United States

• Monday, September 26th 2016 - 10:07 UTC

  US role in Colombia peace: from fanning the war to ensuring peace

  

  When the Colombian government and Marxist rebels FARC sign the final peace accord this Monday to end a 52-year guerrilla war, a US envoy from the Obama administration will be one of the special guests at the signing ceremony.

• Saturday, September 24th 2016 - 10:24 UTC

  Pinochet ordered the 1976 assassination of opposition leader Letelier, says CIA

  

  The United States on Friday gave Chilean President Michelle Bachelet declassified CIA documents confirming that former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet personally ordered the 1976 assassination of opposition leader Orlando Letelier. US Deputy Secretary of State Heather Higginbottom presented the documents to Bachelet during a ceremony on the site of the killing in the US capital, two days after the 40th anniversary of the brazen attack.

• Friday, September 23rd 2016 - 11:10 UTC

  Heavy fire from Obama, if blacks don't turn out to vote, “I will consider it an insult to my legacy”

  

  President Barack Obama, in one of his final presidential addresses to a predominately black audience of Capitol Hill lawmakers and guests, made a plea to his Democratic base: African-Americans must vote en masse in November's presidential contest to help his legacy or he will be personally insulted.

• Thursday, September 22nd 2016 - 15:56 UTC

  US National Guard sent to Charlotte to quell violent rioting after shooting of black man

  

  Violence flared in the southern US city of Charlotte, North Carolina, in a second night of unrest ignited by the fatal police shooting of a black man. Charlotte officials appealed for calm on Thursday, hours after violent riots stemming from a controversial police shooting of a black man injured several police officers and civilians and resulted in 44 arrests.

• Wednesday, September 21st 2016 - 21:53 UTC

  Divided Fed leaves interest rates unchanged; strong hints of a December increase

  

  The United States Federal Reserve pushed back plans to raise interest rates on Wednesday, a widely expected move following a series of mixed economic reports and varied signals from Fed officials. After its two-day policy meeting, the Federal Open Market Committee voted to hold the federal funds rate between 0.25% and 0.50%, citing progress in economic and labor market growth and an improving risk outlook.

• Wednesday, September 21st 2016 - 09:31 UTC

  Obama blasts those who build walls fuelled by nationalism, sectarian hatred and economic inequality

  

  In his final address to the United Nations General Assembly as United States President, Barack Obamae on Tuesday delivered a stinging rebuke of those who would build walls, a message aimed at foreign leaders who he said had fueled rising nationalism, sectarian hatred and economic inequality — but, unmistakably, at Donald Trump, as well.

• Saturday, September 17th 2016 - 23:17 UTC

  US Justice Department demands US$14bn from Deutsche Bank for 2008 mortgages scam

  

  The US Department of Justice is asking Deutsche Bank to pay US$14bn to settle an investigation into mortgage-backed securities, the bank has said. However Deutsche Bank said it “has no intention to settle these potential civil claims anywhere near the figure cited.”

• Friday, September 16th 2016 - 10:02 UTC

  Almost every agency in the US government’s is collaborating with its Argentine counterpart

  

  By Noah Mamet (*) - The very close relations between US and Argentina are exposed in this article to celebrate the 140th anniversary of The Buenos Aires Herald

• Tuesday, September 13th 2016 - 11:16 UTC

  Fed expected to keep cautious approach to interest rates next week

  

  North American stock markets rallied today after a U.S. Federal Reserve official hinted that the central bank remains cautious about interest rate hikes. Fed governor Lael Brainard said the risk with raising rates too soon is that it could damage the fragile economy.

• Monday, September 12th 2016 - 07:07 UTC

  Hillary's pneumonia puts US presidential candidates' medical records on the campaign debate

  

  United States presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's personal doctor revealed on Sunday that he Democratic nominee was diagnosed with pneumonia on Friday, hours after Clinton drew attention for abruptly leaving a 9/11 memorial event at Ground Zero and was seen on video apparently being assisted getting into a van.