Politics

Saturday, February 12th 2022 - 10:34 UTC
Police raid at Rio favela leaves 8 civilians dead

Eight people were killed Friday after a Rio de Janeiro police raid at a local shantytown (favela). The law enforcement agents were trying to execute an arrest warrant against alleged drug trafficking gang leader Chico Bento.
Saturday, February 12th 2022 - 10:20 UTC
Brazil: Lula celebrates PT's 42 years of fighting social inequality

Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva Friday celebrated the Workers' Party (PT) 42nd anniversary and stressed his will to change Brazil following the Oct. 2 elections, when he is favored to return to the Planalto Palace.
Saturday, February 12th 2022 - 10:06 UTC
Latin American and Caribbean parliament call for Falklands' sovereignty talks with UK

The Latin American and Caribbean Parliament, (Parlatino) met this week in Panama and called on the international community to support Argentina's request for a resumption of Falkland/Malvinas Islands sovereignty talks with the UK. The issue addressed was the “Malvinas Question, a Latin American cause”.
Saturday, February 12th 2022 - 10:00 UTC
PM Johnson has seven days to reply a questionnaire from the police investigating Partygate during the lockdown

A day after the resignation of the head of the London Metropolitan Police, Cressida Dick, having lost the confidence of London's mayor, all eyes are again set on the ongoing investigation into “Partygate”, which could eventually cost prime minister Boris Johnson his post.
Saturday, February 12th 2022 - 09:37 UTC
“Everything Changed”, A Falkland Islander’s Photographic Record of Invasion, Occupation, War and Aftermath

By Graham Bound – “Light falls on the faces and the eyes of men. Even from a distance of four decades, we gain a glimpse of their emotions: despair, pride, exhaustion, determination, and fear”
Saturday, February 12th 2022 - 09:30 UTC
New judge also resigns from investigating Haitian president's murder

Haitian Judge Chavannes Étienne, who had been appointed to investigate the July 7 assassination of President Jovenel Moïse, has resigned from the case Friday, thus becoming the fourth magistrate to make the same decision.
Friday, February 11th 2022 - 23:53 UTC
Brazilian Amazon shows signs of increasing deforestation despite promises

Despite announcements from the Government of President Jair Bolsonaro that action would be taken to reverse the trend, deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest has reached new highs in January of 2022, it was reported Friday.
Friday, February 11th 2022 - 22:51 UTC
London Police Chief resigns over a series of scandals

London's first-ever female Chief of Police, Dame Cressida Dick, has turned in her resignation Thursday after allegedly losing the confidence of Mayor Shadiq Khan and a amid a scandal involving racism and misogynistic behavior within Scotland Yard.
Friday, February 11th 2022 - 21:20 UTC
Nicaraguan opposition leaders handed down prison sentences

The Nicaraguan regime of President Daniel Ortega has sentenced seven opposition leaders to serve time in prison in a new episode of the repression saga the Central American country is going through.
Friday, February 11th 2022 - 09:53 UTC
Brazilian Senators bring case against Bolsonaro before ICC

The International Criminal Court (ICC) based in the Dutch city of The Hague, has received a complaint from Brazil's Senate against President Jair Bolsonaro for negligence, incompetence, and anti-scientific denialism in handling the COVID-19 crisis.