GUATEMALA CITY — The president of Guatemala pushed the nation toward a constitutional crisis on Monday, ignoring an explicit order by the country’s top court while testing the bounds of the nation’s fragile democracy. The court had ordered that the head of a United Nations-backed anti-corruption commission be allowed back into Guatemala, reversing orders from President Jimmy Morales. But the… Read more »
The Trump administration held secret meetings with rebellious military officers from Venezuela over the last year to discuss their plans to overthrow President Nicolás Maduro, according to American officials and a former Venezuelan military commander who participated in the talks. Establishing a clandestine channel with coup plotters in Venezuela was a big gamble for Washington, given its long history… Read more »
UNITED NATIONS — President Trump thrust his commitment to an “America First” foreign policy back onto the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday. But in his second address on this diplomatic stage, he sounded as eager to claim credit for his achievements after 20 months in office, as he was to disrupt the world order. If Mr. Trump had changed,… Read more »
MONTREAL — Rosalie Pelchat is typical of the younger generation of Quebecers here. She switches effortlessly from French to English. She spends hours each day surfing Facebook or watching Netflix in the language of Shakespeare. And, like many of her generation, she is uninterested in fighting for an independent Quebec. “We don’t feel the same insecurity about language as our… Read more »
SÃO PAULO — Brazilian women may not have galvanized behind any one candidate in the coming presidential election, but a growing number have taken to social media to make clear whom they will not vote for: the far-right front-runner Jair Bolsonaro. A social media campaign called #EleNão — or #NotHim — is the most recent example of how women in… Read more »
mprisoned former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva abandoned his party’s presidential bid on Tuesday, weeks before an election in which he was considered a front-runner. Running mate and former Sao Paulo Mayor Fernando Haddad will take Lula’s place on the October 7 ballot, according to Lula’s Workers’ Party. The switch comes after the country’s top electoral tribunal barred the convicted former… Read more »
Police are questioning two people after a group of men in mariachi outfits opened fire at a Mexico City restaurant, killing five people, an official with the city’s Secretary of Public Security Office told CNN on Sunday. More arrests are expected as the investigation continues, the official said. The motive for the shooting is not known. Dozens of mariachi bands… Read more »
Javier Bauluz is a Pulitzer Prize-winning Spanish photojournalist who has been reporting on the recent wave of protests in Nicaragua in which hundreds of people have been killed. He argues that there are parallels between the current crisis and Nicaragua’s armed conflict of the 1980s, which he also covered. “How did we not realise that they were becoming monsters? How… Read more »
Nicaragua is in crisis. During five months of anti-government protest and the government crackdown that followed, hundreds of people have been killed. Local photographer Carlos Herrera has been on the streets to see how the unrest has been affecting people. “It was like a pressure cooker. We exploded after living under an authoritarian government,” says Reyna Rodríguez, who has joined… Read more »
A judge in Nicaragua has issued an arrest warrant for opposition activist Felix Maradiaga, accusing him of having financed anti-government protests. Hundreds of people have been killed since the wave of protests began in April. Mr Maradiaga, who is believed to be outside Nicaragua, has denied any wrongdoing. He also said that he believed it was his duty to continue… Read more »