Hanoi - US President Barack Obama began on Monday his official visit to Vietnam, focused on expanding bilateral relations, normalized in 1995, and at the level of comprehensive partnership since 2013.

Brasilia - In about five days in office, the government of interim President Michel Temer has taken back Brazil 50 years in history, the ex coordinator of the 5th World Social Forum, Jeferson Mola, said on Thursday.

Moscow - Russian news reported on Saturday new flights of reconnaissance planes of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), and the United States in particular, near the borders of Russia.

Quito - The President of Ecuador, Rafael Correa, called for calm after the strong aftershock of 6.8 degrees on the Richter scale that rattled the country''s coast, causing no deaths or major property damages.

Sucre, Bolivia-Bolivian Autonomy Minister, Hugo Siles, stated today that the government has funds to distribute among 339 municipalities because the country has regained sovereignty, dignity and control over natural resources.

Mexico - From December 2012 to April this year, 7,556 people were kidnapped, something that represents an average of 184 people each month, 43 people each week and six daily, said sources today.