Doctors say leftist leader has been cleared to work while recovering at home after being rushed to hospital last week. Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has been released from hospital following an emergency surgery to treat bleeding in his brain. The 79-year-old Brazilian leader delivered brief remarks uponContinue Reading
The three officers were convicted in the death of Genivaldo de Jesus Santos, a Black man who died in police custody. Three former members of Brazil’s Federal Highway Police have been sentenced to lengthy prison terms for the torture and death of a Black man held in the boot ofContinue Reading
Jude Chery have you heard talk of armed gangs for most of his life. The 30-year-old Haitian activist remembers that he started to learn the names of powerful gang leaders even as a child in primary school. In the decades since, new gangs have formed, and new gang leaders —Continue Reading
Leaders from the world’s largest economies are gathering in Brazil for the G20 summit that kicked off on Monday. Chinese President Xi Jinping and United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer are some of the prominent world leaders expected to attend. Russian President Vladimir Putin will not be attending the gatheringContinue Reading
Marco Rubiothe Cuban-American senator from the Florida nominated by the president-elect donald trump As the country’s next Secretary of State, he wants to create a coalition of conservative presidents of Latin America to counter the leftist wave in the region. Will it work? Before trying to answer that question, let’sContinue Reading
The Dominican Republic says it plans to expel as many as 10,000 Haitian migrants per week, despite a longstanding call from the United Nations to end forced returns to Haiti amid a surge in gang violence there. Homero Figueroa, a Dominican presidential spokesperson, said on Wednesday that the “operation aimsContinue Reading
Anti-government protesters have clashed with supporters of President Luis Arce in Bolivia’s capital, La Paz, as fears grow of further unrest in the Andean nation watched in an economic crisis ahead of next year’s presidential election. Riot police and supporters of Arce gathered to defend the government on Monday eveningContinue Reading
LOOK: “We are living in hell”: Venezuela breaks record for political prisoners | CHRONICLE The report also shows that professionals in Latin America and the Caribbean are showing the greatest interest in finding a virtual mobility opportunity globally and that openness to teleworking remains very high in the region. ChileanContinue Reading
Opposition protesters are taking to the streets of Venezuela’s capital once more to denounce the results of a recent election that saw President Nicolas Maduro secure another term in power. Opposition leader Maria Corina Machado urged her supporters “to remain firm and united” in a social media post on Saturday,Continue Reading
Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro has won a third term after Sunday’s tightly contested election, according to the country’s electoral authorities. The National Electoral Council (CNE) in Venezuela announced that, with 80 percent of votes counted, Maduro secured over 51 percent of the vote, achieving a majority over Edmundo Gonzalez ofContinue Reading
