Representatives of social movements from Latin America meet Thursday in Panama to discuss issues ranging from US sanctions on Venezuela to Puerto Rican independence.»

Only a few days before the Panama Summit of the Americas, Venezuela nears its target of 10 million signatures intended to be presented to US President Barack Obama.»

The recent US attack against Venezuela, one of the 12 member states of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America, ALBA, led this regional integration bloc to raise its voice at the 7th Summit of the Americas to be held April 10 and 11, in Panama.»

Organizations of regional and global concertation grouping the majority of world countries expressed at the United Nations their support to Venezuela in face of U.S. aggressiveness.»

The decision of Bolivian President Evo Morales, to offer apologies to Chile for the incident staged by defense minister Jorge Ledesma, who was dismissed from his post for that reason, has turned the attention to this country.»

72-year-old former military ruler Muhammadu Buhari defeats incumbent Goodluck Jonathan in vote count.»

The Electoral Observation Mission from the Organization of American States (OAS) praised today the high turnout in regional elections celebrated yesterday in Bolivia.»

More than 6 million Bolivians are expected to cast their vote at polling stations across the country to elect almost 5,000 departmental and municipal authorities.»

Venezuelan officials handed a formal letter of protest to the US embassy in Caracas on Friday to reject the White House’s recent executive order calling Venezuela a threat to national security.»

Venezuelan deputies attending the 132 Inter Parliamentarian Union (IPU) Assembly in Hanoi will talk on the attacks of the United States government against this country, according to the site of the National Assembly.»