
Ex-dictator, others sentenced in Argentina for "Operation Condor" crimes
A court in Buenos Aires convicted General Reynaldo Bignone and 14 other officers of crimes against humanity committed during the "Dirty War" of 1976-83.

Brazil: President Rousseff ousted by Senate, Temer names right wing Cabinet
The accusation was that Rousseff's government had filled budget shortfalls in 2014 and 2015 by shifting money from the central bank to cover social welfare programs' needs.

French right-wing party in hot water over Panama Papers
We now know that two "allies" of Front National's leader Marine Le Pen, have been named in the Panama Papers.

U. S. intervention in Venezuela: Cuba responds
We don't want wars, blockades, interference, subversion, sabotage; we want peace, social justice and equity, sustainable development, security and respect for our sovereignty.

German election results reflect rightwing hypocrisy on Berlin Wall
U.S. readers are now probably wondering and/or worrying about their own election results. But, different as they may be, there are similarities between there and Germany.
Right-wing murderers protected in Berlin
For a year now, the case of three mystery killers has roiled the German scene.

French Left candidate goes one-on-one with ultra-rightist
Jean-Luc Melenchon, the Left Front's candidate in the recent presidential elections in France, has announced he will run as a candidate.

Protests assail rigged trial of Chile indigenous leaders
The conviction of four leaders of the Mapuche indigenous group in Chile is drawing international and national condemnation of Chile's right wing government and President Sebastian Piñera.

