France 24 Electoral authorities in Honduras seemed poised to hand the president a second term on Monday even after tens of thousands took to the streets in the biggest protests yet over suspected vote count fraud since last week’s disputed election. U.S.-backed President Juan Orlando Hernandez called for his supporters to wait for a final count as protesters from the… Read more »
Last week the police in Colombia Seized over 12 tons of Cocaine from one of the top gangs called the “Gulf Clan”. This was Colombia’s biggest drug bust in history. Over the past few months they have also arrested over 1500 members of this gang and the leader had recently said that he will turn himself in along with other members, but… Read more »
France 24 Police seized more than 12 tons of cocaine from Colombia’s top crime gang on Wednesday, the biggest haul ever in the nation’s long-running fight against drug trafficking, President Juan Manuel Santos said. The cocaine, with a U.S. market value estimated by Santos at about $360 million, was found stored underground on four farms in a banana-growing region of… Read more »
France 24 The city of Montreal has elected its first woman mayor, voting in leftist rookie politician Valérie Plante to lead the growing Canadian metropolis. Plante will also be the only woman at the head of a major North American metropolis. “Tonight we have written a new page in Montreal‘s history books,” the jubilant 43-year-old told cheering supporters. “Montreal finally… Read more »
France 24 As president of Venezuela’s Constituent Assembly, Delcy Rodriguez is the second-most-important figure in the regime of President Nicolas Maduro. In an interview with FRANCE 24’s Marc Perelman she discussed the political and economic crisis in her country as Caracas opens crunch talks with creditors on its debt; Rodriguez denies that Venezuela is insolvent. She also claims the US… Read more »
France 24 As the latest UN climate conference continues, we bring you a report from Mexico, where coffee production has fallen by 50% in the past five years due to global warming. But things are looking up, thanks to French agricultural experts. Our colleagues from France 2 television bring us this report, with Anca Ulea.
Many of the people of French Guiana feel like they are being overlooked by France and need their support. The previous French president Francois Hollande promised over a billion euros in the economy and agreed to invest another 2.1 billion overtime but has not followed through. Despite having one of the best GDP’s in South American due to their construction of the European… Read more »
BBC News Ecuador’s President Lenín Moreno has been removed from his post of leader of the governing Alianza País party by the party’s national leadership committee. Mr Moreno’s position as the country’s president is not affected but the committee said that Alianza País would now be led by the former foreign minister, Ricardo Patiño. Supporters of Mr Moreno said they… Read more »
Telegraph News When Mexico’s worst earthquake for a century struck late on Thursday night, Juan Carlos Sanchez and his wife had time only to bundle their children out of their one room shack before the walls collapsed around them. The following day, they cannot pause even to pick their broken belongings from the rubble. Their seaside home trembles beneath their feet… Read more »
France 24 French President Emmanuel Macron faced demonstrations Thursday during a trip to the French overseas department of Guiana, which saw a series of strikes and protests earlier this year over high unemployment and a lack of security. President Emmanuel Macron faced demonstrations on the first day of his trip to the impoverished French territory of Guiana on Thursday where… Read more »