Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro announced that Petrocaribe economic zone will start operating as of June 29, in the context of the presidential summit the bloc’s state member will hold in Managua.»

Turkish police arrested nearly 1000 people in some 90 demonstrations in 48 cities across the country against the government of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his decision to remove Gezi Park in Istanbul.»

Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos denied Saturday that his government was supporting any type of action to destabilize Venezuela’s institutionality, as denounced by Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.»

Russia and China will attend the international conference on the Syrian crisis next Wednesday in Tehran, meeting convened by the Persian authorities preceding the so called Geneva II, agreed by Russia and the United States, confirmed an official source.»

The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia-People’s Army (FARC-EP) is optimistic about the progress made in the current round of peace talks here with the Colombian government.»

Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva called in Buenos Aires to fight for a more just world and reiterated his call to further advance Latin American integration.»

French President, Francois Hollande, admitted the seriousness of the economic crisis, after the National Institute of Statistics reported France falling into recession and experiencing a decline in purchasing power.»

Colonel Morris Davis, former Chief Prosecutor for the controversial American prison camp at Guantanamo, described as unpatriotic the fact that Washington keeps the prison opened and urged President Barack Obama to fulfil his promise.»

Venezuelan authorities announced this Thursday the arrest of US citizen Timothy Hallet, linked to actions of violence staged in this country following April 14 presidential elections.»

The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia-People’s Army (FARC-EP) expressed their thanks to U.S. congressional representatives for supporting the peace process that seeks to end the armed conflict that has lasted more than half a century.»