Just days before the Olympic Games begin, thousands of members of various Brazilian social movements took to the streets against coup-imposed President Michel Temer and the impeachment process against democratically-elected President Dilma Rousseff. ... More
Syrian army forces are pushing terrorists back in militant-controlled areas of Aleppo as part of a military operation aimed at fully liberating the embattled northwestern city from the grip of extremists. ... More
With more unemployed people than at any time in U.S. history, U.S. President Barack Obama is scheduled to sign the most lavish foreign aid package in the country's history – $3.1 billion in military assistance to Israel. And many political observers ask if the U.S. can truly afford such a gift package to Israel. ... More
Activists from the Black Lives Matter movement in the U.S. joined a protest in the Palestinian village of Bilin near Ramallah in the West Bank in an effort to put an international spotlight on the Israeli oppression, occupation and “genocide” of Palestinians. ... More
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon says that despite efforts to combat the human trafficking, the international community must step up it’s efforts. The head of the UN urged all nations around the world to recognize their role in putting an end to the problem. ... More
U.S. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said he was taking the gloves off in his battle against Democrat Hillary Clinton in the race for the White House. ... More
In the United States, people are taking global warming more seriously than at any point in the past eight years, according to a Gallup poll which found that 64 percent of the population are worried about global warming -- marking an increase of 10 percent from last year. ... More
Authorities in Lima have launched an investigation into allegations that Peru’s police command operated a death squad that is responsible for the extrajudicial killings of more than two dozen civilians since 2011, a revelation that is reminiscent of the country’s brutal dirty war under its former dictator. ... More
An official from the Venezuelan Attorney General's Office stated unequivocally that the opposition-controlled National Assembly was acting outside the bounds of the Constitution when it reinstated three lawmakers who were suspended over fraud accusations in the December parliamentary vote. ... More
The Zapatistas have strongly criticized mainstream media over its coverage of the recent massacre in the Chiapas community of San Juan Chamula, accusing the “paid press” of focusing on the death of the town’s “corrupt” mayor while ignoring up to dozens of other victims of the bloody tragedy. ... More
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights approved a special mechanism for monitoring the case of the 43 missing students in Ayotzinapa on Friday, urging the government to redouble its efforts in the investigation.... More
The United States is proposing to send an additional 5,000 Marines to the Western Pacific island of Guam, which is already 28 percent occupied by the U.S. military. The move will add to the increasing tensions between U.S. Army personnel and the residents. ... More
The U.S. state of Texas has made it legal to carry guns on university campuses, a controversial decision also made by seven other states so far. Ironically, the decision was made on the 50th anniversary of a deadly campus sniper rampage at the University of Texas at Austin in 1966 that claimed 14 lives. ... More
Cuba has been elected President and General Secretary of the Alliance of Public Health Associations of the Americas (APHA), a member of the World Federation of Public Health Associations (WFPHA). The decision was in recognition of Cuba's cooperation in the field with other nations in the hemisphere and around the world, including the training of human resources. ... More
The Latin American Solidarity Brigade arrives in Cuba on Monday, bringing in 180 Cuba friends from 16 countries.... More
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