Workers pertaining to the AGTSyP breakaway union confirmed that they will carry out strike action on Monday on all city subway train lines, with a renewed schedule in order to not affect the same passengers as last week.
Brazil's Labour Minister Carlos Lupi resigned in the face of mounting corruption allegations, the latest in a series of scandal-driven departures from President Dilma Rousseff's cabinet.
Venezuelan President Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías died after a two-year battle with cancer. Venezuelans will vote for a new president in 30 days and Vice President Nicolas Maduro will temporarily assume power.