Argentina’s Holocaust Museum has taken custody of a huge trove of Nazi artefacts seized in a house raid in the capital, Buenos Aires, two years ago. A bust of Adolf Hitler is among the 70 items investigators had found. Another was a head-measuring device – a relic of pseudoscience used to supposedly measure racial purity. The items were found hidden… Read more »
Edgar Zambrano, the deputy of Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó, has lashed out at the government of President Nicolás Maduro as he was released from detention. Mr Zambrano was arrested in May on suspicion of treason shortly after a failed uprising against President Maduro organised by Mr Guaidó. He said his detention amounted to a “kidnapping”. The government said he… Read more »
Brazil’s top prosecutor has accused five people of trying to obstruct the investigation into the murder of a prominent politician last year. Two court officials and two police officers are among those named by Prosecutor General Raquel Dodge. Marielle Franco and her driver were shot dead in Rio de Janeiro, an event that ignited mass protests. The crime is believed… Read more »
When the rains stopped coming two years ago, transforming Denise Reid’s once flourishing banana fields into an expanse of desiccated wasteland, she was bewildered at first. Here in rural Portland, Jamaica’s wettest parish for as long as anyone can remember, farmers like Mrs Reid are battling for survival on the frontier of climate change. “I couldn’t understand why it was… Read more »
As Hurricane Dorian moves from away from the Bahamas, efforts to clear up the devastation it has left behind are now underway. About 13,000 properties were severely damaged or destroyed leaving thousands of people homeless. The nation’s government has warned the death toll will be “staggering” and aid efforts are being stepped up. Countries, individuals, charities and organisations have pledged aid and… Read more »
September 20, 2019 Venezuela has faced many problems in the past months, including, sanctions on its oil, hyperinflation, and major political unrest. This political unrest is due to the intranational and international approval and disapproval over Juan Guaido’s attempt to topple Nicolas Maduro’s presidency by garnering military support. The United States and over 50 countries support Guaido as the leader… Read more »
Just today, Brazilian prosecutors offered former president Lula Da Silva a shocking offer. He could choose to serve the rest of his prison sentence from his home, in São Paulo, instead of the Curitiba prison where he is currently confined. He was imprisoned in 2018 as a result of the Lava Jato investigation (Operation Car Wash), and was convicted by… Read more »
US prosecutors say jailed Mexican drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán gave $1m (£810,000) to the brother of the Honduran president, a bribe that was meant to reach the country’s leader. The charge was read out at the start of the trial of President Juan Orlando Hernández’s brother in New York. Juan Antonio Hernández was arrested in an anti-drugs operation… Read more »
QUITO (Reuters) – Ecuador’s President Lenin Moreno declared a state of emergency on Thursday as protesters hurled stones and erected burning barricades after the end of decades-old fuel subsidies as part of a $2 billion government fiscal reform package. Police responded with tear gas in the worst unrest for years in the oil-producing Andean nation. “Down with the package!” demonstrators… Read more »
(The Intercept) THE SAME BRAZILIAN PROSECUTORS who for years exhibited a single-minded fixation on jailing former President Lula da Silva are now seeking his release from prison, requesting that a court allow him to serve the remainder of his 11-year sentence for corruption at home. But Lula — who believes the request is motivated by fear that prosecutorial and judicial improprieties in his… Read more »