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


U.S. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has regained the lead over his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton, according to a new poll.... More


Renowned Black activist Angela Davis has suggested a protest vote in the upcoming U.S. presidential election would amount to narcissism, saying that the threat of a Donald Trump presidency is just too grave. ... More


In Honduras, the case files on the murder of Berta Caceres have been stolen, according to reports from the Central American country, further impeding a popularly-discredited investigation of the renowned Indigenous environmental activist. ... More


French police have clashed with refugees and human rights activists outside a makeshift refugee camp in northern France near the port city of Calais. ... More


Germany's highest official responsible for refugees has again called for the return of asylum seekers to Greece as the first EU country they normally reach, saying the European Union's Dublin Regulation should be implemented regardless of objections by Athens.... More


Three police vehicles in Germany's eastern city of Dresden have been set on fire in the run-up to a national day and less than a week after far-right extremists carried out two attacks in the city.... More


On Thursday Venezuela hailed the oil output freezing deal reached by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, or OPEC, in order to stabilize prices.... More


Former President of Argentina Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner said attacks on progressive governments in Latin America are not isolated cases but articulated plans.... More


The coup-imposed government of Michel Temer in Brazil announced Thursday it will privative 34 state companies in strategic areas around the country.... More


Government forces in Nigeria have killed nine Boko Haram fighters in the country's northeastern state of Borno, an army spokesman said on Thursday.... More


Contemporary police killings and continued racial discrimination against African Americans in the United States are reminiscent of racial terror practices which were once used against black slaves, according to a United Nations-affiliated human rights body report released earlier this week.... More


Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos has said that talks aimed at ending hostilities with the country's second largest guerrilla group, the National Liberation Army (ELN), could start as early as next week if the rebel group agrees to hand over hostages.... More


Peru's Former Spy Chief, Vladimiro Montesinos

A court in Peru has sentenced the country's former spy chief, Vladimiro Montesinos, to 22 years in jail for the forced disappearance of a professor and two students in 1993.... More


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