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Hong Kong: Leaders of pro-democracy protests surrender to the police

Three founders of civil disobedience campaign that encouraged the pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong yesterday surrendered to the police, saying they wanted to take responsibility for their actions and to end the riots. Teachers Benny Tai Yiu-ting and Chan Kin-man and father Chu...
Posted On 04 Dec 2014
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Mexican federal forces assume control of the Acapulco security

The Mexican government implemented a special plan where Mexican military and federal police yesterday assumed the security of the Acapulco seaside tourist resort (south) and thirty other municipalities, due to the crisis triggered by the disappearance of 43 students. The federal...
Posted On 04 Dec 2014
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France: Deputies urge the government to recognize the Palestinian State

The French deputies voted on Tuesday in favor of a resolution urging the government to recognize the State of Palestine, “in order to obtain a final settlement.” The resolution was adopted with 339 votes in favor, from the government Socialist Party (PS), the...
Posted On 03 Dec 2014
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Pena Nieto starts his 3rd mandate with low popularity and calls for his resignation

The president of Mexico, Enrique Peña Nieto, began on Monday his third year in office with the lowest level of popularity and the challenge of ending violence, impunity and corruption that prevail in the country. The level of disapproval rose from 46% to 58% from August to the...
Posted On 03 Dec 2014
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Russia will face the economic recession during 2015

Russia will enter into recession in 2015, weighed down by the economic sanctions imposed by Western countries and the fall of oil prices that stimulate inflation and contributed to the collapse of the ruble, according to the latest official estimates. One day after the fall of...
Posted On 03 Dec 2014
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CNE proceeds not to deliver signatures forms to Lasso and Montúfar

Guillermo Lasso and César Montúfar have not yet received the notification from the National Electoral Council (CNE for its Spanish acronym). On Monday, the Plenary of the electoral body decided it was not appropriate to hand them overthe signature collection forms, to promote a...
Posted On 03 Dec 2014
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Venezuelan Justice formally indicts Machado of “conspiracy” against Maduro

The former opposition lawmaker Maria Corina Machado was formally charged this Wednesday by the Venezuelan Public Prosecutor of “conspiracy” in a plot to assassinate President Nicolas Maduro. The prosecution charged Machado “the crime of conspiracy” by...
Posted On 03 Dec 2014
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President Correa denies the complete financing of the Quito subway

President Rafael Correa described on Wednesday December 3 as “incoherent” the funding proposal the Mayor of Quito,Mauricio Rodas, handed him on Monday, December 1 to continue with the Metro construction project for the capital and ratified that he will only allocate $...
Posted On 03 Dec 2014
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Teleamazonas is punished again for not complying with rectification

The TV channel Teleamazonas was sanctioned again by the Superintendency of Information and Communication (Supercom), because one of the programs it transmits “Jarabe de Pico,” did not comply with a request for rectification as provided by the Organic Law of...
Posted On 03 Dec 2014
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The FARC and the Colombian government will resume peace talks on December 10

The communist guerrillas of the FARC and the Colombian government decided to resume the peace process on December 10 until the 17th. “The delegations of the national government and the FARC, after jointly analyzing the events of recent weeks, we consider the crisis is...
Posted On 03 Dec 2014
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