VENEZUELA: Venezuela's congress has passed legislation that will give president Nicolas Maduro the right to enact executive orders. SOUTH AMERICA: Member states of the Union of South American Nations have expressed their outrage over Washington's decision to classify Venezuela as a threat to the U.S. people. COLOMBIAN: Colombian presidente Juan Manuel Santos has ordered a temporary halt to airstrikes against the camps of the FARC guerrilla movement. MEXICO: The Mexican legislature has approved the nomination of an alleged human rights violator to the nation's supreme court. SWEDEN: Wikileaks founder Julian Assange was granted an appeal hearing Tuesday by Sweden's supreme court.
