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Voters protest against election results in Venezuela
Supporters of opposition presidential candidate Henrique Capriles hold a protest against election results at Plaza Altamira in Caracas, Venezuela, on Oct. 8, 2012. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez was reelected on Sunday. (Xinhua/David de la ...
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Burmese President to Visit White House
The former general will meet with President Barack Obama during a visit human rights organizations and some politicians say is premature because of anti-Muslim violence and continuing rights violations in Burma. Officials say the two countries are expected to use the visit to work out agreements that could lead to regular talks on boosting trade, labor standards and investment. On Sunday, ...
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Kerry Travels to Mideast as Parties Weigh Syria Peace Conference Plan
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry travels to the Middle East on Monday, as efforts to bring about a Syrian peace conference proposed by the United States and Russia face several key meetings this ...
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Venezuela taking steps to restore US ties
/enpproperty--> CARACAS - Venezuela's recent designation of an acting head of its diplomatic mission in the United States shows the OPEC nation's desire to restore full diplomatic relations, the foreign minister said in an interview broadcast on Sunday. Disputes between Caracas and Washington were common during the 14-year-rule of late socialist leader Hugo Chavez, leaving both ...
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Paraguay Division Profesional Wrap Melgarejo on a winner
Nacional Asuncion have maintained their 14-point lead at the top of Paraguay's Division Profesional with a 1-0 win away to Libertad.Marcos Melgarejo scored the only goal of the game for Nacional, while Guarani took advantage of Libertad's defeat to move to second on the table with a 3-2 victory away to Olimpia.In the weekend's top-of-the-table clash, Libertad hosted Nacional ...
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World Brazil paves way for gay marriage
The council that oversees the country's judiciary said it was wrong for some offices just to issue civil union documents when the couple wanted full marriage ...
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Colombia Primera A Wrap Tolima strike late to go top
Deportes Tolima have leapfrogged Santa Fe into first position in Colombia's Primera A with a 2-1 win over Alianza Petrolera.Charles Monsalvo scored a second-half brace for Tolima as they came from behind against lowly Alianza, moving above Santa Fe on the league table after the previous leaders were held to a 1-1 draw by Deportivo Pasto.Atletico Nacional also took advantage of Santa ...
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Venezuela willing to normalize relations with U.S. FM
Venezuela is willing to normalize diplomatic relations with the United States on the basis of mutual respect and none interference in each other's domestic affairs, Venezuelan Foreign Minister Elias Jaua said Sunday. "We will remain open to the normalization of relations with the United States....The first thing would be to restore diplomatic delegation at the highest level," ...
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FARC ‘satisfied’ over progress Colombia’s peace process
The FARC, Colombia’s largest rebel group, said Sunday it was satisfied with the progress made in ongoing peace talks with the government and asked for patience for the talks to ...
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Argentinas River ties Union Santa Fe 2-2
Buenos Aires team River Plate struggled Sunday to tie visiting team Union de Santa Fe 2-2, missing an opportunity to lead the Argentinean soccer league's Closing Tournament.Santa Fe, which is practically among the second-division teams, was ahead by 2-0 at one point and even came close to a 3-1 score thanks to a penalty shot, but River goalie Marcelo Barovero managed to block the shot by ...
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Brazil officials must register gay unions as marriages
By The Associated Press Brazilian notaries public must register same-sex civil unions as marriages if the couple requests it, the country's National Council of Justice said Tuesday. The council that oversees the country's judiciary said in a statement that notaries public cannot refuse to marry gay couples or convert a same-sex civil union into a marriage if that's what the pair ...
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Venezuela in rare diplomatic overture to America
CARACAS - Venezuela on Sunday made a rare diplomatic overture to the United States, suggesting it could be time for better ties."We are going to remain open to normalizing relations with the United States," Foreign Minister Elias Jaua said on Televen television Sunday."The first thing would be to resume diplomatic representation at the highest level," he said.The ...
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Colombia Hit man targeting high-profile journalists
By Helen Murphy, Reuters BOGOTA - Colombia's government warned on Tuesday of a plot by a criminal group to kill several high-profile journalists just weeks after the attempted assassination of an investigative reporter boosted concerns over threats to a free press in the violence-plagued Andean nation.President Juan Manuel Santos also announced that 90 journalists are being given protection ...
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Washington Week Focus on Burma US Government Scandals
WASHINGTON -- A groundbreaking visit by Burma’s president and continuing probes of U.S. government scandals highlight a busy week ahead in Washington. Six months after President Barack Obama visited Rangoon, President Thein Sein reciprocates Monday with a visit to the White House. Last November, Obama hailed democratic reforms in Burma. "A dictatorship of five decades has ...
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IHG expands Holiday Inn brand in Ecuador.
This property brings three IHG-branded hotels to Ecuador including the current Holiday Inn Express Quito hotel, and the upcoming Holiday Inn Guayaquil Airport hotel slated to open next ...
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Indian Chinese Leaders Discuss Border Dispute
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his visiting Chinese counterpart Sunday discussed efforts to resolve a decades-old border dispute between the world's two most populous ...
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Nigeria says 14 Militants 3 Soldiers Killed in Latest Fighting
Nigeria's military says it killed 14 Boko Haram militants and captured 20 others Sunday, as it presses its offensive against the al-Qaida-linked group in the country's restive ...
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Drug charge for Virgin Islands environment officer
KINGSTON, Jamaica -; Federal agents have arrested the top enforcement officer for the U.S. Virgin Islands environment agency on drug trafficking charges after he was allegedly caught with a cache of cocaine on a government patrol ...
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Colombia’s Carlos Betancur becomes Giro d’Italia’s best young rider
Colombian cyclist Carlos Betancur on Sunday became the best young rider of the Giro d’Italia and will start Tuesday’s stage wearing the white ...
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How a toilet paper shortage may temper Chavismo in Venezuela
People wait in line as they buy toilet paper in a super market in Caracas May 17. Supplies of food and other basic products have been patchy in recent months, with long queues forming at supermarkets and rushes occurring when there is news of a new stock arrival. The situation has spawned jokes among Venezuelans, particularly over the lack of toilet ...
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Obama to speak on prison legality of drone program
President Barack Obama speaks during a Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee event at the Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation, Sunday, May 19, 2013, in ...
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Judiciary must charge against corporations that sabotaged Argentina CFK on justice reform
President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner accused judiciary sectors of holding a "media agenda" and urged judges to "punish the guilty, no matter what their social, corporative or political position is." Twitter, once again CFK’s favourite political "weapon" to defend official moves. "Justice can not have a media agenda, it must have ...
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US Official White House Was Unaware of IRS Misdeeds
President Barack Obama and White House Senior Advisor Dan Pfeiffer, right, react to a reporter's question as they leave the Treasury Department in Washington, Jan. 16, ...
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Pope Meets With President Rafael Correa of Ecuador
Centrality of Social Justice Among Topics DiscussedVATICAN CITY, April 19, 2013 (Zenit.org) - This morning, Pope Francis received Rafael Correa Delgado, president of the Republic of Ecuador, in audience at the Vatican Apostolic Palace. Shortly after, President Correa met with Archbishop Dominique Mamberti, secretary for Relations with States.The talks, which according to a Vatican communique ...
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Colombia peace deal to include redistribution of 11.5 million square miles
Colombia will redistribute farmland of some 11.500 square miles — an area larger than Massachusetts, as part of an eventual peace deal with the country’s largest rebel ...
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