Again, UN General Assembly rejects U.S anti-Cuban blockade
The UN General Assembly voted Oct. 28 for the 23rd consecutive year on a Cuba resolution calling upon the United States to end its economic blockade against the island.
Oaxacans want the right not to migrate
For six weeks hundreds of teachers in the southern Mexico state of Oaxaca have been living in tents, in the capital city's main plaza, the zocalo.
New York Times editorializes against U. S. anti-Cuban blockade
The New York Times wants Cuba off the U.S. list of nations that sponsor terrorism, and it hopes that ending the blockade will improve U.S. relations with Latin America.
Left biggest winner in Uruguay election, but runoff needed
In Uruguay, the presidential runoff is both a family matter and an ideological confrontation.
Germany continues along austerity track
Tragic when it doesn't occur to an economics minister that needed investments in infrastructure and education could be made if only taxes on the upper class were increased.
Why the U.S. concealed its chemical weapons role in Iraq
From 2004 to 2011, the Pentagon covered up injuries to U.S. troops in Iraq from chemical weaponry supplied to Saddam Hussein in the 80s by the U.S. and other countries.
Duvalier: Dead but not gone
Jean-Claude Duvalier, responsible for the death of thousands and theft of millions, who moved openly in the society of Haitian elites, died Oct. 4 a free man.
Tribunal takes up Mexico’s migrant hell
Photos of "La Bestia" have become famous around the world, showing young migrants crowded on top of boxcars, riding from the Guatemala border to near the U.S.
First round election results in Brazil leave left hopeful
On Sunday October. 5, Brazil held its general elections, after a campaign that was anything but boring.
Anger in Mexico over attack on teachers’ college students
Mexicans reacted with anger and indignation to the disappearance and possible murder of 43 young students of a teachers' college near Iguala, in the Southern State of Guerrero.
