With Brazil’s runoff round of presidential elections set to take place this Sunday, October 28th, the Workers’ Party’s (PT) mistakes have become crystal clear today. Leftist groups which were its allies in the past have been pointing these out for some time now.
Read MoreThe Organization of American States (OAS) will discuss Nicaragua once again, today, during a special meeting of the Permanent Council, according to an announcement made Thursday in Washington. It can be watched live starting at 10:00 a.m. (ET) at http://www.oas.org/es/council.
Read MoreOver 8,000 Cubans working in Brasil have received news that the man who will surely become the next president, Jair Bolsonaro, says he will stop funding the Mais Medicos program, a federal program which hires local and foreign professionals to work in places where doctor:inhabitant ratios are low.
Read MoreUltra-rightwinger Jair Bolsonaro won the first round of the Brazilian elections on Sunday and in three weeks will compete in a runoff with the Worker’s Party candidate Fernando Haddad for the presidency. These are the most uncertain elections in the South American giant since the end of the dictatorship in 1985.
Read MoreBrazil faces its most uncertain elections since it regained democracy in 1985. In a tense climate due to the rise of the ultra-right hand of former military Jair Bolsonaro and punished by the ravages caused by corruption scandals and the economic crisis of recent years, the Latin American power elects its next president today.
Read MoreAn unexpected demand from president Nicolas Maduro for airlines to pay for fuel with the petro (Venezuelan cryptocurrency, the use of which has been prohibited by the US Government) from now on, has unsettled the handful of airlines that continue to fly to and from Venezuela.
Read MoreThe Cuban government said today that the OAS Secretary General, Luis Almagro, crossed “the red line” by stating that a military intervention against the Venezuelan government of Nicolas Maduro is not ruled out.
Read MoreWashing the feet of Venezuelans who have walked for days on end, applying cream and ointments to help heal open wounds, giving a plate of food and a new pair of shoes is a group of missionaries’ work in Bogota, Colombia.
Read MoreSome 3,000 people marched in San Jose, Costa Rica on Saturday against xenophobia and in support of Nicaraguan refugees who are leaving their country in droves due to the political crisis with its massive arrests and extreme violence unleashed by the government of Daniel Ortega.
Read MoreVenezuelan president, Nicolas Maduro, has designed a plan of economic adjustments that began today with a currency revaluation. The program also foresees gasoline prices, which have been the cheapest in the world until now, being increased to international rates in the coming weeks.
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