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teleSUR is a Latin American multimedia platform oriented to lead and promote the unification of the peoples of the SOUTH*. A space and a voice for the construction of a new communications order.
  • Colombian president defends social justice and labor reforms amid right-wing threats.Photo: Presidencia Colombia/X.

    Colombian President Gustavo Petro denounces U.S.-backed coup plot and urges popular consultation for social justice

    Originally published: teleSUR English on June 11, 2025 (more by teleSUR English)  |

    President Gustavo Petro exposes a U.S.-supported far-right coup attempt against his progressive government and calls for a popular consultation on labor and social reforms as essential steps toward peace and justice in Colombia.

  • It will be the country’s largest green power plant, powering the national water infrastructure and supporting the transition to renewable energy. Photo: @dw_espanol

    Nicaragua and China break ground on landmark Solar project to power water access and energy sovereignty

    Originally published: teleSUR English on June 10, 2025 (more by teleSUR English)  |

    Nicaragua, with Chinese financing, launches its largest solar plant to date—powering water systems, cutting energy costs, and deepening South-South cooperation on infrastructure for social good.

  • National Guard troops arrive in Los Angeles as anti-ICE protests intensify. Rights groups warn of authoritarian overreach and erosion of civil liberties. Photo: @elalbertomedina

    Trump deploys troops to LA amid anti-ICE protests

    Originally published: teleSUR English on June 8, 2025 (more by teleSUR English)  |

    Trump deploys 2,000 troops to LA amid anti-ICE protests. Governor Newsom calls it a political stunt: “They want a spectacle. Don’t give them one.”

  • X/ @jesssandoval

    Denmark summons U.S. Envoy over espionage targeting Greenland

    Originally published: teleSUR English on May 9, 2025 (more by teleSUR English)  |

    Intelligence agencies have been identifying individuals who align with U.S. strategic interests.

  • Migrants in the CECOT prison in El Salvador, March 16, 2025. X/ @bechamilton

    Venezuelans demand the release of migrants deported to El Salvador

    Originally published: teleSUR English on March 17, 2025 (more by teleSUR English)  |

    Migrants in Salvadoran prisons are separated from their families and lack adequate and timely protections for their defense.

  • USAID Director Mark Green (L).

    Venezuelan opposition diverted $116 million delivered by USAID

    Originally published: teleSUR English on February 3, 2025 (more by teleSUR English)  |

    These funds were delivered during Guaido’s ‘interim government’ as ‘humanitarian aid’ through an NGO that belong to politicians who live without working abroad.

  • Photo: X/ @_K_Stiles

    The ocean surface is warming four times faster than in the 1980s

    Originally published: teleSUR English on January 28, 2025 (more by teleSUR English)  |

    Ocean temperatures were rising at a rate of 0.06 °C per decade, whereas now they are increasing by 0.27 °C every ten years.

  • The body of a Palestinian woman hangs from the window of the bombed building, Beit Lahia, Gaza, Oct. 29, 2024. X/ @ahmedgaza24

    Israeli bombing kills at least 93 Palestinians in a building in Gaza

    Originally published: teleSUR English on October 29, 2024 (more by teleSUR English)  |

    For 24 days, the Israeli military siege has combined an intense bombing campaign with a ground incursion.

  • GPS-based representation of fire hotspots in the Amazon basin, as of Sept. 19, 2024. X/ @ONCA_Arts

    South America faces one of the worst waves of wildfires in recent years

    Originally published: teleSUR English on September 19, 2024 (more by teleSUR English)  |

    Most of the fires have been caused by deliberate burning of lands and improper disposal of highly polluting waste.

  • People with symptoms of "a simple flu" should visit their physician to receive proper care and the correct diagnosis. Dec. 27, 2023. | Photo: X/@FormacionySalud

    Society of Pneumology calls to resume the use of masks

    Originally published: teleSUR English on December 27, 2023 (more by teleSUR English)  |

    Updated statistics on pulmonology consultations show 26.2% of patients with exacerbated asthma; 11.9% with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; 11.4% with acute bronchitis; 9.7% with influenza; and 7.8% with pneumonia.

  • Italian health workers on strike in the province of Cuneo, Dec. 5, 2023. | Photo: X/ @TargatoCN

    Doctors in Italy strike against proposed pension cuts

    Originally published: teleSUR English on December 6, 2023 (more by teleSUR English)  |

    Some 85 percent of staff of the National Health Service and private medical facilities stayed away from work.

  • Indigenous children at a boarding school in the U.S. | Photo: X/ @LakotaMan1

    Boarding Schools probe tells U.S. history of genocide

    Originally published: teleSUR English on November 2, 2023 (more by teleSUR English)  |

    Inhumane treatment and physical abuse were widespread in two major boarding schools from 1892-1909.

  • Cuban President pays tribute to Malcolm X, the African-American religious leader and activist assassinated in 1965. Sep. 18, 2023. | Photo: Twitter/@Enoelvis4

    Cuban President pays tribute to Malcolm X

    Originally published: teleSUR English on September 18, 2023 (more by teleSUR English)  |

    The Cuban President is in New York this week to attend the high-level segment of the UN General Assembly.

  • Salvador Allende

    Salvador Allende’s last words to the nation

    Originally published: teleSUR English on September 11, 2019 (more by teleSUR English)  |

    “History is ours, and people make history.”
    Salvador Allende

  • Protest against gun-related violence in the U.S. | Photo: X/ @cgtnamerica

    Firearms remain leading cause of death among U.S. children

    Originally published: teleSUR English on August 23, 2023 (more by teleSUR English)  |

    In 2021, among U.S. children who died by firearms, 82.6 percent were aged 15 to 19 years.

  • View of a Chilean city, 2023. | Photo: Twitter/ @WatchTowerGW

    Southern Hemisphere sees unprecedented summer-like winter

    Originally published: teleSUR English on August 9, 2023 (more by teleSUR English)  |

    The current temperature is between 10 and 20 degrees Celsius above what is normal for this time of year in parts of Chile and Argentina.

  • Security video captures the moment the drone explodes over the Kremlin, May 3, 2023. | Photo: Twitter/ @RamiroNLeone

    Ukraine tried to attack the Kremlin with drones

    Originally published: teleSUR English on May 3, 2023 (more by teleSUR English)  |

    Despite what happened, the military parade on Red Square will go ahead as planned, Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskov said.

  • Late President Hugo Chavez (L) & Harry Belafonte (R) in Venezuela. | Photo: Twitter/ @NicolasMaduro

    Humanitarian activist Harry Belafonte dies at 96

    Originally published: teleSUR English on April 26, 2023 (more by teleSUR English)  |

    Apart from his humanitarian activism, Belafonte was a longtime critic of the U.S. foreign policy.

  • Soldier fires a missile. | Photo: Twitter/ @Kyivtodaycom

    Arms imports to Europe surge despite Global decline

    Originally published: teleSUR English on March 13, 2023 (more by teleSUR English)  |

    As a result of military aid from the U.S. and many European states, Ukraine became the 3rd biggest importer of major arms during 2022.

  • Presidente Rafael Correa realizó la rendición de cuentas a la comunidad ecuatoriana residente en Sevilla (Photo: Cancillería del Ecuador / Flickr)

    We are the Citizen Revolution again: Ecuador’s Rafael Correa

    Originally published: teleSUR English on February 6, 2023 (more by teleSUR English)  |

    On Sunday, the Ecuadorian right-wing parties suffered a resounding defeat both in the subnational elections and in the referendum.

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