Panamanian police raided the headquarters of the law firm at the center of the Panama papers leak on Tuesday to search for evidence of illegal activities. ... More
Donald Trump's proposal to force Mexico to pay for his planned border wall by threatening to block remittances from illegal immigrants would be a major violation of Mexicans' rights, Mexico's central bank governor said on Tuesday.... More
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro launched the new Truth, Justice, and Victims Reparation Commission on Tuesday as the country marks the anniversary of the 2002 coup attempt against former President Hugo Chavez.... More
Colombia is to launch a de-mining program after a peace agreement with rebels is signed, said the Colombian Defense Ministry on Tuesday.... More
Brazil will temporarily allow genetically modified mosquitoes to be set free to help reduce the population of the Aedes aegypi mosquitoes that transmit the Zika virus, Brazilian health authorities said on Tuesday.... More
Brazil's Chamber of Deputies (the lower house of parliament) announced Tuesday it is set to vote Sunday on whether or not to launch an impeachment process against President Dilma Rousseff.... More
On Tuesday, Ernesto Samper, secretary general of the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR), expressed concern that a politically-motivated impeachment drive could undermine judicial institutions in Brazil and the region.... More
U.S. police have arrested 85 more protesters taking part in the "Democracy Sping" actions against corporate lobbying and big money in politics. ... More
The redacted pages of the report by a Joint U.S. Congressional Commission in 2003 will be released in “one or two months,” according to former U.S. Senator Bob Graham.... More
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas says there is an "urgent" need for a UN resolution on Israeli settlements. ... More
The World Bank says developing countries are increasingly seeking credit from the international financial institution at an alarming scale.... More
Thousands of unaccompanied children and teenagers have reportedly disappeared in Germany over the past year amid concerns that they might have fallen into the hands of criminals and human smugglers.... More
The United Nations atomic energy agency plans to train dozens of participants this month from mostly Latin America and Caribbean countries on how to use nuclear-derived techniques to detect the Zika virus in as short a time as three hours.... More
In Venezuela, the Constitutional Court of the Supreme Tribunal of Justice has voted unanimously the Amnesty Bill unconstitutional. ... More
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