Stories for May 2nd 2016

Monday, May 2nd 2016 - 05:42 UTC
Rousseff pledges “to fight to the end” and some groups anticipate “civil disobedience”

Brazil's populist president Dilma Rousseff vowed at a protest on Sunday, International Labour Day, that she would go down fighting ahead of what could be her final full week in power before impeachment.
Monday, May 2nd 2016 - 05:34 UTC
Venezuela moves local time 30 minutes up, back to normal

Venezuelan government on Sunday moved local time up 30 minutes, to four hours behind UTC, with an eye toward dealing with the emergency caused by the ongoing severe drought. The time change will enter into effect as of this month and brings Venezuela back to the time schedule that prevailed until 2007, when the government shifted the nation's clocks back by half an hour.

Rousseff pledges “to fight to the end” and some groups anticipate “civil disobedience”