I think that it is nice that the country of Uruguay is finally beginning to open up it’s doors to the thought of transgender people like a lot of countries in the world are. In my own personal opinion, I really hate that she is apart of the countries communist party, but that is beside the point. I think that she… Read more »
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-41646488 The United States has condemned Sunday’s elections for state governors in Venezuela, branding them neither “free nor fair”. The State Department said ballot papers had been manipulated and polling stations moved “without public notice”. President Nicolás Maduro’s supporters won 17 of 23 state governorships but opposition leaders have alleged fraud. The opposition Democratic Union Roundtable coalition has refused to… Read more »
AS MAJOR airlines cut their routes in and out of this country, it’s facing the prospect of being cut off from the rest of the world. WITH its spectacular Caribbean coastline, vibrant cities and world famous Angel Falls, Venezuela should be a dream holiday spot. Lately, it’s been anything but. Extreme violence, corruption, poverty and a currency meltdown have turned… Read more »
Michelle Suarez became Uruguay’s first transgender senator Tuesday, vowing to use her position to expand and protect the rights of transgender people in the South American country. The 34-year-old lawmaker representing the Communist Party assumed her seat in the upper chamber of congress, where she intends to push a law that would let transgender people change their legal identities without… Read more »
US President Donald Trump has griped about emergency relief efforts in hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico, saying federal aid cannot continue “forever”. In tweets, he accused Puerto Rico of a “total lack of accountability”, adding that “electric and all infrastructure was disaster before hurricanes”. The island, whose 3.4 million residents are US citizens, is 90% without power, some three weeks after Hurricane… Read more »
This is probably something that would be really common anywhere in a good first world country. They are all probably looking at someone to blame, this earthquake has left over 300 people homeless. I will admit that I do think that some politicians are going to try and take tremendous advantage of the earthquake situation, but I don’t think that… Read more »
www.telesurtv.net Bolivia’s President, who sent aid to Cuba last week and has more shipments planned, said “this is solidarity between brother peoples,” on his Twitter. A cargo plane carrying 11 tons of humanitarian aid from the Bolivian government has been sent to Mexico following the massive, devastating earthquake that happened on September 19th in the center of the country, taking… Read more »
www.economist.com LIKE a sheriff in one last gunfight, Rodrigo Janot hoped to end his career in a blaze of glory. On September 14th, three days before the end of his term as Brazil’s chief prosecutor, he accused the country’s president, Michel Temer, of obstructing justice and of racketeering. In a 245-page document, Mr Janot alleges that Mr Temer was the… Read more »
http://www.telegraph.co.uk Startling new details have emerged in the Cuban “sonic harassment attacks”, with reports suggesting that diplomats were targeted in specific rooms or even a part of a specific room. The state department said earlier this week that 21 US diplomats are now known to be affected, and several Canadians. British diplomats are not believed to have been affected by the incidents,… Read more »
www.theguardian.com Two days after Rosario Islas’s cinderblock shack collapsed in Mexico’s massive earthquake last week, a group of political operatives turned up at her ruined home, in the borough of Xochimilco in the south of the capital. They had food, water and building materials – but before they would hand anything over, they demanded Islas show her government-issued voter ID…. Read more »