Hurricane Hermine Hits Florida with Heavy Rains and Wind

Hurricane Hermine has made landfall in Florida, unleashing torrents of rain, storm surges and up to 80-mile-an-hour winds.... More

Typhoon Lionrock Kills at least Fourteen in Northern Japan

A devastating storm in northern Japan has claimed the lives of at least 14 people and left more than 1,600 others stranded in the affected areas.... More

Coca-Cola Accused of Funding Colombian Death Squad

U.S.-based Coca-Cola company along with more than 50 other companies were accused by Colombian courts of financing terrorism for their ties to the now disbanded paramilitary organization, United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia, a fact trade union leaders have been denouncing for decades.... More

Evo Morales Says Bolivia's Miners Have Been Tricked by the Right

Bolivian President Evo Morales says he doesn't blame miners themselves for leading violent protests that ended with the torture and assassination of a vice minister, instead blaming what he described as a campaign of manipulation from the national and international opposition.... More

Disappeared Must Be Included in Colombia's Peace

Relatives of the thousands of people disappeared during Colombia's five-decades long armed conflict asked that their loved ones not be forgotten as the government of President Manuel Santos reached an historic peace accord with FARC guerrillas.... More

Cuba Condemns Parliamentary Coup against Constitutional President in Brazil

Cuba has strongly rejected the parliamentary and judicial coup perpetrated against constitutional Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff.... More

Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Receives U.S. Transportation Secretary

Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez met Wednesday afternoon with U.S. Transportation Secretary, Anthony Foxx, at the Ministry headquarters in Havana.... More

U.S. Defends Cuba Migratory Policy Despite Regional Opposition

The United States remains steadfast in the defense of its migratory policy toward Cuba, despite a petition by nine Latin American governments to revise it.... More

Eight U.S. Carriers Given Green Light for Commercial Flights to Havana

Eight U.S. airlines have finally been approved for regular commercial flights to Havana.... More

Latin American Countries React to Coup in Brazil

Latin American countries are reacting to yesterday's parliamentary coup in Brazil, with a number of countries recalling their ambassadors or representatives for consultation and reevaluating their relations with the Latin American country.... More

U.S. State Department Announces Support for Ousting Rousseff

U.S. State Department spokesman John Kirby said Wednesday that Brazil's democratic institutions had acted within the country's constitutional framework... More

Majority of Brazilian Senate That Impeached Dilma Rousseff Under Investigation

More than half of the Senate voting to impeach Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff on Wednesday are themselves facing legal proceedings on charges of corruption. ... More

Israel Approves Nearly 300 New Settler Units in West Bank

Israel has approved the construction of 285 new settler units in the occupied West Bank in defiance of international calls to end the illegal project in the Palestinian territories.... More

Afghan Opium Production 40 Times Higher Since U.S.-NATO Invasion

According to the latest report, since the U.S.-led NATO invasion of Afghanistan in 2001, the production of opium in the country has increased by 40 times according to Russia’s Federal Drug Control Service, or FSKN, fueling organized crime and widespread death.... More

Argentineans March Across the Country to Protest President Macri's Policies

Scores of protesters representing labor unions, political parties, and social movements took to the streets throughout Argentina to launch a three-day national mobilization against mass layoffs... More

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