Americas

Tycoon helps Venezuelans start over in Brazil

SAO PAULO, July 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Brazilian tycoon Carlos Wizard Martins has never set foot in Venezuela, but the businessman…

Brazil Justice minister Moro granted a five-day leave of absence

BRASILIA, July 10 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Brazil’s justice minister, Sérgio Moro, has been granted a leave of absence following a slew…

Cuba works on draft resolution on right to peace

HAVANA, July 10 (NNN-Prensa Latina) — Cuba is pushing a draft resolution on the right to peace at the UN…

Venezuelan Return to Homeland Plan completes Flight 32 from Ecuador

QUITO, July 10 (NNN-Prensa Latina) — Flight 32 of the Return to Homeland Plan, implemented by Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro,…

Honduras One of Central America´s Most Violent Nations, the UN Says

TEGUCIGALPA, July 10 (NNN-Prensa Latina) — Honduras, with a homicide rate of 41.7 per 100,000 inhabitants, is at the top…

Mexico to overcome U.S. tariffs on steel, tomatoes: president

MEXICO CITY, July 10 (NNN-Xinhua) — Mexico will overcome the “new challenge” brought by new U.S. tariffs on steel and…

Mexico: Finance Minister Urzua quits over Pres Lopez Obrador ‘disagreements’

MEXICO CITY, July 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Mexico’s Finance Minister Carlos Urzua resigned on Tuesday, blasting the government of President Andres…

Brazil judge orders Vale to pay for all damages from dam collapse

RIO DE JANEIRO, July 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A Brazilian state judge ordered mining giant Vale to pay for all the…

Mental Illness Blamed In Most Mass-Casualty Attacks In U.S. Last Year: Report

WASHINGTON, July 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — As many as two-thirds of suspects, or 67 percent exactly, displayed symptoms of mental illness or emotional disturbance when launching…

Odebrecht corruption: Peruvian prosecutors raids home of ex-First Lady Nadine Heredia, former ministers, officials

LIMA, July 10 (NNN-ANDINA) — Peru’s Lava Jato Case Special Prosecution Group on Tuesday morning raided the home of former First…