On Friday, a group of progressive organizations in El Salvador demonstrated against the murder of Honduran Indigenous leader Berta Cáceres.... More


Russia warns that the war raging in Yemen could be far from over due to the obstacles being thrown in the way of its cessation by the Saudi-backed fugitive Yemeni government. ... More


UN planning experts arrived in Colombia to pave the way for supervision of the bilateral cease-fire the government and guerrilla will decide on together.... More


Japanese Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe

In news from Japan, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has said he will temporarily halt construction work at the site of a proposed U.S. military base on the island of Okinawa. ... More


Twenty-nine percent women and 18 percent men in Latin America and the Caribbean suffer from obesity, according to the Director General of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Jose Graziano da Silva.... More


Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro recalled today the legacy of late President Hugo Chavez, on the third anniversary of his death, to be marked on March 5th.... More


Mitt Romney, the U.S. Republican nominee for the 2012 White House race, has implored Republican voters to reject the candidacy of Donald Trump, who is "a phony, a fraud."... More


Robert F. Kennedy, Jr

Washington's intention to overthrow Syria's legitimate and democratically-elected President Bashar al-Assad results from his refusal to back a Qatari gas pipeline project, an attorney says.... More


As part of an ongoing investigation into potential financial fraud, Spain's Princess Cristina, sixth in line to throne, has stood trial, denying wrongdoing both on her part and that of her husband, another prime suspect in the case.... More


William Schaap

William Schaap, a U.S. radical author, lawyer and publisher has died. Together with his wife and partner, Ellen Ray, who died a few months ago, Schaap published the CovertAction Information Bulletin.... More


The delegation of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia-People's Army (FARC-EP) said in Havana it hopes to sign a protocol with the Colombian government this year to end the war.... More


The Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO) said there are 2,765 confirmed Zika cases in the Americas, the majority in Latin America and the Caribbean.... More


The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) says several issues of a "logistical nature" have delayed aid deliveries to besieged areas of Syria.... More


Brazil's Federal Supreme Court was to decide on Thursday whether or not to press charges against House Chairman Eduardo Cunha.... More


Leader of Spain's Socialist Party, Pedro Sanchez

The leader of Spain's Socialist Party, Pedro Sanchez, has lost his first bid to establish a government after failing to secure enough votes needed in parliament.... More


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