Human rights violations in Bolivia merit outside probe: Americas commission head
Bolivia may need outside help to investigate a “massive” number of human rights violations amid post-election violence to ensure findings are seen as credible in the deeply divided country, the head of a regional human rights commission told Reuters on…
Brazil arrests volunteer firefighters in Amazon blazes, but critics cry foul
Brazilian police on Tuesday arrested four volunteer firefighters accused of intentionally setting fires in the Amazon rainforest, but civic leaders said the arrests amounted to government harassment of environmental groups.
Trump says U.S. will designate Mexican drug cartels as terrorists
U.S. President Donald Trump said in an interview aired on Tuesday that he will designate Mexican drug cartels as terrorists over their role in drug and human trafficking.
Pompeo urges Egypt to respect freedom of press after journalist detentions
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday called on Egypt to respect freedom of the press, days after Egyptian security forces raided the office of independent news website Mada Masr and briefly detained three of its staff.
No money, no hope: South Korea’s ‘Dirt Spoons’ turn against Moon
Hwang Hyeon-dong lives in a 6.6-square-metre (71-square-foot) cubicle near his university campus in Seoul, which comes with a shared bathroom and kitchen plus all the rice he can eat, that he rents for 350,000 won ($302) a month.
Founder of U.S. private jet firm tied to Venezuelan VP pleads guilty to sanctions evasion
A man whose U.S. private jet firm allegedly provided travel services to Venezuelan Vice President Tareck El Aissami, whom Washington accuses of drug trafficking, pled guilty to sanctions violations on Tuesday, prosecutors said.
Brazil’s economic minister causes uproar mentioning dictatorship decree
Two of Brazil’s former presidents, a chief justice and heads of both chambers of Congress on Tuesday repudiated the country’s economy minister for saying the government might take draconian steps if leftist opponents stirred up protests such as those i…
Former Erdogan ally says Turkey ‘in dark tunnel’, plans new party by year-end
Former Turkish deputy prime minister Ali Babacan warned on Tuesday of the dangers of “one man rule” and said he hoped to have formed a new political party by the end of the year to challenge President Tayyip Erdogan’s ruling AK Party
‘Massive’ human rights violations in Bolivia merit outside probe: regional commission head
Bolivia may need outside help to probe a “massive” amount of human rights violations and post-election violence to ensure findings are seen as credible in the deeply divided South American nation, the head of the region’s human rights commission told R…
Argentine president-elect names pick for key statistics agency
Argentine President-elect Alberto Fernandez said on Tuesday he plans to appoint moderate Peronist economist Marco Lavagna to head the government’s INDEC statistics agency, which is responsible for calculating and publishing economic indicators.
