US State Department Spokesman John Kirby

The United States has suspended negotiations with Russia on reviving a failed ceasefire in Syria amid heightened tensions over the embattled city of Aleppo.... More


In the Greek capital of Athens, over 1,000 elderly demonstrators, some of them with canes, participated in a protest rally on Monday to voice their opposition to further cuts to their pensions -- shouting slogans such as “Shame on you!” as they tried to overrun a police cordon.... More


Former President of Uruguay Jose Mujica

The former President of Uruguay Jose Mujica said Latin America was the richest and at the same time the most unjust region in the world, and that all democracies should seek to end economic injustice. ... More


Argentinians have taken to the streets in Buenos Aires to protest their government's support for new Brazilian President Michel Temer and voice solidarity with his predecessor Dilma Rousseff.... More


Peter Ramsauer, Chairman of the Economics Committee of the German Parliament

A top German official says the United States has waged an ‘economic war’ against Deutsche Bank over its alleged sales of mortgage-backed securities before the 2008 financial crisis.... More


Former Ecuadorian Vice President Lenin Moreno

Ecuador’s ruling party, the Pais Alliance, has elected Lenin Moreno to be its next candidate for president.... More


Honduran police fired tear gas at 200 people protesting a newly-erected highway toll outside of Honduras' second-largest city, San Pedro Sula. ... More


U.S. Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton raised $154 million in September, the campaign's biggest fundraising haul so far in the race for the White House.... More


Cuban Civil Defense has established the hurricane warning stage for the country's five eastern provinces, from Camagüey to Guantánamo, saying Hurricane Matthew will begin to affect the region Monday afternoon. ... More


Cuban President Raúl Castro is in Guantánamo --Cuba's easternmost province-- to assess actions being undertaken to confront and minimize the effects of Hurricane Matthew.... More


More than 500 Cuban and foreign experts are participating in the 16th Congress of the Cuban Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology, which began on Monday in the Cuban capital.... More


FARC-EP Comandante Timoleon Jimenez expressed the rebels' deep disappointment in Colombia's "No" win at a press conference from Havana Sunday night, shortly after electoral authorities declared that the 'No' vote against the peace deal won by a slim margin. ... More


The Colombian plebiscite on whether to move forward with the peace accord reached between the government of President Juan Manuel Santos and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia has been rejected by voters.... More


In Colombia's plebiscite on Sunday, there was a powerful, right-wing "No" campaign led by former President Alvaro Uribe and big landowners that took the stage.... More


The leader of Spain's Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) has resigned in a move that may pave the way for a new government and put an end to nine months of political deadlock in the country.... More


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