On January 26, 2019 Juan Guiado declared himself the new leader of Venezuela, the interesting part is that Nicolas Maduro actually won the election and Juan Guiado actually refuses to concede. This has caused a great divide between the two major parties in Venezuela. Juan Guiado has 40 countries that currently recognize him as the leader and has backing from… Read more »
In his second week in office, far-right Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has pulled the country out of a U.N. migration pact, fulfilling a pledge he made before taking office. Brazilian diplomats told local media on Tuesday that the country officially left the agreement. A diplomat also told Reuters that Brazil has exited the pact. Bolsonaro appeared to confirm the withdrawal… Read more »
Nicolas Maduro has been sworn in as president of Venezuela, taking power for six more years amid an economic crisis that has caused an outpouring of migrants from the country.The socialist successor to Hugo Chavez won re-election to a second term last May, in a contest that was denounced as a sham by the United States, Canada and a dozen… Read more »
Former president of Mexico, Nieto, was found guilty of accepting a one-hundred million dollar bribe from drug lord El Chapo. When you first see this you are surprised. Coming from a democratic country with relatively limited scandals, seeing something like this comes as a shell shock. Once you start to look at the conditions of the country though, you see… Read more »
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 »
“He has engaged in a pattern of behavior that has undermined Guatemala’s justice system and brought the country to the brink of a constitutional crisis,” commented Guatemalan-born Norma Torres, California’s 35th representative. The representative was referring to Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales, after he stated Guatemala will be withdrawing from a UN-backed agreement to prevent corruption within the third-world nation. He… Read more »
Recently the talk in South America has been directed towards Venezuela. A Country whose population has been dropping. People aren’t dying at rapid numbers they have been leaving, close ot 5,000 each day. Usually when we see this vast amount of people leave it is due to war or religious persecution. That is not the case in Venezuela, they have… Read more »
Ecuador is a beautiful Country with plenty of raw materials . The access to the Amazon allows Billions of dollars worth of land. One of the biggest materials is copper. Copper is one of the most useful and important materials we use everyday without even realising it. Copper is used in most electronics, so it’s in your phone, your car,… Read more »
The knew President of Brazil has quickly making change. Removing LGBT recognition, repealing climate change agreements, and changing land promised for previously enslaved families. These changes are unsurprising as the leader is a far right one. He draws comparison similar to Trump for some of his beliefs and the way he ran his platform. Running on cleaning the government and… Read more »
Tyler Cadenas | December 20, 2018 Cuba has been the hub for baseball for over 100 years. First with the Cuban League founded in 1878, then the Cuban National Series founded in 1961 after the wake of the Cuban Revolution. As of 2016, Cuba ranked third on most international players currently rostered on an MLB team. Since the embargo placed… Read more »