Greenpeace has called for a halt in secret U.S.-European Union negotiations over the massive TTIP trade deal.... More


Brazil's Senate has voted 55 to 22 to put President Dilma Rousseff on trial, which could lead to her impeachment.... More


Ousted Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff on Thursday called on Brazilians to defend their country's democracy and mobilize against the coup that saw her suspended from office.... More


Ernesto Samper, secretary general of the Union of South American Nations, said Thursday that the decision of the Brazilian Congress to initiate an impeachment trial against President Dilma Rousseff was "compromising the democratic governability of the region in a dangerous way."... More


Dozens of Hondurans staged a protest against a plan to close Tegucigalpa's Toncontin International Airport in favor of a new airport in the central part of the Central American country.... More


The Bolivian economy grew about five percent in the first quarter of the year, despite the international context marked by the drop of oil prices and raw materials. ... More


Constitutional reform on the balance of power, which includes the suspension of the presidential reelection, already approved by the Congress and the Executive power, re-emerges in Colombia's political scenario, promoted by the Constitutional Court.... More


On Wednesday, 80,000 students marched to demand an overhaul of a Chilean educational system still marked by the legacy of the 1973-1990 Augusto Pinochet dictatorship.... More


Thousands of angry protesters have held fresh nationwide demonstrations against a government decision to bypass parliament and impose a relaxation of the country’s protective labor laws by decree.... More


Egypt has opened its border with the Gaza Strip to allow citizens of the besieged Palestinian enclave access to the outside world after nearly three months of closure.... More


An earthquake measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale has hit northeast Taiwan, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) reports, with tremors felt in the country's capital, Taipei.... More


London's Muslim Mayor Sadiq Khan

London's Muslim Mayor Sadiq Khan has pledged to help U.S. Democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton defeat Donald Trump... More


A new poll in the U.S. shows a surge in national support for the presumptive Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump against Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton.... More


The Israeli regime has announced plans to build a new illegal settlement in the occupied West Bank in defiance of international calls for halting the illegitimate practice.... More


A housing crisis in Los Angeles County in the United States has led to a spike in the number of homeless people. ... More


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