Section: Latin America
Ukraine Mulls Abolishing Breakaway Regions’ Special Status
Ukraine’s Security and Defense Council is to debate scrapping a law that would have granted special status to eastern regions controlled by pro-Russian separatists, as a response to the elections held in those breakaway regions this past weekend. …read more Source: Latin American Herald...
Ban Considers Ukraine’s Separatist’ Elections “Unfortunate”
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday described the elections held by pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine this past weekend as an “unfortunate and counterproductive development.” …read more Source: Latin American Herald...
Zakharchenko Sworn In as Head of Self-Proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic
Pro-Russian rebel leader Alexander Zakharchenko was sworn in Tuesday as head of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic in eastern Ukraine, after winning Sunday’s elections declared illegal by Kiev, the Ukrainian media reported. …read more Source: Latin American Herald...
Ukrainian Independence Leader Takes Office
The newly elected leader in Donetsk has vowed to rebuild the war torn region and promised peace, challenging Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko. …read more Source:...
Russia Delivers More Aid to Eastern Ukraine
Moscow has delivered its sixth convoy of humanitarian aid to the conflict-ridden region of eastern Ukraine where fighting between pro-Russian separatists and Kiev has left over 4,000 dead and hundreds of thousands displaced. …read more Source:...
Poroshenko to Review Ukraine’s Peace Process
The Ukrainian president referred to the Donetsk and Luhansk elections as a farce. …read more Source:...
Poroshenko Threatens to “Change” The Way Kiev Deals with Separatists Regions
The Ukrainian president referred to the Donetsk and Luhansk elections as a farce. …read more Source:...
Beatrice Rangel: Across Latin America, the Populist Beat Goes On
Sunday, October 26, was election day for more than one emblematical country in the world: Tunisia, the Arab Spring trigger held parliamentary elections. Ukraine, the Western party popper and halter of the European dream to extend the shores of the Old Continent into Eurasia also held parliamentary elections, while South America’s...
Ukraine crisis deepens after rebel vote in east
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has called an emergency meeting of his security chiefs to discuss new ways of dealing with the separatist challenge in the east after rebel elections that were denounced by Kiev and the West. …read more Source: Buenos Aires...
In 60 Seconds: Republicans set to Gain Seats in U.S. Midteam Elections
Today’s headlines, in 60 seconds, From the South (HD), with news from Mexico, Argentina, the United States, the Ukraine, and Pakistan …read more Source:...
