A number of indigenous leaders from Brazil traveled to New York to protest Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s push to open the Amazon rainforest for agribusiness, logging and mining.
Read MoreRussian President Vladimir Putin will meet with his Venezuelan counterpart Nicolas Maduro on Wednesday in Moscow, the Kremlin has confirmed, amid mounting pressure for Maduro to resign.
Read MoreThe Brazilian mining company Vale said Friday that it would continue to cooperate with authorities after police accused it of having given false information about the stability of a dam that ruptured eight months ago, claiming at least 249 lives.
Read MoreThe Committee to Protect Journalists today condemned a decision by Bolivia’s Supreme Electoral Tribunal to restrict the dissemination of a public opinion poll, and urged authorities to allow journalists to report freely on elections.
Read MoreA Colombian candidate for mayor was released on Thursday after having been held by his kidnappers for nine days, his party said.
Read MoreNegotiations to seek a way out of Venezuela’s crisis have collapsed, opposition leader Juan Guaido announced, more than five weeks after President Nicolas Maduro’s government pulled out of the talks.
Read MoreThe Venezuelan opposition does not intend to resume talks with the government in Barbados, though it is prepared to seal a “complete agreement” when “the regime is ready,” one of the opposition negotiators said on Friday.
Read MoreThe Organization of American States (OAS) on Wednesday decided to activate the Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance (TIAR) to consider measures against Venezuela after it launched military exercises near the Colombian border.
Read MoreMany survivors of the Category 5 storm are now seeking refuge in the United States. At least 4,000 hurricane survivors have traveled to the U.S. since the hurricane hit, but many more are facing a struggle with paperwork and mounting confusion about what’s necessary to gain entry.
Read Moret least 44 people are confirmed dead, with that number expected to rise exponentially, as the Bahamas continues to reel from the devastation wrought by Hurricane Dorian. More than 70,000 on Grand Bahama and the Abaco Islands have been left homeless, and thousands remain missing.
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