Caracas, May 22 (RHC) -- Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez said he is "better each day" after the last session of radiation therapy he received in Cuba to fight cancer. "I feel good after this past week, recovering day by day, night after night from the effects of radiation treatment," Chavez said through a telephone call to Venezuelan state television.

Chicago, May 22 (RHC)-- NATO leaders have approved a deal for a military transition in Afghanistan that would supposedly hand control to Afghan forces next year.  Under the agreement, NATO would withdraw its combat troops by 2014, but leave thousands behind in a training and advisory role.

Caracas, May 22 (RHC) -- Former Colombian Senator Piedad Cordoba said that there is a “destabilizing situation” on the Colombian-Venezuelan border, which she attributes to “a defense strategy” of the country’s former President Alvaro Uribe, who she said feels “visceral hatred” toward Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. Cordoba said, “For me, the situation on the border is a defense strategy that Uribe is using to make people believe that he is defending us from a dictator. What has happened in recent days is extremely serious.”

La Paz, May 22 (RHC) -- The Federation of Rural Women of the Tropics stated their support of the policies of Bolivian President Evo Morales and his campaign in favour of the coca plant during the 10th Ordinary Congress of that federation. Maria Eugenia Ledezma, who presided over the meeting, said, “We will continue to propel the process of change with all our forces as women and men in the Cochabamba department.”

Montevideo, May 22 (RHC) -- Uruguay will denounce the presence or passing through of its territorial waters by a British nuclear-powered submarine, the HMS Talent, bound for the South Atlantic before international organizations, local media reported Tuesday.

Caracas, May 22 (RHC) -- Bolivian Vice President Álvaro García Linera said: “The 21st Century will be that of the great State-Continents and Latin America has to think of things in these terms,” during an interview on the Venezolana de Television T.V. channel. He went on to say, “From Mexico to the Patagonia, our interests are more or less the same.”

Bridgetown, May 22 (RHC) Mexican President Felipe Calderon stressed the role of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) as the best course to follow by countries in the region to overcome common challenges.

Mexico City, May 22 (RHC) -- Left-leaning Mexican presidential candidate Andrés Manuel López Obrador called on young people to work together to transform the country.

Chicago, May 22 (RHC)-- Protesters wrapped up several days of demonstrations around the NATO summit in Chicago on Monday with a march to the headquarters of the military contractor Boeing.

Chicago, May 22 (RHC)-- Even before the anti-NATO protests began, three activists were arrested on terrorism charges for an alleged plot to attack President Obama’s campaign headquarters and other sites around Chicago during the NATO summit.

Brussels, May 22 (RHC)-- The Eurozone crisis is the single biggest threat to the global economy, according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.  The OECD predicts that the 17 nations that use the Euro will see their economies shrink 0.1% this year, before rebounding to 0.9% growth next year.

Tel Aviv, May 22 (RHC)-- In Israel and the Occupied Territories, video has emerged of Israeli settlers shooting at Palestinians in the West Bank under the watch of Israeli soldiers.

Montreal, May 22 (RHC)-- Protests are continuing in the Canadian province of Quebec as students resist the government’s effort to end a three-month student strike.

Washington, May 22 (RHC)-- The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to consider whether a group of human rights activists, journalists and lawyers have the legal right to challenge the U.S. government’s sweeping use of electronic surveillance.

Caracas, May 22, (RHC), -- Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez said he is "feeling better every day" after a course of radiation therapy he underwent earlier this month in Cuba