U.S. was by far the world's biggest spender, with Washington accounting for 39 percent of total global military expenditure in 2020  Lockheed Martin/Handout via ReutersGlobal military expenditure rose by 2.6 percent to $1.98 trillion last year even as some countries reallocated their defense funds to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute said in a report issued on Monday.

In addition to popular movements from countries such as Argentina, Ecuador and Bolivia, Venezuela participates with representatives of its Foreign Ministry. | Photo: @evoespuebloThe former president of Bolivia and leader of the Movement Towards Socialism (MAS), Evo Morales, welcomed this Saturday the regional delegations participating in the first meeting of the technical team for the formation of RUNASUR.

Latin American multi-state television news channel, teleSURThe Web page of the Latin American multi-state television news channel, teleSUR, highlights this Sunday on its front page the new world day of support for Cuba and against the blockade that the U.S. has maintained for almost 60 years.

The missile was launched by an anti-aircraft defense battery at an Israeli fighter jetThe rocket that exploded last Thursday near the Israeli nuclear reactor in Dimona was a second-generation SA-5, modernized by Syrian Air Defense personnel, Syrian media reported.

“Democracy is not Coca-Cola," Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi notedChinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has urged Washington to abandon its ideological approach to foreign policy, arguing that it is wrong of the US to try to model the rest of the world in its own image.