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More than 60 protesters were arrested in Hong Kong, Police is criticized by abuses

Chinese Human Rights Defenders (CHRD) today confirmed to EFE that more than 60 people have been arrested so far in China for supporting the pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong, who have already three weeks occupying several streets of the city. Most arrests have occurred in...
Posted On 16 Oct 2014
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Peña Nieto: Disappearance of students is a “trial” for the Mexican State

President Enrique Peña Nieto acknowledged on Wednesday that the disappearance of 43 students attacked nearly three weeks ago by the police and drug traffickers is a “proof” for the Mexican state. “These unfortunate events are a time of trial for the Mexican...
Posted On 16 Oct 2014
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Middle America is shaken by aftershocks following an earthquake

Hours after the 7.3-magnitude earthquake that last Monday struck from Mexico to Panama and killed one in El Salvador, left many homes damaged and cracked walls; a wave of earthquakes has shook Middle America this past Tuesday. In Nicaragua, the authorities suspended classes in...
Posted On 15 Oct 2014
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Remains in pits does not belong to missing people from Guerrero

On Tuesday, the Attorney General of Mexico reported that after DNA tests performed at the first 28 bodies found in clandestine graves in the town of Iguala (south), none of them belongs to the 43 students disappeared on last September 26 in Iguala, state of Guerrero. Besides...
Posted On 15 Oct 2014
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25 countries unite to fight against child labor

Labour ministers and representatives from 25 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean signed in Lima, the statement of formation of an initiative seeking to free the region from child labor. The “Regional Initiative for Latin America and The Caribbean Free from Child...
Posted On 15 Oct 2014
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United States reports second case of Ebola in Dallas

The United States reported that the nurse Amber Vinson, 29, tested positive with the Ebola virus, according to the State Department of Health and Social Services in Dallas (Texas), becoming the second official case in North America. The infected treated the Liberian Eric Duncan...
Posted On 15 Oct 2014
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Second stage of underwater search of Malaysia Airlines plane with no results

Authorities have found no trace of the Malaysia Airlines plane after tracking about 670 square kilometers in the second stage of underwater search, said on Wednesday the Australian Bureau of Transportation Safety (ATSB). The Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 took off from Kuala...
Posted On 15 Oct 2014
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10,000 people in California will lose the Obamacare health insurance

About 10,000 people in California, USA, will lose the health insurance they had obtained by the new health law, known as ‘Obamacare,’ which came into force in the country a few months ago. According to BBC, the excluded are those who could not prove until September...
Posted On 15 Oct 2014
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The Vatican recognizes gay rights

Last Monday in a statement, the Vatican announced Section: ‘Welcoming homosexuals,’ which refers to the relationship of the church towards gay people. “Homosexuals have gifts and attributes to offer the Christian community: are we able to welcome these people,...
Posted On 14 Oct 2014
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US: Hospitals should be prepared to detect cases of Ebola

The United States government has asked all hospitals in the country “to be prepared for Ebola.” Each hospital should be able to diagnose Ebola and isolate any suspected case, said the director of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Tom Frieden. “We...
Posted On 14 Oct 2014
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