Bolivia calls on negotiations with Chile over disputed Calama region
BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:35 A.M.) – Bolivian President Evo Morales has again made calls for negotiations between his country and Chile over the disputed Calama region. The disputed Calama region in north...
View ArticleBolivia’s leader: US could not defeat Venezuela, Neither Will OAS
BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:39 A.M.) – Bolivian President Evo Morales on Friday expressed solidarity with Venezuela against the latest aggressions by the head of the Organization of American States, OAS, his...
View ArticleArgentinians protest against government on 41st anniversary of brutal...
BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:45 A.M.) – Thousands of Argentinians attended an anti-government march on the streets of Buenos Aires on Friday. The protest was also held on the 41st anniversary of the former and...
View ArticleTwo killed, dozens injured in shootout between rival trade union factions in...
BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:02 P.M.) – Two people were killed and dozens more injured following a shootout at the TenarisTamsa petroleum tubes producing company in Mexico on Friday. The shoot out happened at...
View ArticleVIDEO: Brazilian teachers protest President Temer’s retirement reforms in Sao...
BEIRUT, LEBANON (4:09 A.M.) – Hundreds of teachers marched through Sao Paulo on Saturday to protest Brazilian President Michel Temer’s proposed reforms to retirement age. The pension reform being...
View ArticleThousands in Chile protest demanding pension reform
BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:17 A.M.) – Close to 350,000 people in Chile’s capital Santiago and a further two million nationwide took part in street protests demanding the replacement of a private pension system...
View ArticleVIDEO: Chaos ensues with scores injured in mass Mexican prison riot
BEIRUT, LEBANON (9:53 P.M.) – Four prison guards were taken hostage after a riot broke out at Cadereyta state prison on Monday. Hundreds of inmates reportedly setting fire to mattresses, sending smoke...
View ArticleVIDEO: 2 inmates dead and 13 injured on 2nd day of Mexican prison uprising
BEIRUT, LEBANON (4:41 P.M.) – The second day of the Cadereyta state prison’s uprising in Mexico has left two dead and a further 13 wounded, making it the second fatal security breach of the week in the...
View ArticleVIDEO: Clashes erupt in Chile’s capital on ‘Day of the young Combatant’
BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:00 A.M.) – At least three people were injured, including a security guard who was shot, during clashes between police and protesters on the ‘Day of the Young Combatant’ in areas of...
View ArticleBrazil’s anti-corruption coup architect, sentenced to 15 years for corruption
(TeleSUR) BEIRUT, LEBANON (5:18 P.M.) – A Brazilian judge sentenced Eduardo Cunha, the former speaker of the lower house and mastermind behind the parliamentary coup against former President Dilma...
View ArticleVIDEO: Thousands march against Argentina’s President in Buenos Aires
BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:07 P.M.) – Thousands of people flooded Plaza de Mayo in Buenos Aires on Thursday, in a protest organised by Argentina’s CTA union. The union announced that a one-day general strike...
View ArticleParaguay rioters set fire to Congress after Senate re-election vote
(Reuters) BEIRUT, LEBANON (7:00 A.M.) – Protesters stormed and set fire to Paraguay’s Congress on Friday after the Senate secretly voted for a constitutional amendment that would allow President...
View ArticleVIDEO: “US has to accept ISIS is the priority, not Assad” – White House
White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer stated that the US has to accept Syria’s political reality at a press briefing in Washington DC on Friday. In support of US Ambassador Nikki Haley comments that...
View ArticleTens of thousands of Brazilians protest against president’s reforms
BEIRUT, LEBANON (9:34 A.M.) – Tens of thousands of Brazilians returned to the streets Friday to protest reforms backed by President Michel Temer’s conservative government, AFP reported. Union members,...
View ArticleVIDEO: Trump takes action against trade deficit with new executive order
BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:58 P.M.) – US President Donald Trump signed two executive orders aimed at tackling the US’s annual $500bn trade deficit in Washington DC on Friday. The move comes one week before...
View ArticleEcuador’s leftist candidate slightly ahead of right-wing challenger in elections
BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:56 A.M.) – With 91.08% of ballots counted on Sunday night, Ecuador’s leftist candidate, Lenin Moreno is ahead in the country’s presidential election. With the ballots counted, he is...
View ArticleBREAKING: Ecuador’s leftist candidate wins presidency over right-winger
BEIRUT, LEBANON (4:51 A.M.) – With most of the ballots counted, Ecuador’s leftist candidate Lenin Moreno is the country’s president, overcoming his right-wing challenger Guillermo Lasso. Lenin defeated...
View ArticleLatin American leaders congratulate Lenin’s presidential win in Ecuador
BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:41 P.M.) – Latin American leaders have congratulated Lenin Moreno on his victory over former banker Guillermo Lasso in Ecuador’s presidential election. With 95.64 percent of the...
View Article35 years of the Malvinas War; dictatorial adventure or a righteous war?
Buenos Aires (April 2, 12.00) A little more than 30 years have passed since that April 2 of 1982 where the Malvinas Islands were recovered, and in Argentina there are still many unanswered questions...
View ArticleTrump keeps pre-election promise, donates 3 months salary to National Park...
BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:32 A.M.) – White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer announced that US President Trump had donated his first three months of salary to the National Park Service, in a press briefing on...
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