Venezuela's President Hugo Chávez on Tuesday said his country recognized in Libya "only one government, the one headed by Muammar Gaddafi," and reiterated his criticism of NATO air strikes on Tripoli. "We recognize only one government, the one headed by Muammar Gaddafi. We reaffirm our solidarity with the Libyan people, our brothers who are attacked and bombed," Chávez said during a cabinet meeting broadcast by all Venezuelan radio and television stations,...

"Every Sunday the beatings are worse, but they will have to kill us because we will continue going to mass.” Santiago de Cuba / August 21, 2011 At 7 a.m. the homes of five human rights defenders in three municipalities in Eastern Cuba were under siege by paramilitary forces and by pro government mobs: three in “Palma Soriano”, one in “Palmarito de Cauto”, and another one in “El Caney”, to prevent the Ladies in White and female supporters from...

Federal officials said Thursday they've taken down a drug and weapons trafficking ring involving members of San Diego's Iraqi community and a major Mexican drug cartel that was caught selling large amounts of drugs, guns and grenades. Police in El Cajon said more than 60 suspects linked to the Chaldean Organized Crime Syndicate were arrested. Smugglers were shipping drugs from El Cajon to Iraqis in Detroit, where the Chaldean syndicate is based, authorities said. El Cajon and federal police...

Reporters Without Borders voices its support for Silvia González, the national daily El Nuevo Diario’s correspondent in the northern city of Jinotega, who gave a news conference on 5 August to denounce the repeated death threats to herself and her young children that she has received on her mobile phone. Backed by various groups including the Permanent Commission for Human Rights (CPDH) and the Nicaraguan Centre for Human Rights (CENIDH), González said she is no longer...

Proposiciones de Ciudadanos Legisladores Del Grupo Parlamentario del Partido de la Revolución Democrática, la que contiene punto de acuerdo relativo a la posición de México en torno a la creación del Estado Palestino. PROPOSICIÓN CON PUNTO DE ACUERDO RELATIVO A LA POSICIÓN DE MÉXICO EN TORNO A LA CREACIÓN DEL ESTADO PALESTINO. C. PRESIDENTE DE LA MESA DIRECTIVA H. COMISIÓN PERMANENTE PRESENTE Los suscritos, integrantes...

Mexico City authorities are reporting a package bomb exploded at the Monterrey Institute of Technology, State of Mexico campus injuring two. The package was addressed to robotics professor Alejandro Aceves Lopez and delivered to him via a local messenger service. When Lopez opened the package, it exploded, injuring him and another professor. The bomb appeared to be homemade and is said to be the first explosion of this kind to occur on a Mexican university campus. All classes were cancelled...

Venezuela's President Hugo Chávez voiced on Monday once again his support to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and rebutted the possibility of underwriting a National Transitional Council in Libya. In a cabinet meeting aired during an obligatory simultaneous broadcast, the Venezuelan Head of State referred himself to a letter forwarded by Gaddafi through the secretary of the People's Committee for Finance and Planning Abdul Hafid Al Zleitni. The envoy met on Monday with Venezuelan...

Admiral Edgar Cely, the commander of Colombia's Military Forces, disclosed on Monday that the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) continue in Venezuelan territory, as denounced in mid 2010 by the government of then Colombian President Álvaro Uribe. "In very concrete, fast terms, yes," Cely answered when queried by Bogotá's TV channel Caracol about the deployment of FARC members in Venezuelan territory, AFP quoted. Source:

The body of Yolanda Ordaz de la Cruz, a Mexican journalist, was found yesterday in the Boca del Rio municipality neighboring the Veracruz port, as reported by The LA Times. Some reports claim she was beheaded while others state that her throat was slit. Ordaz covered crime and police stories for the daily newspaper Notiver in Veracruz, which is a critical drug-and-human-trafficking route along the Gulf of Mexico. A similar incident occurred in late June involving a Notiver co-worker....

WASHINGTON -­ America's top soldier warned Monday about the growing ties between Iran and Venezuela and said the U.S. is monitoring the burgeoning relationship. Referring to criticism in Congress leveled at Venezuela recently because of its relationship with Iran, Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, said, "I certainly share their concern in terms of Venezuela's links to Iran, which have been there for a significant amount of time and are growing." ...