Brasilia, October 9 (teleSUR-RHC) -- The Brazilian Socialist Party (PSB by its acronym in Portuguese) said it will support the neoliberal candidate Aecio Neves in Brazil's October 26 run-off elections against current President Dilma Rousseff.... More
Washington, October 9 (RHC-Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday underscored continued strong support for efforts of the Colombia government to end a decades-old civil conflict, the White House said.... More
Geneva, October 9 (RHC)-- The Ebola epidemic has so far claimed the lives of 3,879 people all around the world, while more than 8,000 people have been infected. According to the Ebola Response Roadmap Situation Report issued by the World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday, the virus has been most devastating in the West African countries of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. ... More
Washington, October 9 (RHC)-- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says it is preparing to roll out tougher Ebola screening measures at airports later this week. ... More
Brasilia, October 9 (RHC-Xinhua) -- Brazil's credit rating doesn't depend on who wins the presidential elections, but on the winner's ability to change the country's economic course, rating agency Moody's said Wednesday.... More
Buenos Aires, October 9 (RHC-Mercopress) -- Four full members of the MERCOSUR trade bloc will use unified number plates for their vehicles starting in 2016, Argentine Foreign Minister Hector Timerman announced in Buenos Aires.... More
Washington, October 9 (RHC)-- The United States is deploying 100 Marines to Liberia to help fight spread of Ebola in the West African country, the Pentagon says. The troops are part of a 3,600-strong force to fight the Ebola outbreak in West Africa that has claimed thousands of lives. ... More
Montevideo, October 9 (RHC-Mercopress) -- According to the latest public opinion poll, a run off in November to elect Uruguay's president seems most certain because neither of the two leading candidates will manage a majority in the first round on October 26th.... More
Washington, October 9 (RHC)-- The United States says it has conducted six more airstrikes against ISIL positions in the strategic Syrian city of Kobani, but the air raids are not enough to prevent the fall of the border city to the terrorists. ... More
La Paz, October 9 (RHC-Mercopress) -- Former Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom has arrived in La Paz as Chief of the Electoral Observation Mission from the Organization of American States (OAS/EOM) to head the group of 63 people who will observe the Bolivian general elections of October 12th.... More
Kabul, October 9 (RHC)-- At least five people have been killed and nearly 20 others injured in a bomb explosion in Afghanistan’s southern province of Helmand, an official says. ... More
Montevideo, October 9 (teleSUR-RHC) -- On their arrival on Thursday, the first group of 120 Syrian refugees were welcomed by the Uruguayan government.... More
Rio de Janeiro, October 8 (NNN-RHC) --Environmentalist Marina Silva, who lost her bid in Sunday's presidential elections on Sunday, could well become the power broker in the run-off between incumbent Dilma Rousseff and business favorite Aecio Neves.... More
United Nations, October 8 (RHC)-- The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) has used the United Nations General Assembly Sixth Committee to voice its unequivocal condemnation of terrorism. As the movement's current chair, Iran, represented the body at the session, which kicked off its annual meeting with a focus on international terrorism in New York on Tuesday. ... More
Brasilia, October 8 (Xinhua-RHC) -- The new Brazilian congress is more fragmented than before, as more parties have entered the legislature after Sunday's general elections.... More
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