In the Greek capital of Athens, over 1,000 elderly demonstrators, some of them with canes, participated in a protest rally on Monday to voice their opposition to further cuts to their pensions -- shouting slogans such as “Shame on you!” as they tried to overrun a police cordon.... More
The former President of Uruguay Jose Mujica said Latin America was the richest and at the same time the most unjust region in the world, and that all democracies should seek to end economic injustice. ... More
Argentinians have taken to the streets in Buenos Aires to protest their government's support for new Brazilian President Michel Temer and voice solidarity with his predecessor Dilma Rousseff.... More
A top German official says the United States has waged an ‘economic war’ against Deutsche Bank over its alleged sales of mortgage-backed securities before the 2008 financial crisis.... More
Ecuador’s ruling party, the Pais Alliance, has elected Lenin Moreno to be its next candidate for president.... More
Honduran police fired tear gas at 200 people protesting a newly-erected highway toll outside of Honduras' second-largest city, San Pedro Sula. ... More
U.S. Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton raised $154 million in September, the campaign's biggest fundraising haul so far in the race for the White House.... More
FARC-EP Comandante Timoleon Jimenez expressed the rebels' deep disappointment in Colombia's "No" win at a press conference from Havana Sunday night, shortly after electoral authorities declared that the 'No' vote against the peace deal won by a slim margin. ... More
The Colombian plebiscite on whether to move forward with the peace accord reached between the government of President Juan Manuel Santos and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia has been rejected by voters.... More
In Colombia's plebiscite on Sunday, there was a powerful, right-wing "No" campaign led by former President Alvaro Uribe and big landowners that took the stage.... More
The leader of Spain's Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) has resigned in a move that may pave the way for a new government and put an end to nine months of political deadlock in the country.... More
U.S. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has regained the lead over his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton, according to a new poll.... More
Renowned Black activist Angela Davis has suggested a protest vote in the upcoming U.S. presidential election would amount to narcissism, saying that the threat of a Donald Trump presidency is just too grave. ... More
In Honduras, the case files on the murder of Berta Caceres have been stolen, according to reports from the Central American country, further impeding a popularly-discredited investigation of the renowned Indigenous environmental activist. ... More
French police have clashed with refugees and human rights activists outside a makeshift refugee camp in northern France near the port city of Calais. ... More
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