Reuters: Bolivia responded to last week’s murder of a government official by announcing a crackdown on mining cooperatives on Thursday, saying it would return contracts signed between them and private companies to state control. The beaten body of Deputy Interior Minister Rodolfo Illanes was found by the side of the road last week, hours after he had approached mining protesters… Read more »
BBC: Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has filed an appeal at the Supreme Court against the Senate’s decision to dismiss her after an impeachment trial. More than two-thirds of the Senate voted on Wednesday to remove Ms Rousseff from office for illegally manipulating the budget two years ago. Hours after the vote her vice-president, Michel Temer, was sworn in. Ms Rousseff… Read more »
(BBC) A US cruise ship has docked in the Cuban capital, Havana, after sailing from Florida – the first such crossing in more than 50 years. The Adonia sailed from the port of Miami carrying some 700 passengers. Cuba and the US restored diplomatic relations last year. But several Cold War-era restrictions on travelling and trading are yet to be… Read more »