In Honduras, police clashed with students from the National Autonomous University of Honduras, UNAH, in the capital Tegucigalpa Wednesday afternoon, as they protested against a recent change of academic rules.... More


In Brazil, suspended President Dilma Rousseff’s lawyer presented the defense for her impeachment trial to the Brazilian Senate on Wednesday evening.... More


The Permanent Council of the Organization of American States unanimously adopted a resolution Wednesday opposing intervention and encouraging dialogue between lawmakers in Venezuela after the head of the regional bloc moved to invoke the so-called 'Democratic Charter' against the South American country.... More


Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has reacted strongly to the decision by Organization of American States Secretary-General Luis Almagro to invoke the body's so-called "Democratic Charter" to 'review' the political situation in the South American country, setting the stage for outside intervention.... More


Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa harshly criticized the Organization of American States (OAS) for its latest attacks against Venezuela.... More


Demonstrators in Caracas are expressing their opposition to the Organization of American States' use of the Democratic Charter against Venezuela. ... More


Aloysio Nunes, a key opposition figure involved in former President Dilma Rousseff's impeachment and who has strong ties to Washington, has been appointed the new government leader in Brazil's Senate.... More


Thousands marched through the streets of Lima, the Peruvian capital, in the last major protest against Peruvian presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori.... More


Honduran workers in 20 different public sector unions at the national level, including hospital workers, have launched a strike in the country’s two major cities -- Tegucigalpa and San Pedro -- to pressure authorities to increase their wages.... More


At least 15 civilians, including three children, have been killed in northern Syria in U.S. airstrikes purportedly targeting Daesh positions in the Arab country.... More


Nearly 2,100 Palestinian children have lost their lives and many more sustained injuries at the hands of Israeli military forces since 2000. ... More


UNICEF, the United Nations Children's Fund, warns that 20,000 children are trapped in the fierce battle between Iraqi forces and the Islamic State in Fallujah, where food, water and medicine is running out.... More


Israel has freed Meir Ettinger, an Israeli settler who was behind the burning to death of a Palestinian family in the occupied West Bank.... More


Former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder says that NSA whistleblower performed a "public service" in provoking a national debate about secret domestic surveillance programs, but he should still return to the U.S. to stand trial.... More


Leonard Peltier, the Native American activist who has spent four decades in prison, says he is paying the price for having fought for the values of indigenous lives.... More


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