Tag: violence

• Thursday, November 21st 2019 - 09:12 UTC

  OAS demands an end to violence and an urgent call for elections

  

  The Permanent Council of the Organization of American States, OAS, has called on Bolivian authorities to urgently call elections, an immediate cease of violence, and the search for dialogue.

• Tuesday, October 22nd 2019 - 09:28 UTC

  PM Sanchez in Barcelona visits police injured battling Catalan separatist violence

  

  Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and the opposition leader Pablo Casado visited Barcelona on Monday to meet police struggling with Catalan separatist violence in a crisis that could be a game-changer in next month's general election.

• Thursday, August 22nd 2019 - 08:09 UTC

  Tango championship in Buenos Aires suspends violent Russian participant

  

  A Russian participant in the World Tango Championships in Buenos Aires has been disqualified for violence towards his partner, the organizers said on Wednesday. The incident happened after the duo, a husband and wife, took part in the semi-final of the competition on Tuesday in the Argentine capital.

• Tuesday, August 6th 2019 - 09:48 UTC

  Bolsonaro argues that disarming people is not going to stop mass shootings

  

  President Jair Bolsonaro argued for his signature policy of relaxing gun control measures, saying they will not stop mass shootings such as those that left 31 dead in the US over the weekend. “Disarming people isn't going to keep that from happening,” Bolsonaro said.

• Monday, July 22nd 2019 - 09:50 UTC

  Murders in Mexico the highest on record in the first six months

  

  Murders in Mexico jumped in the first half of the year to the highest on record, according to official data, underscoring the vast challenges President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador faces in reducing violence in the cartel-ravaged country.

• Thursday, June 20th 2019 - 09:50 UTC

  Bachelet in Venezuela to check human rights situation; Maduro releases 21 political prisoners and applauds the visit

  

  The United Nations' top human rights official arrived in Venezuela on Wednesday for a visit that comes amid heightened international pressure on President Nicolás Maduro for allegedly silencing opponents with jail, torture and excessive violence.

• Saturday, May 11th 2019 - 08:45 UTC

  Mexicans take to the streets on Mother's Day to protest 40.000 missing persons

  

  Mexicans with missing children led marches on Friday - when Mother's Day is celebrated the country- to protest the government's failure to find their sons and daughters or bring their cases to justice.

• Tuesday, April 23rd 2019 - 08:49 UTC

  Mexican president sends army and navy reinforcements to contain killings in Veracruz state

  

  Mexico President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Monday he would reinforce army and navy troops in Veracruz State, three days after a child was among 13 people killed in a mass shooting there.

• Thursday, April 4th 2019 - 09:52 UTC

  UK Police has 10.000 officers ready for a possible no-deal Brexit and “inflamed consequences”

  

  Politicians and campaigners should take care not to “inflame” tensions in the UK caused by Brexit, a senior police chief has warned. Assistant Commissioner Martin Hewitt said people should think carefully to avoid inciting others to violence. The warning follows increased concern about intimidation of MPs.

• Friday, March 29th 2019 - 09:20 UTC

  Colombia: The humanitarian situation worsened, alerted Red Cross

  

  The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) presented on Thursday the balance of its main humanitarian concerns in Colombia, highlighting a deterioration of security conditions in the most remote areas of the country. The cases of armed conflicts and the violence that has continued to plague Colombia in recent decades, as well as the recent mass exodus of Venezuelan migrants, showed a complex humanitarian context.