Several assailants entered the Buenos Aires home of Rabbi Gabriel Davidovich on Monday and beat him An attack that badly injured Argentina’s chief rabbi has alarmed authorities in the South American nation and in Israel, raising concerns on Tuesday that it could have been prompted by antisemitism. Several assailants entered the home of Rabbi Gabriel Davidovich in the traditionally Jewish Buenos… Read more »
Whale discovered at Marajó Island should have been in Antarctica at this time of year A young humpback whale has been found dead after being washed ashore on a remote swamp in the Amazon River. The humpback whale should have migrated thousands of miles to Antarctica by this time of year, but members of the conservation group Bicho D’Água said… Read more »
New education minister admits ‘mistake’ after asking schools to film students singing the national anthem and as slogan is read Brazil’s new education minister has been forced into a humiliating retreat after he asked schools in the country to film students singing the national anthem in front of a Brazilian flag and being read the campaign slogan of new far-right… Read more »
UN security council officials clash over ‘politicised’ aid to troubled country as peace-building chief warns of ‘grim realities’ Infant mortality in Venezuela has soared by roughly 50% during the prolonged political crisis in the country. Briefing the UN security council, the UN’s political and peace building chief, Rosemary DiCarlo, depicted a devastating collapse in Venezuela’s health system. She warned that 40% of… Read more »
Havana, Cuba (CNN)Does socialism have a future? Millions of Cubans are about to tell the world “yes” — or so Havana hopes.Sunday, Cuba will vote on a new constitution. The document updates its Cold War-era predecessor, the original 1976 charter enacted under Fidel Castro, and the vote is widely seen as an important referendum on Cuba’s entire single-party, socialist system.After… Read more »
CNN)US national security adviser John Bolton has canceled his trip to South Korea next week, even as preparations ramp up for a second summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.”Ambassador Bolton has canceled his travel to the Republic of Korea to focus on events in Venezuela,” National Security Council spokesman Garrett Marquis said in a statement. Bolton… Read more »
(CNN)Venezuela’s self-declared interim president and opposition leader, Juan Guaido, is set to meet US Vice President Mike Pence in the Colombian capital Bogota Monday, following a weekend of deadly violence at the Venezuelan border.Fresh violence erupted after the Venezuelan military blocked food and supplies from crossing the border from Colombia. The Colombian foreign minister said 285 people were hurt, and… Read more »
Cúcuta, Colombia (CNN)The human toll of the Venezuelan crisis is evident in the women’s faces.They speak with pain in their voices and sadness in their eyes. At first reserved, they eventually open up and tell, through tears, how they came to be in a situation that would once have been unimaginable: selling their bodies to make ends meet. Here’s how… Read more »
Five people have been shot dead and five more wounded in Cancún after gunmen burst into a bar in the Mexican resort city and opened fire. Quintana Roo state prosecutors said the attack on Saturday took place in a club called La Kuka, on a main avenue in central Cancún about 6km (4 miles) away from the Caribbean resort city’s… Read more »
In recent years, Brazil’s economy has multiplied the strength, becoming the most dominant market in the South American continent. Today, as the economy shows signs of slowing down, recently elected president Jair Bolsonaro introduces his plans to reform the country’s pension system. Many of his predecessors have proposed pension reforms, none of which have passed through Brazilian congress. All of… Read more »