Asiia-Pacific
Filipino president uses vulgar term to describe
Filipino President Rodrigo Duterte has warned US President Barack Obama not to question him about reports of extrajudicial killings when they meet in Laos later, using…
Latin America
Brazil’s ousted president Rousseff lodges appeal against removal from office
Brazil’s ousted president Dilma Rousseff, who was stripped of presidency following a Wednesday Senate impeachment vote, has appealed to the Supreme Court to overturn the decision…
Latin America
Maduro supporters, opponents hold counter-rallies in Caracas
Hundreds of thousands have flooded the streets of the Venezuelan capital, Caracas, in rival marches for and against President Nicolas Maduro. On Thursday, large crowds of…
Latin America
Dilma Rousseff stripped of Brazil’s presidency
Dilma Rousseff has been stripped of Brazil’s presidency following a Senate impeachment vote in Brasilia. Senators voted on Wednesday by a majority of 61 to 20…
Latin America
Venezuela, Ecuador freeze ties with Brazil
Venezuela and Ecuador have announced that they are severing diplomatic ties with Brazil in response to the removal of Dilma Rousseff as the Latin American country’s…
Latin America
Pres. Maduro hails Iran as ‘power of peace’ in world
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro described the Islamic Republic as the ‘power of peace’ in the world, calling for further expansion of ties between Latin American countries…
Latin America
Iran, Venzuela must work to broaden friendly ties: Zarif
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (C) attends the Iran-Venezuela economic and trade summit in Caracas on August 27, 2016, with his Venezuelan counterpart, Delcy Rodriguez…
Latin America
Bolivian president says minister’s murder ‘political conspiracy’
Bolivian President Evo Morales has accused his political opponents of waging a “political conspiracy” for inciting major protests by the country’s miners that led to the…
Latin America
Zarif meets Chilean parliament speaker
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif conferred with Chilean Parliament Speaker Osvaldo Andrade Lara here on Thursday. The meeting between Zarif and Andrade Lara took place…
Latin America
Iran greatly values Latin America ties: Zarif
Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif of Iran says the country greatly values its relationship with Latin American nations, including Nicaragua, where he visited on the second…
Latin America
Iran eyes Nicaragua rival to Panama Canal
Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says Iran is interested in a massive project to build a canal across Nicaragua which will link the Pacific and Atlantic…
Latin America
FM Zarif meets Nicaraguan counterpart, discusses bilateral ties
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif conferred with his Nicaraguan counterpart Samuel Santos on bilateral ties and international developments. The topics of Zarif-Santos negotiations focused on…