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A woman is grabbed by riot police near a polling station for the banned independence referendum in Barcelona.
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Catalonia’s regional President Carles Puigdemont poses next to a pro-independence supporter with a Catalan Estelada flag showing the date for which the regional government called for a referendum on a split from Spain outside the Palau de la Generalitat, the regional government headquarters, in Barcelona, Spain, June 9, 2017. Reuters
Tension in Catalonia Rise Ahead of Referendum
London- Referendum on the secession of the province of Catalonia in northern Spain will begin soon, however, a state of tension started to prevail among the scene, following the verbal and media attack between the central government in Madrid rejecting the referendum...Caption:
Colombia President Juan Manuel Santos (left) and FARC leader Timochenko attend a ceremony in Mesetas to mark the rebel group’s disarmament. (AFP)
Colombia’s FARC Rebels Lay down Arms, Ending Decades of Conflict
London – Colombia officially celebrated on Tuesday the end of the country’s decades-long armed conflict after the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) laid down the last of their weapons. In a short, symbol-filled ceremony, United Nations observers shut and...Caption:
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro shook hands with new Vice President Tarek El-Aissami, right, at a meeting with ministers in Caracas. Reuters
Additional Powers to Venezuela’s Vice President
Mexico City- Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro granted his new Vice President Tareck El Aissami new and broad powers through presidential decrees, only a few weeks after he was assigned his post. These powers, according to observers, could boost Aissami’s political...Caption:
Former Argentine president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner. CREDIT: ALEJANDRO PAGNI/AFP