The Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Laura Poitras discusses how she has been repeatedly detained and questioned by federal agents whenever she enters the United States.
Read MoreJournalist Anand Gopal has just returned from Syria, where he interviewed survivors of last week’s bloody battle for the town of Taftanaz in northern Syria. Reports say government forces continue to attack rebel strongholds in Homs, Hama and other cities in violation of a U.N.-backed ceasefire that took effect last week.
Read MoreAfter using a homophobic adjective against an opposition candidate, Venezuela Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro reiterated on Tuesday that the national government and he himself personally do in fact respect sexual diversity in the country.
Read MoreThis past Friday, I walked the streets of Caracas, like on many other occasions, with thousands of Venezuelans in support of the Chavez government. I simply went out with my camera, walked for several hours snapping pictures, listening to people, dancing with them, and hearing their stories. (33 photos)
Read MoreWhile the presidents of Guatemala, Colombia, Costa Rica and El Salvador have voiced support for an end to the drug war, President Obama rejected their calls for drug legalization during high-level talks at the Summit of the Americas in Colombia.
Read MoreHistorian Greg Grandin analyzes the U.S.-Colombia “free trade” deal and the deepening split between much of Latin America and Washington following the Summit of the Americas in Colombia.
Read MoreVenezuelan president Hugo Chavez made his sixth trip to Cuba in two months on Saturday, to continue his radiotherapy treatment against cancer. On this occasion, Chavez plans to stay for over a week in Havana, unlike the last three visits when he arrived on Saturday and returned home on Wednesday evening.
Read MoreVenezuelan president Hugo Chavez decided today not to attend the Summit of the Americas in Cartegena, Colombia (April 14-15) for medical reasons.
Read MoreThe VI Summit of the Americas officially begins today in Cartagena, Colombia and as of last night the presence of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez was still undecided on making a stopover en route to Cuba for a fourth round of radiotherapy treatment.
Read MoreThe Palestinian Authority announced that it is going through a hard financial crisis, and Palestinian political detainees continue on their hunger strike. These stories and more, coming up, stay tuned.
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