World

Women’s World Cup: bright spot for Japan, women’s sports

July 21, 2011 By Pepe Lozano

After a deadly earthquake, devastating tsunami and nuclear power plant disaster, the Japanese people got some good news July 17, when their women's soccer team won the 2011 FIFA World Cup Final.

Chileans demand free education

July 21, 2011 By Alberto Ampuero

The Chilean education system has been caught in the eye of a storm driven by hundreds of thousands of students and teachers who are demanding democratic education reforms.

Planned gas pipeline in Puerto Rico brings criticism

July 21, 2011 By Emile Schepers

The project would cut diagonally through sensitive mountain forest regions, the largest on the island, home to much of Puerto Rico's biodiversity.

Murdoch hacking scandal crossing the Atlantic

July 20, 2011 By Tim Wheeler

Sen. John Rockefeller called for a congressional investigation of charges that Rupert Murdoch's journalists attempted to buy 9/11 victims' phone records.

Celebration marks 32nd anniversary of Nicaragua’s Sandinista revolution

July 20, 2011 By Luis Rivas

Thirty-two years ago, a Marxist-led national liberation movement forever changed the history and political dynamics of Nicaragua.