Ex-Guatemalan dictator found guilty of genocide
A three-judge panel headed by Judge Jazmin Barrios sentenced him to 80 years in prison.
No U.S. bases in Afghanistan!
In this week's news has come a sobering wake-up call for anyone hoping the end of 2014 will really mark the end of the U.S. war in Afghanistan.
Rightist wins Paraguay presidency, Left advances in Congress
Paraguayans are now wondering what kind of president Horacio Cartes will turn out to be.
Battling crisis, Iraq’s communists remain optimistic
Ten years after the U.S. invasion of Iraq, pretty much no one is optimistic about the prospects for democracy and a decent life for the people in that cradle of civilization.
Leftist Maduro wins Venezuela election
His mandate runs until 2019 and he has promised to continue the socialist policies of his predecessor.
Chile opens new probe into death of poet Neruda
The body of the Nobel laureate poet Pablo Neruda is being exhumed in an effort to clear up four decades of suspicion about how he died.
Students target cleric after food poisoning
Hundreds of Egyptian students angered by a mass outbreak of food poisoning at a Cairo university stormed the offices of the country's top Muslim cleric today.
Peaceful resolution of Korea confrontation is needed
The U.S. should not use military maneuvers in Korea to try out new weapons and make political points.
Germany’s finance minister: The most dangerous man in Europe?
Angela is losing "patience" with irresponsible lands and leaders to the South, reluctant to bear the required share of their burdens.
Cyprus “blackmailed” by European Union
The countries of the European south, Greece in particular, have suffered due to the world crisis of capital. The crisis has now turned on the Mediterranean nation of Cyprus with a vengeance.
