day of Victory over Nazi Germany in World War II.Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro launched on Wednesday the Great Mission Grandfathers and Grandmothers of the Homeland and informed that it has four action vertices.During the act of activation of this social program, held in the state of Miranda, the President explained that the four areas of action are: health and nutrition, integral protection, movement of grandfathers and grandmothers of the homeland, as well as grandfathers' and grandmothers' homes.The El Niño phenomenon and the effects of global warming due to human activity caused a record of climate disasters in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2023.Brazilian authorities reported on Wednesday that at least 100 people died as a result of the rains that hit the south of the country, and also reported that the number of missing people rose to 128 and another 372 were injured.These are the main headlines that brings us today our host Jorge Gestoso

The 10th summit of the Eurasian Economic Union, formed by Russia and several former Soviet republics, has begun in Moscow. This year's meeting is attended by Miguel Díaz-Canel, president of Cuba, which has observer status since 2020.Brazilian authorities on Tuesday raised to 101 the number of people dead as a result of the rains that have hit the state of Rio Grande do Sul since April 29.The Civil Defense of the Brazilian entity has counted 131 people missing and 362 injured due to the unprecedented rains and floods affecting the region.According to the authorities of the southern Brazilian state, around 1.5 million people are suffering from the lack of food, medicines and basic services such as electricity and energy, of which some 160,000 are sheltered in the homes of friends or relatives and another 48,799 in shelters improvised by the authorities.Colombian President Gustavo Petro reaffirmed on Tuesday his government's fight against corruption and impunity in the face of irregularities found by his administration in the Colombian state.In the middle of an address to the country, Gustavo Petro affirmed that since his arrival to the presidency of the South American country, he found a structural and professionalized corruption that has taken over several institutions of the Colombian State, under the protection of right-wing conservative governments.These are the main headlines brought to us today by our host Jorge Gestoso

The President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, expressed on Monday his rejection to the censorship of the Government of Argentina against the news multiplatform teleSUR.On Tuesday morning, Israel took control of the Gazan border crossing at Rafah and in the afternoon sent a delegation to Cairo to negotiate a truce, after the Islamist group Hamas announced on Monday that it accepts a new proposal presented by Egypt and Qatar.Vladimir Putin was sworn in Tuesday as President of Russia in Moscow, having been re-elected with 87.28 percent of the vote in the elections held last March.These are the main headlines brought to us today by our host Jorge Gestoso

Brazilian authorities reported on Sunday that the number of people dead due to the historic floods affecting the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul has risen to 78.The most recent update posted on social networks by the Civil Defense indicates 78 dead, 175 injured, 111 missing and four additional deaths under investigation.Negotiations between the Palestinian Resistance movement Hamas and Israel for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip ended on Sunday without encouraging results.Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu refused to end the bombing in Gaza, while Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh denounced Netanyahu's sabotage of the negotiations.China is willing to consolidate traditional friendship, enhance political mutual trust, build strategic consensus and deepen exchanges and cooperation in various fields with France through the visit, Chinese President Xi Jinping said.These are the main headlines brought to us today by our host Jorge Gestoso

Countries in the region are affected by rains and others suffer events due to climate change crisis.More than 2,000 pro-Palestinian demonstrators have been arrested in the United States since the beginning of the encampments and protests in several U.S. universities in favor of Palestine and against the Israeli military operation in the Gaza Strip.Students, academics and workers of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) decided to set up a camp on Thursday in support of the Palestinian people's struggle against the Israeli invasion in an esplanade near the Rectory building, on the main campus of the educational institution.These are the main headlines brought to us today by our host Jorge Gestoso

President Gustavo Petro announced on Wednesday that Colombia will break off relations with Israel as of Thursday, May 2, during his speech for the commemoration of Labor Day, at the Plaza de Bolivar, in Bogota, the capital of the country.Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu assured US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday that he will not accept an agreement that includes an end to the war in Gaza, which has already caused the death of more than 34,500 Palestinians.The President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, announced on Wednesday an increase in the indexed integral minimum income of workers to 130 dollars and reiterated the commitment to continue advancing in the recovery of income.These are the main headlines brought to us today by our host Jorge Gestoso

Students installed in a camp at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), in the southwestern United States (U.S.), to protest Israel's genocide against Gaza, faced Tuesday night and early Wednesday morning the aggression of groups of pro-Israeli demonstrators dressed in black and wearing white masks.Colombian President Gustavo Petro denounced on Tuesday an illicit arms trafficking network after an inspection in Tolemaida and La Guajira found more than one million ammunition, explosives and Military Forces weapons missing.International Workers' Day commemorated around the world

The president of the Venezuelan National Assembly, Jorge Rodríguez, denounced on Wednesday that the United States (US) did not comply with the agreements signed between the delegations of both governments, derived from the meetings that took place since June 2023 in Qatar, Italy and Mexico, where they discussed energy, politics, diplomacy and migrations.Lula met with President Gustavo Petro and discussed the bilateral agendas of trade and investment, sustainable development and Amazon cooperation.The Coordinadora de Sindicatos de la Enseñanza del Uruguay (CSEU) called the different educational unions to a 24-hour teachers' strike this Wednesday against the educational reform promoted by the government.These are the main headlines brought to us today by our host Jorge Gestoso

The president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, announced on Tuesday the closure of the embassy and consulates of the Caribbean nation in Ecuador, in support of Mexico, after the police assault to the diplomatic headquarters of this country, during the virtual meeting of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (Celac).Venezuela's Attorney General, Tarek William Saab, presented on Tuesday more evidence on the assassination attempt against President Nicolás Maduro by members of the opposition party Vente Venezuela.In a virtual meeting of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), member countries expressed their support to Mexico after the assault on its embassy in Quito, Ecuador.The President of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, arrived on Tuesday night in Bogotá, Colombia, where he will make a working visit to review the state of bilateral relations with local authorities.These are the main headlines brought to us today by our host Jorge Gestoso

The United Nations describes the situation in Sudan as one of the world’s most severe humanitarian crises.  UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres says there needs to be a bigger push from across the world for a ceasefire in Sudan. The heads of state of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) will meet this Tuesday to discuss the assault on the Mexican Embassy in Quito, which culminated in the arrest of former Ecuadorian vice-president Jorge Glas, who was enjoying diplomatic asylum at the time of his capture. Russia and Ukraine blame each other for the three-day drone attacks on the Zaporiyia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine. The board of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has decided to meet to discuss the matter at the request of both countries. These are the main headlines brought to us today by our host Jorge Gestoso

Iran says Israel must take responsibility for its crimes in the Middle East during the UN Security Council session and that its defense system is ready to protect its airspace from any invasion.The criminal trial against Donald Trump opened Monday in a New York court, making him the first former president in U.S. history to sit in the dock, threatening to shake up the 2024 presidential campaign.The defense of Ecuador's former vice president Jorge Glas announced that it will file new legal appeals after a court denied his release despite declaring his detention in the Mexican embassy illegal.These are the main headlines brought to us today by our host Jorge Gestoso

The Court of Justice of Ecuador received a call for a mobilization to demand the release of former vice-president Jorge Glass, kidnapped last Friday 5th from the Mexican embassy in that country where he was in asylum.The International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague received this Thursday the lawsuit filed by Mexico against Ecuador for the assault to the Mexican embassy in Quito.The former vice president of Ecuador, Jorge Glas, declared Thursday that he was a victim of torture during his detention at the Mexican embassy in Quito in the framework of his appearance online from La Roca prison during the hearing of the habeas corpus appeal filed on his behalf.The National Electoral Council (CNE) of Venezuela met this Thursday with electoral delegations and parliamentarians from Latin America visiting the country prior to the presidential elections of next July 28.These are the main headlines brought to us today by our host Jorge Gestoso