Americas

Argentine Protesters, Workers Tell US Pres Trump, ‘Hands Off Venezuela’

BUENOS AIRES, Feb 20 (NNN-TELESUR) — Hundreds filed through the streets of Buenos Aires, protesting outside the U.S. embassy to…

Argentina: Pro-abortion protests return to the streets of Buenos Aires

BUENOS AIRES, Feb 20 (NNN-EFE) — Several hundred people protested in Buenos Aires to demand once again, but for the…

Mexico urges US to do more to discourage drug use

MEXICO CITY, Feb 20 (NNN-EFE) —  Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said he plans to ask the US to promote a campaign against drug…

Haiti’s serious crime unit to investigate foreigners arrested with guns

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Feb 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The serious crime unit of Haiti’s national police is investigating several foreign nationals, including Americans,…

Cuba denies its military in Venezuela, charges U.S. readies intervention

HAVANA, Feb 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Cuba denied it has security forces in Venezuela and charged the statements were part of…

Brazil’s Bolsonaro suffers first defeat in Congress

BRASILIA, Feb 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Brazil’s lower chamber handed right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro his first defeat in Congress on Tuesday,…

Loan of $100 million from Taiwan gives lifeline to Nicaragua’s Ortega

MANAGUA, Feb 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Nicaragua’s congress has accepted a $100 million loan offered by Taiwan, giving a line of…

Ford’s truck exit from South America to cost 2,700 jobs

DETROIT, Feb 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Ford Motor Co said it would exit its heavy commercial truck business in Brazil in…

Trump signs directive in move to create a US Space Force

WASHINGTON, Feb 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — President Donald Trump on Tuesday took a step needed for lawmakers to begin the lengthy…

Venezuela’s military ‘on alert,’ closes Curacao border ahead of aid shipment

CARACAS, Feb 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) -– Venezuela’s military said it was on “alert” at its frontiers following threats by US President…