In Colombia, voters have rejected a peace agreement between the government and the nation’s largest rebel group in a shocking turn of events that threatens to prolong the nation’s 52-year-old civil war. (Video)
Read MoreThe peace agreement between the Colombian government and the FARC guerrillas appears to have suffered a major setback on Sunday in the nationwide referendum to ratify or reject the accord. With 99.64% of the polling stations reporting the NO vote leads with 50.23% to 49.76% for the YES.
Read MoreThe US Navy decided on Saturday to evacuate all non-essential personnel from its GITMO base on occupied Cuban territory in preparation for the arrival of Hurricane Mathew in the coming days.
Read MoreMatthew is now a hurricane and is currently projected to hit somewhere in eastern Cuba in four to five days. The center of the storm packs 75 mph winds and is moving west at a speed of 15 mph.
Read MoreThe Nicaraguan Inter-Oceanic canal project poses a grave threat to the Rama Kriol indigenous peoples in the southeaster portion of the country. A group is working to try and help them defend their land and culture.
Read MoreCuban government media and Telesur out of Venezuela are always alluding to a new kind of coup d’etat against the Left’s empowerment on the global political stage: “the soft coup”. They promote the time worn “conspiracy theory.” It’s repeated over and over again; its objective being to get it inside our heads so we accept it as a proven reality.
Read MorePresident Raul Castro met on Saturday in the Cuban capital with Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang. Li’s presence is the third high-level visit during the week, preceded by the president of Iran and prime minister of Japan.
Read MoreThe Venezuelan National Electoral Council (CNE) announced today that the collection of signatures to trigger a referendum against President Nicolas Maduro will take place from October 26-28, increasing doubts that the vote can take place this year.
Read MoreFormer Cuban President Fidel Castro met on Monday with the Iranian president, Hassan Rohani, at his home in Havana. Fidel, 90, is the leading adviser to his brother President Raul Castro.
Read MoreIn other Dakota Access pipeline news, last Thursday, Morton County, North Dakota, issued an arrest warrant for Amy Goodman. The charge: criminal trespass, a misdemeanor offense. The case, State of North Dakota v. Amy Goodman, stems from Democracy Now!’s coverage in North Dakota over the Labor Day weekend of the Native American-led protests against the Dakota Access pipeline. On Saturday, September 3, Democracy Now! filmed security guards working for the Dakota Access pipeline company using dogs and pepper spray to attack protesters.
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