Americas

US State Dept approves potential $2.2 bln arms sale to Taiwan

WASHINGTON, July 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The US State Department has approved the potential sale to Taiwan of $2.2 billion in…

US Pres Trump hits out at outgoing British PM May after leak of damning cables

WASHINGTON/LONDON, July 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Donald Trump launched an extraordinary attack Monday on outgoing British premier Theresa May, following the…

US slaps new duties on steel from Mexico and China

WASHINGTON, July 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States announced fresh duties on some Mexican and Chinese steel goods on Monday,…

US Embassy in Guatemala launches anti-migration initiative

GUATEMALA CITY, July 9 (NNN-TELESUR) — The United States embassy in Guatemala is trying to scare nationals from migrating to…

Peruvian gov’t approves open-pit mining project amid opposition

LIMA, July 9 (NNN-TELESUR) — The Peruvian government has authorized United States (U.S.) firm Southern Copper to begin the major open-pit mining construction project “Tia Maria”…

Argentina: More than 7,000 homeless people in Buenos Aires

BUENOS AIRES, July 9 (NNN-TELESUR) — The number of people living in the streets of Argentina’s capital, Buenos Aires, has increased…

Chilean gov’t bows to pressure, returns to talks with striking teachers

SANTIAGO, July 9 (NNN-TELESUR) — Chilean teachers who have been striking for the past six weeks meets the education minister…

Guatemala: Two indigenous leaders killed

GUATEMALA CITY, July 9 (NNN-TELESUR) — Guatemalan Indigenous leaders Isidro Perez and Melecio Ramirez, members of the Committee of Campesino…

Venezuelan Delegation in Barbados for Dialogue With Opposition

BRIDGETOWN, July 9 (NNN-TELESUR) — A Venezuelan delegation arrived in Barbados on Monday to continue the process of peace dialogue with the opposition, which has been supported by the Government of…

Italy sentences 24 to life for disappearing Latin American Italians during Operation Condor in South America

ROME, July 9 (NNN-TELESUR) — An Italian court in Rome sentenced 24 military personnel from Bolivia, Chile, Uruguay, and Peru to…