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The re-election of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff collapsed on Monday, October 27 the stock exchange and the real (Brazilian currency),revealing the challenges she faces to unite the country and revive the stagnant economy. The markets, that preferred the defeated...

The UN special rapporteur for human rights in Iran, Ahmed Shahid, on Monday condemned the execution of the young woman Reihané Jabari, executed for killing the man who, according to her, tried to rape her, and warned of the deteriorating situation in the country. “I am...

The head of infectious disease control in the US Government, Anthony Fauci, warned on October 26 that the imposition of mandatory quarantines to medical personnel that returns from West Africa can deter many professionals to combat Ebola in these countries. The states of New...

The South Korean Prosecutor´s office requested on Monday, October 27 the death penalty for the captain of the ferry that sank in April, killing more than 300 people, when considering that his negligence and failure to provide assistance to passengers caused serious casualties,...

Dilma Rousseff was reelected president of Brazil after slightly beating her contender, the Social Democrat Aécio Neves, in the presidential runoff on Sunday. With 99.62% of scrutinized polling stations, the Supreme Electoral Tribunal announced that the president won the runoff...

The Ecuadorian Karem Mosquera, 22 years old, who died for the severity of injuries sustained during a terrorist attack reported on Wednesday October 22 in Jerusalem, was buried in the Israeli city by express consent of her family. Mosquera, who was born ...

Ukrainians voted in favor of a peaceful solution to the armed conflict in the east of the country, declared President Petro Poroshenko, after exit polls point to an overwhelming victory of the pro-Western parties. The block of the President and four other pro-Western movements,...

The International Criminal Court (ICC) confirmed on Monday, October 27 the receipt of a complaint filed by an association of some 3,000 indigenous and settlers from the Ecuadorian Amazon against the Chevron Manager, John Watson, who is accused of crimes against humanity....

Spanish Justice Minister Rafael Catala said today that the performing of a sovereigntist referendum, alternative to the suspended by the Constitutional Court (TC), would be a “fraud.” Speaking to the press, Catala recalled that the TC suspended the law of consultation...

Later this year the number of scholarship recipients to study for master’s, doctoral and medical specialties abroad, will be known. A total of 1,820 candidates were summoned by the Ministry of Higher Education, Science, Technology and Innovation (Senescyt for its Spanish...