Caracas - The People's Electoral Movement (MEP) warned about plans by the national and international right wing to sabotage the presidential elections on May 20.

Brasilia - Former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who has been kept in the Federal Police Superintendence in Curitiba as a political prisoner for three weeks, could be transferred to the Criminal Medical Complex in the next few hours.

United Nations - The UN Security Council starts today an official visit in Myanmar to evaluate the situation of the rohinyas, a Muslim minority that is persecuted and discriminated in that country.

Montevideo - The PIT-CNT Workers'' Central Trade Union of Uruguay will demonstrate its historic solidarity with the Cuban government and people on May 1, announced today Daniel Urquiola, member of its executive secretariat.

Brasilia - Two people wounded by bullets were the result of an attack perpetrated today against the Marisa Leticia camp, in Curitiba city, where demonstrators participating in the Lula Libre vigil have remained for four weeks.

Damascus -  Syrian news media highlight today the presentation by Russia and this country before the OPCW in The Hague of 17 witnesses who revealed as a theatrical show staged by the United Kingdom the alleged chemical attack in Duma.