France 24 | May 8, 2018 US Vice President Mike Pence last Monday urged Venezuela to suspend a divisive May 20 election he denounced as a “sham,” as Washington placed new sanctions on Nicolas Maduro’s regime. In an address to the Organization of American States, Pence slammed the upcoming presidential vote — boycotted by the opposition and branded illegitimate by… Read more »
Aljazeera | May 11, 2018 Nicaragua says it will allow an independent inquiry into the killings of dozens of anti-government demonstrators as two more people were killed in fresh clashes on Saturday. “We agree to work on each of the points raised (by the bishops), taking into account that all of them reflect their goodwill as mediators and witnesses,” President… Read more »
France 24 | May 11, 2018 Authorities are closing in on the killers of a high-profile Rio de Janeiro politician and black rights activist, a government minister was quoted as saying Thursday, as police staged a reenactment of the murder. After more than seven weeks without announcing significant progress, officials are indicating that they are ramping up efforts to find Marielle… Read more »
CNN | May 14, 2018 In Canada the mystery of the dismembered feet continues. A man was out for a Sunday afternoon stroll on a British Columbia beach when he made a gruesome discovery: a human foot in a hiking boot, lodged in pile of wood. Authorities aren’t saying much more about the foot. But it’s the 14th found washed… Read more »
France 24 | May 9, 2018 Argentina opened talks with the International Monetary Fund on Tuesday to seek a financial aid package, 17 years after the country defaulted on its debt and 12 years after cutting ties with the fund. As a bout of market turbulence rocks Argentina’s economy, President Mauricio Macri announced that “as a preventative measure, I have decided to begin discussions… Read more »
France 24 | April 23, 2018 Scientists in Britain and the United States say they have engineered a plastic-eating enzyme that could help in the future fight against pollution. The enzyme is able to digest polyethylene terephthalate, or PET – a form of plastic patented in the 1940s and now used in millions of tonnes of plastic bottles. PET plastics… Read more »
Following many other South American leaders, Paraguay has seen a change in leadership recently. Paraguay’s Mario Abdo Benitez, who represents the country’s long-dominant Colorado conservatives, was elected as president on Sunday, landing the top job in one of Latin America’s poorest countries.The US-educated son of a senior aide to the country’s late dictator, Abdo Benitez won slightly more than 46… Read more »
France 24 | April 23, 2018 The Group of Seven industrialized nations presented a stern common front against Russian aggression Sunday at their foreign ministers conference in Toronto. But for all the talk of resisting the “malign activities” of Vladimir Putin’s Kremlin, Washington’s European partners are still concerned that President Donald Trump will tear up the Iran nuclear deal. And… Read more »
France 24 | April 25, 2018 Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told a press conference Tuesday that the deadly van attack in Toronto had not changed the country’s threat level or security preparations for the G7 summit in June, adding that Canadians must not live in fear. Speaking to reporters outside of parliament, Trudeau said it would take time before… Read more »
France 24 | April 25, 2018 The death toll from a week of brutally repressed anti-government protests in Nicaragua has risen to at least 34, a leading rights group in the country said Wednesday. The count, by the Nicaragua’s Center for Human Rights (CENIDH), was raised from its previous figure of 27. The group said it had found more bodies… Read more »