Managua, May 2 (PL-RHC) -- Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega led a ceremony on Wednesday to pay homage to recently deceased Sandinista Commander, Tomás Borge, as part of the posthumous tribute led by the Nicaraguan people, which has had worldwide repercussions.

Caracas, May 2 (RHC) -- While hundreds of millions of workers in the world marched Tuesday to defend their rights, Venezuelans took to the streets on International Workers’ Day to celebrate the passing of a new Organic Labor Law.

La Paz, May 2 (RHC) -- The Confederation of Bolivian Workers and other social organizations welcomed the nationalization of the Spanish-owned power company Empresa Transportadora de Electricidad, recently announced by President Evo Morales.

Caracas, May 2 (RHC) -- Venezuela’s representative to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACDH), Germán Saltrón, reiterated his country’s interest in withdrawing from the international organization, which he said is biased against Venezuela.

Buenos Aires, May 2 (RHC) -- On Wednesday, the Chamber of Deputies of Argentina began discussions of a bill declaring oil self-sufficiency and expropriation of 51 percent of the YPF oil company, currently in the hands of Spanish Repsol, a public interest.

Havana, May 2 (ACN-RHC) -- Colombian peace activist and former senator, Piedad Cordova, attended the launch of the book ‘Fidel Castro Ruz: Guerrillero del Tiempo’ —on the life of the leader of the Cuban Revolution— in Bogota, on Tuesday.

Mexico City, May 2 (Xinhua-RHC) -- An earthquake measuring 7.2 on the Richter scale jolted offshore the southern Mexican state of Chiapas on Tuesday, a local radio station reported.

Brussels, May 2 (RHC)-- Unemployment across the 17-member Eurozone rose by 169,000 in March -- according to official figures released Wednesday -- taking the rate up to 10.9 percent in March.  The European Statistical Office notes that the jobless rate is at its highest level since the Euro was launched in 1999.

Paris, May 2 (RHC)-- New polls published today in Paris appear to confirm that the bell is tolling for French President Nicolas Sarkozy in the upcoming presidential runoff elections.  Just a week and a half ago, Sarkozy became the Fifth Republic’s first incumbent president not to finish first in the beginning round of the presidential elections.

Havana, May 2 (RHC)-- Millions of workers and unemployed around the world took to the streets yesterday to commemorate International Workers' Day.

Washington, May 2 (RHC)-- U.S. President Barack Obama has issued a new executive order tightening sanctions on Iran and Syria by prohibiting financial transactions with foreigners who have evaded existing sanctions with those countries and denying them entry into the United States.

Kabul, May 2 (RHC)-- U.S. President Barack Obama made a surprise visit to Afghanistan on Tuesday to sign a strategic agreement with the Afghan government and deliver an election-year address touting the end of a more than decade-long war.

Cairo, May 2 (RHC)-- At least 11 people have reportedly been killed and dozens more wounded in Egypt on Wednesday in clashes between protesters and unidentified attackers outside the Defense Ministry in Cairo.  Many of the protesters were supporters of the conservative Islamist candidate Hazem Salah Abu Ismail who was ejected from the presidential race because his mother has dual Egyptian-U.S. citizenship.

Cairo, May 2, (RHC) -- At least nine people were killed and 49 injured in clashes outside the Egyptian Defense Ministry in Cairo’s Abbasiya district on Wednesday.

Buenos Aires, May 2, (PRESSTV), -- The Argentine foreign ministry has condemned an explosion that rocked the headquarters of the European Union delegation in the capital, Buenos Aires.