Haitian police demanding better working conditions shot up the army headquarters on Sunday, killing two servicemen and wounding a dozen more, the Defence Ministry said, prompting the government to cancel an upcoming carnival. In a statement issued Sunday evening, the government said it had observed “with concern and dismay that terror has reigned in certain arteries of the Port-au-Prince metropolitan area.” In… Read more »
Brazil confirmed the first case of a fast-spreading new coronavirus in Latin America on Wednesday, diagnosing a 61-year-old man in Sao Paulo who returned recently from Italy. The official diagnosis comes during Brazil’s carnival holiday, a peak time for domestic travel when millions of revelers throng to major cities for raucous street celebrations. Brazilian stocks tumbled more than 7% on… Read more »
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – A cruise ship with more than 6,000 people aboard was given permission on Wednesday to dock in Mexico after passengers were denied entry in two Caribbean ports due to fears, later disproven, that a crew member was infected with the coronavirus. Cruise liner MSC Meraviglia is pictured while waiting for permission to dock at Punta Langosta after… Read more »
Campaigning for next month’s referendum on changing Chile’s dictatorship-era constitution began on Wednesday, more than four months after an outbreak of unrest that triggered the ballot. More than 14 million Chileans will be eligible to vote on April 26 on changing a charter established in 1980, under the military rule of Augusto Pinochet (1973-90). It has been changed before by referendum, following… Read more »
Caleb Smith Block 7 Jair Bolsonaro has gone too far to the point that he is threatening Brazil’s democracy. It is clear that his goal is to grab more and more power and while it may be hard to tell your supporters to cool it, that is exactly what he needs to do. It appears that his supporters are extremists… Read more »
Jair Bolsonaro’s apparent endorsement of protests designed to cow Brazil’s democratic institutions has sparked outrage across the political spectrum with one lawmaker warning of a return to the dark days of dictatorship if the demonstrations are not opposed. Hardcore supporters of Brazil’s far-right president are planning nationwide protests on 15 March and have been flooding social media with propaganda videos… Read more »
A day after a top figure in one of Mexico’s largest drug cartels was extradited to the U.S., federal prosecutors in Virginia indicted four more people in a widening effort to dismantle one of the cartel’s rural trafficking hubs. The case — initially detailed in a Courier Journal investigation that found the Cártel Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG) operating in at least 35 states — offers a deeper glimpse into the cartel’s… Read more »
The State Department is stepping up an advertising campaign in Central America to warn would-be migrants against illegally traveling to the United States, Fox News has learned. “The message that we’re sending is that the pathway to the United States illegally is a futile journey,” said a senior State Department official. COURT HANDS TRUMP WIN IN SANCTUARY CITY FIGHT, SAYS ADMINISTRATION CAN… Read more »
Caleb Smith block 7 Heavy downpours have continued to batter parts of South America. Hundreds of people were evacuated from the northern provinces of Argentina last Thursday due to widespread flooding. Meanwhile, intense thunderstorms accompanied by hail and at least one tornado hit the province of Cordoba on the previous Sunday. The same system went on to affect Brazil and Paraguay, resulting… Read more »
Cuban- Americans are actually a shockingly large lobbying force in the country, especially in Florida. Even Republican Senator Marco Rubio is of Cuban descent. And their impact has serious consequences of the international relations between the US and Cuba. The US has many vested interests in Cuba, dating back to the Monroe Doctrine and Spanish-American war. Because of the US’… Read more »