Brazil, a country where a majority of residents identify as people of color, will head to the polls next month for municipal elections but in a stark example of the racial dynamics of the South American country -- voters in nearly half of the municipalities will have only white candidates to choose from for mayor. ... More


The administration of Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto plans to deepen contested education reforms, by cutting spending for facilities improvements, equipment access, and teacher training... More


U.S. Republican mega-donor and hard-line Zionist Sheldon Adelson will be contributing $45 million to help Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump get elected in November. ... More


U.S. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has opened up a narrow lead over his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton, a new poll shows, signaling the end of the former secretary of state's months-long dominance in terms national support. ... More


La Charanga Habanera, the Ignacio Piñeiro National Septet, singer Omara Portuondo and Gente de Zona will represent Cuba at the 17th Latin Grammy Awards... More


Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will arrive in Cuba Thursday afternoon for a state visit, Granma newspaper reported Wednesday.... More


Venezuelan Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino has condemned the recent violation of the country’s national airspace by foreign aircraft. ... More


Brazilian President Michel Temer, who came to power following what has been widely condemned as a parliamentary coup against former President Dilma Rousseff, told the United Nations General Assembly that the impeachment was "constitutional"... More


Saudi Arabia is using the skin melting chemical, white phosphorus in its conflict with Yemen, according to social media reports, and the U.S. acknowledges that it has supplied the Kingdom with the chemical.... More


A new United Nations report estimates that there are five million Somalis that do not have secure access to food as a result of drought and military conflict in the Horn of Africa, with children bearing the brunt of the shortage. ... More


Aid organizations and pro-refugee groups laid out 2,500 life jackets to symbolize refugee crossings to Europe in a demonstration outside the British parliament timed to coincide with a United Nations summit in New York on the worldwide migrant crisis.... More


On the third day of the 10th National Guerrilla Conference, some 51 delegates representing various Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia-People's Army (FARC-EP) factions across Colombia unanimously reaffirmed their support for the nation's historic peace deal... More


Thousands of people fled a camp for migrants and refugees on the Greek island of Lesbos after fire ripped through tents and destroyed containers, police said.... More


At least 120 Palestinian prisoners have gone on an open-ended hunger strike to express their solidarity with three fellow inmates who are refusing food in protest at their arbitrary detention by the Israeli regime.... More


Former U.S. President and long-time Republican George H.W. Bush is set to vote for Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton in the upcoming election... More


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