Venezuelan security forces fired tear gas Saturday to disperse demonstrators who turned out in Caracas to protest massive power outages that have kept much of the country in darkness since early March. AFP journalists on the scene said the security forces blocked opposition protesters from concentrating at certain points in the western side of the city. Venezuela has been hit… Read more »
The economy of Brazil is based on farming and other resources. However, the issue of whether to protect the environment or economy is immensely debated. The amount of farmland is deteriorating so therefore the Amazon basin seems more attractive. The President of Brazil is for exploiting the natural resources and the space that the Amazon provides. Ironically, the country that… Read more »
Former communist militant Cesare Battisti has admitted to four murders in Italy during the 1970s, according local press. Battisti, 64, spent decades on the run and previously denied any involvement. He was arrested in Bolivia in January after living in Brazil, and later extradited to Italy. Milan’s prosecutor, Alberto Nobili, said Battisti confessed during questioning in prison, where he is serving… Read more »
Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Cardinal Ricardo Ezzati, the archbishop of Santiago and the highest-ranking member of the Catholic Church in Chile, who has been caught up in the country’s sex abuse scandal. A Vatican statement on Saturday said the pope had named Bishop Celestino Aos Braco of the Chilean city of Copiapo, as “apostolic administrator” to run the Santiago… Read more »
What started as one woman in Mexico‘s literary world sharing experiences of sexual abuse, has since grown into a online campaign against sexual harassment and other forms of assault in several industries in the country. The social movement started on Thursday after Ana Ge, a political commentator, tweeted that “a powerful man within the literary circle” had beaten, manipulated and abandoned… Read more »
Brazil’s ex-president and alleged head of a graft ring, Michel Temer, was freed from jail Monday after a judge said there were no legal grounds for his detention. Temer, accused of leading a sophisticated embezzlement and money laundering scheme, was the second ex-president of the Latin American country to be caught up in a sprawling anti-corruption probe called Car Wash… Read more »