Americas

Brazil: Pres Bolsonaro blames the Amazon fires on environmentalists

BRASILIA, Aug 22 (NNN-TELESUR) — After blaming the fires on the drought, Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro said Wednesday that environmental charities are…

Brazilian Congress Committee approves US to use Alcantara Base

BRASILIA, Aug 22 (NNN-TELESUR0 — The Foreign and Defense Committee of the Brazilian Congress has approved by majority vote the…

International Commission Against Impunity Leaves Guatemala

GUATEMALA CITY, Aug 22 (NNN-TELESUR) — The International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG) presented on Tuesday a closing report…

Jordan King Highlights Lasting Palestinian-Israeli Peace Via Two-State Solution

AMMAN, Jordan, Aug 22 (NNN-PETRA) – King Abdullah of Jordan, underlined the need to step up efforts to achieve just,…

Venezuela: About 4 million sign petition against US blockade

CARACAS, Aug 22 (NNN-TELESUR) — Venezuela’s government announced that the petition to collect signatures calling on the United States to…

US to allow indefinite detention of migrant children – DHS

WASHINGTON, Aug 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — President Donald Trump’s administration announced Wednesday that it would remove tough legal limits on how…

Iraq’s Hashd Shaabi Accuses U.S. Of Being Behind Attacks On Its Bases

BAGHDAD, Iraq, Aug 22 (NNN-NINA) – Iraq’s paramilitary Hashd Shaabi forces, accused the United States of being behind attacks on…

Lebanon Asks U.S. To Support Syrian Refugees’ Social Programmes

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Aug 22 (NNN-NNA) – Lebanese Minister of Social Affairs, Richard Kuyumjian, called upon the United States to support…

Dominican’s largest drug trafficking gang dismantled after raids, says prosecutor

SANTO DOMINGO, Aug 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Dominican Republic’s top prosecutor said that the Caribbean nation’s largest drug trafficking gang…

Colombia laments lack of aid for growing Venezuela migration crisis

Venezuelans gather to cross into Ecuador from Colombia BOGOTA, Aug 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — International donors have been significantly less generous…