RIO DE JANEIRO — By the time Brazilians were done voting Sunday, mighty power brokers had been tossed out of office, long-dominant political parties had been humbled, and a far-right populist suddenly looked like he just might be the most powerful man in the country. It was, in short, the most sweeping political shift Brazil had ever seen in a… Read more »
Green Party leader announces a ‘declaration of intent’ he hopes MLAs from other parties will sign Jacques Poitras · CBC News · Posted: Oct 10, 2018 1:48 PM AT | Last Updated: 6 hours ago Green Party Leader David Coon says he hasn’t made any formal deals to keep the Liberals in power or to support the Progressive Conservatives. (David Coon/CBC) New Brunswick’s Green Party… Read more »
CONCEPCIÓN CHIQUIRICHAPA, Guatemala — Six months ago, Liset Juárez’s husband packed a small bag, hugged their three children and said goodbye as he left on the more than 1,200-mile trip to the United States. It was his sixth attempt to try to cross the border illegally to find work. The couple had borrowed the equivalent of nearly $13,000 from a… Read more »
As international experts sound the alarm for urgent action on climate change, the federal Conservative leader says Canadians should stay tuned to learn how he’d tackle the problem as prime minister. And in a remark that the federal environment minister has dubbed “hugely ironic,” Andrew Scheer is bemoaning that too much of the domestic debate has centred on the carbon… Read more »
Montreal police officers will be allowed to smoke cannabis outside of working hours so long as they are “fit for duty” once legalization comes into effect on Oct. 17. “If for example, one of your colleagues notices that they’re unfit for duty, you know because they seem impaired, they seem dizzy, there’s something wrong,” Insp. André Durocher said. “That’s how… Read more »
CARACAS — Questions and condemnation of Venezuela’s leadership poured in on Tuesday following the suspicious death of an opposition activist who authorities said evaded justice by throwing himself from the 10th floor of a police building. Fernando Albán, a Caracas councilman, was arrested Friday at Caracas’s international airport upon arrival from a trip to New York to galvanize world opinion… Read more »
Jair Bolsonaro has been referred to the “Trump of Brazil” in many news articles. I agree that that’s a fitting comparison. Even with his beliefs and tactics aside, Bolsonaro is similar to Donald Trump because of his election. The people of Brazil either hate or love Bolsonaro, his election will lead to protests political unrest within the people of Brazil…. Read more »
LA PAZ, Bolivia — Keiko Fujimori, a powerful Peruvian politician whose father ruled the country in the 1990s, was arrested in a money laundering investigation on Wednesday, calling into question the future of the political family and their right-wing populist movement. The arrest came just days after the country’s Supreme Court ordered her father, former President Alberto Fujimori, back to prison on… Read more »
At least 10 people were killed after a magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck near Haiti on Saturday night, according to Haiti’s civil protection agency. Another 135 people were injured and are currently receiving treatment in hospitals, the agency wrote on Twitter Sunday. Prime Minister Jean-Henry Céant said a crisis cabinet has been created to coordinate all emergency responses to the earthquake. “Damage has… Read more »
Far-right congressman Jair Bolsonaro pulled off a thumping win in the first round of Brazil’s presidential election following one of the most polarizing campaigns since the country returned to democracy three decades ago. Bolsonaro won Sunday’s poll with 46% of the vote, ahead of left-wing ex-Sao Paulo mayor Fernando Haddad on 29%, according to tweets from the Supreme Electoral Tribunal’s official… Read more »