A court in Chile has increased the sentences of two retired intelligence officials for their involvement in the extrajudicial killings in 1973 of U.S. citizens Charles Horman and Frank Teruggi, just after the coup against President Salvador Allende, led by U.S. ally General Augusto Pinochet.... More
In the United States, Florida Circuit Judge Mark Husley has been reassigned to another judicial division this week, pending a ruling, for having allegedly made racist and sexist comments to female staff.... More
The image of Hillary Clinton, the Democratic presidential nominee, is at its lowest point in the 24 years of her national career just as the Democratic National Convention gets underway, according to a new poll. ... More
Hillary Clinton’s selection of a white, male centrist running-mate -- Virginia Senator Tim Kaine -- signals that the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee plans to battle Republican presidential nominee for his most ardent supporters: white males, the angrier the better. ... More
The umbrella organization of Argentina's Jewish community, the DAIA, said Tuesday it will ask a court to reopen a dismissed legal process against former President Cristina Fernandez for allegedly orchestrating a coverup to shield the culprits responsible for the 1994 attack on the Mutual Israeli Argentine Association. ... More
The judge overseeing the probe that led to the arrest last week of suspected Islamist militants in Brazil said Facebook Inc. and Twitter Inc. cooperated with investigators by providing information about the suspects' use of both social networks... More
An association of Argentinean judges, lawyers and attorneys say they are being pressured by those in power to alter judicial decisions that don't serve government's interests. ... More
The U.S.-based movement "Black Lives Matter" held protests in Rio de Janeiro along with local activists in an effort to put Brazilian Black lives on the international map. ... More
Popular movements demand in Guatemala have called for an end to government subsidies for wealthy foreign corporations that deprive ailing public services of needed funds. ... More
Israeli fighter planes have carried out bombing raids on positions in Syria's Golan Heights.... More
The recent disclosure of a cache of e-mails revealing party insiders plotting against Hilary Clinton's populist rival, Bernie Sanders, has only heightened tensions between liberal and conservative Democrats as the Democratic National Convention got underway on Monday.... More
If the U.S. presidential elections were held this week, Donald Trump would win, according to the latest polls. ... More
More than 1,500 Afghan children were killed and wounded in the war, pushing overall casualties in the country to the highest six-month total ever recorded by the United Nations.... More
A massive demonstration of approximately 200,000 people wound its way through the streets of the Chilean capital of Santiago de Chile, with participants calling for an end to the country's private pension system.... More
Folha de Sao Paulo, Brazil's largest and most widely read newspaper, was accused of perpetuating journalistic fraud by grievously manipulating polling methodologies and manufacturing inaccurate headlines.... More
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