MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for June 15th 2019
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Saturday, June 15th 2019 - 08:16 UTC
Colombian high court strips ex guerrilla leader of his congressional seat
A Colombian high court on Friday withdrew the parliament seat for a former left-wing guerrilla leader who never assumed office after negotiating the country's historic peace deal. Ivan Marquez renounced his seat 11 months ago and went into hiding, claiming the 2016 peace deal that ended more than a half-century of conflict was being “disfigured”.
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Saturday, June 15th 2019 - 08:12 UTC
Bolsonaro criticizes Judges decision to criminalize homophobia
Brazil's president Jair Bolsonaro on Friday criticized the Supreme Court's decision to criminalize homophobia, saying it could “hurt” gays by deterring companies from hiring them.
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Saturday, June 15th 2019 - 08:06 UTC
Bolsonaro stabber declared mentally ill and was jailed for an “indefinite period”
A Brazilian judge on Friday acquitted a mentally ill man of attacking president Jair Bolsonaro on last year's campaign trail, but jailed him for an “indefinite period”. Adelio Bispo de Oliveira stabbed Bolsonaro in the stomach on Sep 6 during a campaign rally in Juiz de Fora, in the southeastern state of Minas Gerais.
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Saturday, June 15th 2019 - 08:02 UTC
Iran dismisses as “baseless” US accusations of twin attacks on two tankers in the Strait of Hormuz
Iran dismissed as “baseless” on Friday US accusations it executed twin attacks that left two tankers ablaze in the Gulf of Oman, raising fears of conflict in the strategically vital waterway.
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Saturday, June 15th 2019 - 07:50 UTC
Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo identify the 130th child of disappeared parents
The Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo released this week the identity of the son of a young couple disappeared while under arrest during the bloody Argentine 1976/1983 military dictatorship. Javier Matías Darroux Mijalchuk thus became the 130 child, now a full grown man, to have been identified by the human rights group.
