Former president of Mexico, Nieto, was found guilty of accepting a one-hundred million dollar bribe from drug lord El Chapo. When you first see this you are surprised. Coming from a democratic country with relatively limited scandals, seeing something like this comes as a shell shock. Once you start to look at the conditions of the country though, you see… Read more »
President Donald Trump warned Turkey on Sunday of economic devastation if it attacks Kurdish forces in the wake of the US troop pullout from Syria, while also urging the Kurds not to “provoke” Ankara.ADVERTISING Trump took to Twitter to reveal some of his latest thoughts in the slow drip-drip of information being released by his administration after his shocking December announcement… Read more »
Saudi teen Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun, who drew global notice on Twitter last week after fleeing to Thailand, feels ‘reborn’ in Canada. Despite further aggravating ties with Riyadh, granting Qunun asylum may be a win for Canada and Justin Trudeau, too.ADVERTISING With Canada-Saudi relations at a low after a row last summer over Ottawa’s outspoken support of imprisoned Saudi human rights activists, the move was… Read more »
Hundreds of Hondurans have set off on a new migrant caravan towards the United States. An estimated 500 left early on Tuesday from the bus terminal in the crime-ridden Honduran city of San Pedro Sula. Another group of about 300 set off a few hours later. It comes as thousands of Hondurans and other Central Americans remain stranded in Tijuana… Read more »
Former Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto accepted a $100m (£77m) bribe from drug cartel kingpin Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, a witness has testified. Alex Cifuentes, who says he was a close associate of Guzmán for years, told a New York City courtroom that he had told authorities of the bribe in 2016. Guzmán is accused of being behind the Sinaloa… Read more »
Brazil’s new President Jair Bolsonaro said on Thursday that he would be open to the possibility of the United States operating a military base on his country’s soil, a move that would form a sharp shift in direction for Brazilian foreign policy. Bolsonaro, who took power on Tuesday, said that Russia’s support of President Nicolas Maduro‘s “dictatorship” in neighboring Venezuela… Read more »
Guatemala notified the United Nations it was terminating a U.N.-backed anti-graft commission on Tuesday, months ahead of schedule, accusing the body of abuses of power, and prompting a swift rebuke from the U.N. secretary-general. The International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala, or CICIG, was set up over a decade ago with the authority to conduct independent investigations and work with… Read more »
Venezuela Supreme Court judge Christian Zerpa has fled to the US to protest over President Nicolás Maduro’s second term in office. Last year’s election “was not free and competitive”, the former Maduro loyalist told a Florida radio station. And he accused President Maduro of systematically manipulating the affairs of the Supreme Court. In response, the court said Mr Zerpa was… Read more »
About 300 troops have been sent to the north-eastern Brazilian city of Fortaleza to tackle a surge in criminal violence, authorities said. Soldiers will patrol there and across the state of Ceará in a bid to halt attacks on shops, banks and buses. The justice ministry ordered the special deployment after dozens of attacks this week. The attacks are a… Read more »
The knew President of Brazil has quickly making change. Removing LGBT recognition, repealing climate change agreements, and changing land promised for previously enslaved families. These changes are unsurprising as the leader is a far right one. He draws comparison similar to Trump for some of his beliefs and the way he ran his platform. Running on cleaning the government and… Read more »