The global image of Canada is largely dominated by the young, photogenic Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, a member of the Trudeau political dynasty and prominent head of Canada’s social democratic Liberal Party. While Trudeau’s policies have become a matter of jokes for American conservatives and inspiration for American liberals, in his own nation resistance to him has led to the… Read more »
Mercuro Press reports, “Uruguay and Bolivia will be the only South American countries attending this Thursday the inauguration of Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro for a second five year mandate. A regime which has become an increasingly international pariah for its non democratic practices, human rights abuses, and disastrous management of the economy creating a major humanitarian crisis with food and essential… Read more »
Le Devoir reports, “Les candidats à l’élection doivent en priorité faciliter l’immigration francophone, a déclaré lundi le maire de Québec, Régis Labeaume, lors de la présentation de sa traditionnelle liste de demandes. « Les exemples sont malheureusement trop nombreux où le dédale des services administratifs peut avoir raison de la bonne volonté des employeurs et des candidats potentiels », a déclaré le maire… Read more »
Reuters reports, “Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro on Friday called for minimum retirement ages significantly lower than those proposed by his predecessor, sparking concerns among investors that he will back watered-down pension reform legislation. Bolsonaro also said regional security was the basis for his statement on Thursday that he might be willing to allow a U.S. military base on Brazilian soil… Read more »
Haiti Libre reports, “Ramón Celestino Velásquez Araguayán, Président de la compagnie aérienne nationale du Venezuela CONVIASA (Consortium vénézuélien des industries aéronautiques et des services aériens) a annoncé « Pour cette année 2019, nous nous sommes fixé pour objectif de relier le Venezuela à 18 nouvelles destinations. L’ouverture de ces routes nous permettra d’améliorer le transport de passagers et de fret… Read more »
South America has had waves of political thought advance and subsequently recede. In the aftermath of the triumph of Simon Bolivar and Jose de San Martin over Spanish colonial domination, South America initially saw limited democracy and republics. In Brazil, benevolent Emperor Pedro II advanced rights faster than the population could have possibly expected, and he remained incredibly popular even… Read more »
MercoPress reports, “The Uruguayan “Live Without Fear” (Vivir Sin Miedo) campaign collected 376,427 signatures, way above the Electoral Court’s threshold to force a a plebiscite on security matters in the next elections, Senator Jorge Larrañaga announced Saturday. Larrañaga, of the National Party, underlined the signature gathering reflected a “rebellion [of those] who desire to live in peace.” “Living without fear”… Read more »
The Montreal Gazette reports, “QUEBEC — Education Minister Jean-François Roberge has signed on to plans to temporarily house francophone students from the Commission scolaire Marguerite-Bourgeoys in schools run by the anglophone Lester B. Pearson board. “There are, at the moment in the anglophone network, several classrooms that are free,” Roberge said at a news conference. “As of January 2019, classes… Read more »
Ozy News reports, “Across Haiti, people still talk about former U.S. President Bill Clinton’s 2010 apology for American trade policies that contributed to the decimation of their country’s agriculture. By pressuring Haiti to lower tariffs in the 1990s, the U.S. flooded the country with its food products, including low-quality rice, that the local agriculture industry couldn’t compete with. But Guito… Read more »
Al Jazeera reports, “The chief justice of Brazil’s Supreme Court late on Wednesday knocked down a colleague’s ruling that would have freed from jail former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, but said the full court will take up the contentious case in April. Chief Justice Dias Toffoli wrote in his ruling that it would be up to all 11… Read more »