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Stories for August 10th 2024

  • Saturday, August 10th 2024 - 10:56 UTC

    Alberto Fernandez's home raided

    The former President also resigned as chairman of the Peronist party

    Former Argentine President Alberto Fernández's apartment in the exclusive Puerto Madero neighborhood of Buenos Aires was raided Friday as a part of the gender violence probe launched on him following the complaint filed by his ex-common-law spouse Fabiola Yáñez. Fernández's cell phone and every other electronic device found on the premises were seized.

  • Saturday, August 10th 2024 - 10:55 UTC

    Passenger misses doomed Voepass flight for drinking coffee

    “He was doing his job and he saved my life,” the survivor told a local TV crew )TV snapshot)

    Passenger Adriano Assis got delayed drinking coffee and missed the boarding call for the Voepass Linhas Aereas flight that plunged to the ground some 89 kilometers from its final destination at Sao Paulo's Guarulhos International Airport. Hence, the total number of casualties was corrected to 61 (57 passengers and 4 crew members) instead of 62.

  • Saturday, August 10th 2024 - 10:25 UTC

    Maduro brings electoral documents to TSJ

    Maduro insisted all his hearings with the judges should be made public knowledge

    Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro Friday delivered to the Supreme Court (TSJ) the electoral records in possession of the parties that supported his candidacy in the July 28 elections, Agencia Brasil reported. The TSJ is conducting an investigation at Maduro's request after the opposition cried “fraud” and insisted Edmundo González Urrutia had been the winner.

  • Saturday, August 10th 2024 - 10:22 UTC

    Elderly woman given 17 year jail sentence in Brasilia's Jan. 8 riot trial

    The defendant said she was to take down De Moraes during the uprising. He was among the ones who voted to keep her in jail for 17 years

    Maria de Fátima Mendonça Jacinto Souza, aged 67 and better known as Fátima de Tubarão, was sentenced Friday to 17 years in prison by the Federal Supreme Court (STF) for her involvement in the Jan. 8, 2023, riots at the Three Powers Square in Brasília (DF). The sentence was announced Friday after an STF virtual plenary session.

  • Saturday, August 10th 2024 - 08:48 UTC

    Machado announces ecumenic protest against Maduro

    The international community has understood what it means that Maduro intends to stay by force, Machado argued

    Venezuelan opposition leader announced Friday that “we will not leave the streets” and pledged to stage a worldwide demonstration in support of her stance regarding the outcome of the July 28 elections, which she insists Edmundo González Urrutia of the Democratic Unitary Platform (PUD) won by 67% to 30% of the vote against the incumbent Nicolás Maduro, whom the National Electoral Council (CNE) announced as the winner.