Americas

Update: Democrats slam Trump’s use of trade threats against ally Mexico

WASHINGTON, June 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Democrats slammed Pres Donald Trump’s tactics of threatening punitive tariffs to extract concessions on immigration…

Canada: Hundreds protest in Vancouver against Hong Kong extradition plans

VANCOUVER (Canada), June 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Hundreds of people protested outside the Chinese consulate in Vancouver against controversial plans to…

Venezuela reopens Colombia border after ‘humanitarian aid’ failure

CARACAS, June 10 (NNN-TELESUR) — Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro says the government is opening several bridges along its border with…

Cuba, Venezuela affirm solidarity as Canada explores mediation

HAVANA, June 10 (NNN-TELESUR) –Venezuela’s National Constituent Assembly (ANC) President Diosdado Cabello met with Cuba’s President Miguel Diaz-Canel and Communist Party secretary Raul Castro…

Mexico, US reach deal to ‘indefinitely suspend’ tariffs

WASHINGTON, June 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — United States President Donald Trump has announced via Twitter that the tariffs his administration was planning…

U.S. Pressures On Iran’s Petrochemical Industry To Fail: Experts

by Hassan Rouhvand TEHRAN, Iran, June 10 (NNN-XINHUA) – With the aim of pressing Iran to the negotiation table, for…

Nicaragua Approves Amnesty Law To Bring Peace

MANAGUA, June 10 (NNN-TELESUR) — In an effort lead by the FSLN, to bring peace and reconciliation, Nicaragua’s National Assembly…

Argentina: Local elections a thermometer for general elections

BUENOS AIRES, June 10 (NNN-TELESUR) — Argentinian voters in four provinces go to the polls Sunday to elect their governors, and one…

Chile: 7 Mapuche jailed as indigenous people reject land reform

SANTIAGO, June 10 (NNN-TELESUR) — Indigenous Mapuche Lavkenche communities protested in the Chilean central region of the Biobio against the Indigenous…

Some 40,000 Peruvian fans expected in Brazil for Copa America

LIMA, June 10 (NNN-ANDINA) — Some 40,000 Peruvians will head to Brazil to support their national team during the 2019 Copa…