At least 10 people were killed after a magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck near Haiti on Saturday night, according to Haiti’s civil protection agency. Another 135 people were injured and are currently receiving treatment in hospitals, the agency wrote on Twitter Sunday. Prime Minister Jean-Henry Céant said a crisis cabinet has been created to coordinate all emergency responses to the earthquake. “Damage has… Read more »
Far-right congressman Jair Bolsonaro pulled off a thumping win in the first round of Brazil’s presidential election following one of the most polarizing campaigns since the country returned to democracy three decades ago. Bolsonaro won Sunday’s poll with 46% of the vote, ahead of left-wing ex-Sao Paulo mayor Fernando Haddad on 29%, according to tweets from the Supreme Electoral Tribunal’s official… Read more »
A couple arrested in Mexico while pushing a baby stroller filled with human body parts may have killed up to 20 women, according to the chief investigator on the case. The man and woman were detained Thursday in the Mexico City suburb of Ecatepec on suspicion of murdering 10 female victims. However, the male suspect has since claimed that they… Read more »
mprisoned former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva abandoned his party’s presidential bid on Tuesday, weeks before an election in which he was considered a front-runner. Running mate and former Sao Paulo Mayor Fernando Haddad will take Lula’s place on the October 7 ballot, according to Lula’s Workers’ Party. The switch comes after the country’s top electoral tribunal barred the convicted former… Read more »
Police are questioning two people after a group of men in mariachi outfits opened fire at a Mexico City restaurant, killing five people, an official with the city’s Secretary of Public Security Office told CNN on Sunday. More arrests are expected as the investigation continues, the official said. The motive for the shooting is not known. Dozens of mariachi bands… Read more »
Since April, the Central American nation of Nicaragua has been a country in turmoil. In just over four months, at least 322 people have been killed, thousands injured and hundreds detained as waves of anti-government protests and ensuing crackdowns have swept Nicaragua, according to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR). Twenty-one of the dead were police officers and 23 were “children… Read more »