The representative from Nicaragua at the Organization of American States meeting in Santo Domingo said Luis Almagro's behavior was “illegal, disrespectful and arrogant” and made him unfit for office.... More
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Observers in Brazil say that a series of unpopular measures by the coup government of Michel Temer have made for an unhappy and pessimistic population.... More
The cry for justice for murdered Honduran environmental leader Berta Caceres was amplified on Wednesday as international solidarity activists protested outside Honduran embassies in cities around the world.... More
Ecuadorean Foreign Minister Guillaume Long has called for reform of the Inter-American Human Rights System during the Organization of American States (OAS) meeting this week... More
Indigenous people deep in the Brazilian Amazon are literally staking their claim to their ancestral territory in a symbolic action aimed at giving visibility to their years-long land struggle and ramping up their fight against a controversial hydroelectric mega-dam project slated for a local river.... More
Colombian lawmakers have approved a legally binding measure that will incorporate the peace deal between the government and FARC guerrillas into the country’s constitution.... More
In Mexico, teachers from the CNTE union have pledged to increase their protest actions after the government arrested several of their leaders. ... More
China has been angered by what it views as provocative U.S. military patrols close to islands that China controls in the South China Sea.... More
The bodies of nearly three dozen refugees, including women and children, have been found in Niger’s Sahara Desert, where they were apparently abandoned by smugglers en route to neighboring Algeria and eventually Europe.... More
In the United States, CNN, Fox News and MSNBC cut the live coverage of a rally by Donald Trump to turn to a speech by his rival, Hillary Clinton.... More
Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has reiterated his call for surveillance of mosques in the U.S. in the wake of Orlando shootings.... More
In the United States, the now-defunct foster program of the Mormon Church already has four Navajo victims involved in lawsuits, with more that have come forward.... More
Venezuelan Foreign Minister Delcy Rodriguez met with her U.S. counterpart, John Kerry, during meetings of the Organization of American States, the OAS, in Santo Domingo.... More
In Brazil, the political future of suspended lower house speaker and impeachment mastermind Eduardo Cunha remains in limbo as prosecutors have called for a 10-year ban on the politician... More
The former Chilean military officer accused of murdering folk singer and political activist Victor Jara in 1973, immediately following the U.S.-supported military coup that installed the brutal regime of former dictator Augusto Pinochet, is on trial in an historic move toward justice after more than 40 years of impunity.... More
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