Deadly violence and protests over living costs and inequality continue in Santiago, Chile, despite President Sebastian Piñera’s announcement that ministers will suspend plans to raise subway fares. This has been occurring for the past 7 days. All international flights to Chile were cancelled from October 19-22 due to the extremely violent protests in the streets of Santiago. People in Chile… Read more »
Thousands of workers are taking part in a general strike in Chile as protests against inequality continue even after the government pledged social reforms. Healthcare workers, teachers and students banged pots in the capital, Santiago, late on Wednesday with police using water cannon and tear gas to disperse crowds. Four days of unrest have left 16 dead but these marches… Read more »
BURLINGTON – Sen. Bernie Sanders has released a plan for marijuana legalization that would invest tax revenue in grants for minority-owned cannabis businesses and expunge past convictions. The Sanders campaign released the plan, aptly, at 4:20 on Oct. 24. If elected president of the U.S., Sanders promises to legalize marijuana within his first 100 days in office. He would issue an executive order… Read more »
Brazil’s Senate has passed the final amendments to a much-debated pension reform a day after the main text of the bill was approved. The approval of the bill is a major victory for President Jair Bolsonaro after decades of failed attempts to reform Brazil’s social security system. Had it not been passed, public debt would have skyrocketed, official data suggest…. Read more »
Six-time world player of the year Marta has signed a new, undisclosed-length deal with American team Orlando Pride. The 33-year-old Brazil forward has been with the Florida-based outfit – who are coached by English ex-Birmingham City Women boss Marc Skinner – since 2017. “It’s wonderful for the club and the fans to have Marta, whose career speaks for itself, back… Read more »
On September 30, 2019, President Martin Vizcarra dissolved Peru’s congress to reduce the amount of constant corruption in congress. This prompted the opposing lawmakers to try to suspend him which will bring Peru into uncertainty after many years of corruption. Opposition lawmakers responded to the president’s decision by accusing President Vizcarra of staging “a coup” and immediately moving to try… Read more »
In an unexpected U-turn, the woman who was named “acting president” by Peru’s Congress has resigned just hours after being sworn in. Mercedes Aráoz’s swearing-in was an act of defiance by lawmakers angry at the dissolution of Congress by President Martín Vizcarra on Monday. The move meant that Peru briefly had two politicians claiming to be the country’s rightful leader…. Read more »
US President Donald Trump suggested shooting migrants in the legs to slow them down, according to a new book. The book, by two New York Times journalists, says Mr Trump suggested extreme methods of deterring migrants from crossing the southern border. They included building an electrified, spiked border wall and a snake or alligator-infested moat. Calling the claims “fake news”,… Read more »
President Martín Vizcarra of Peru ordered Congress to dissolve on Monday night, prompting lawmakers to try to suspend him and plunging the nation into uncertainty after a grinding, yearslong corruption crisis. Opposition lawmakers responded to the president’s decision by accusing Mr. Vizcarra of staging “a coup” and moved swiftly to suspend him for 12 months. They nominated his vice president,… Read more »
Argentina’s Holocaust Museum has taken custody of a huge trove of Nazi artefacts seized in a house raid in the capital, Buenos Aires, two years ago. A bust of Adolf Hitler is among the 70 items investigators had found. Another was a head-measuring device – a relic of pseudoscience used to supposedly measure racial purity. The items were found hidden… Read more »