Americas

Venezuela ‘ready for aid’, says Pres Maduro after Red Cross meeting

CARACAS, April 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said the country was ready to receive international aid following a…

Mexico: Distributors to blame for higher gasoline prices – Pres Obrador

MEXICO CITY, April 10 (NNN-EFE) — The Mexican government blamed higher profit margins at fuel distributors for the increase in…

Argentina and Venezuela: Growth retarders in Latin America – IMF

WASHINGTON, April 10 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — The decline in the forecasts of Argentina, Mexico and Brazil, the major economies of the…

U.N. rights chief says Mexico violence recalls that of Chile dictatorship

MEXICO CITY, April 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — United Nations human rights chief Michelle Bachelet said the deadly toll of Mexico’s rampant…

U.S. authorities apprehended or turned away more than 103,000 migrants in March

WASHINGTON, April 10 (NNN-Xinhua) — The U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said Tuesday it turned away or apprehended more…

Mexico, UN ink accord to tackle violence

MEXICO CITY, April 10 (NNN-Xinhua) — Mexico’s government and the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)…

Congo Ebola outbreak ‘far from contained,’ US aid chief says

WASHINGTON, April 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The deadly Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is far from contained, U.S.…

US returns ancient artifacts taken from Mexico

MEXICO CITY, April 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States returned two ancient figurines to Mexico, seized from the home of…

Peru Supreme Court: Machu Picchu is the State’s, Not a Family’s

LIMA, April 10 (NNN-TELESUR) — Peru’s Supreme Court ended a 14 year-long battle between an individual family and the nation…

FM Arreaza: Venezuela will send oil to Cuba despite U.S. sanctions

Foreign Affairs Minister Jorge Arreaza CARACAS, April 10 (NNN-TELESUR) — Venezuela’s Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza said that his country will continue to…