Cuban evangelical churches are collecting signatures to petition against a proposed constitutional amendment that would open the door to gay marriage, as part of an unusually strong nongovernmental political campaign for the Communist-run island. Cubans have been discussing the broader revamp of their Soviet-era constitution, as proposed by the Communist Party, at official block-level meetings nationwide since August. Article 68,… Read more »
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo raised the stakes Sunday night as thousands of Central American migrants headed for the United States marched into Mexico, claiming they were inciting violence under the influence of politically motivated leaders. There’s no precise calculation of how many migrants make up the caravan, but Mexican civil protection authorities said Sunday that about 7,000 people, most… Read more »
Oscar Omar Nunez, a 37-year-old street vendor, said in Honduras you have to pay to work. Extortion and death threats make even the sidewalk business in some neighbourhoods dangerous and expensive, he said. That’s why Nunez along with his wife and their three children fled Honduras more than a week ago. “It was difficult for us to get out of Honduras,” he… Read more »
Latin America’s biggest nation, Brazil, is on the verge of electing its first authoritarian populist in decades. Former military officer and firebrand legislator Jair Bolsonaro, hailing from the far-right Social Liberal Party (PSL), fell just short of securing outright victory in the first round of presidential elections. But he is widely expected to win tomorrow’s runoff contest against former Sao Paulo Mayor Fernando Haddad of the Workers’ Party… Read more »
