Brazil’s Bolsonaro Remains Silent After Losing Election
CNN reports: More than a day after Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was pronounced the winner of Brazil’s 2022 presidential election, incumbent Jair Bolsonaro has yet to publicly acknowledge his loss. The...
View ArticleReuters: Bolsonaro To Concede In National Address
Reuters reports: Brazil’s far-right President Jair Bolsonaro will not contest his election defeat and will address the nation later on Tuesday, Communications Minister Fabio Faria told Reuters. The...
View ArticleBolsonaro Doesn’t Concede But Will Hand Over Power
The New York Times reports: Two days after losing Brazil’s presidential election, President Jair Bolsonaro agreed to a transition of power on Tuesday, easing fears that the far-right leader would...
View ArticleBrazil’s Bolsonaro Files Challenge To Election Result
Reuters reports: Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has challenged the election he lost last month to leftist rival Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, arguing votes from some machines should be “invalidated”...
View ArticleOusted Peruvian Ex-President Seeks Asylum In Mexico
Reuters reports: Peru’s former President Pedro Castillo faced a first court hearing on Thursday over his arrest on charges of rebellion and conspiracy, as his successor issued her first pronouncements...
View ArticleBrazilian Extremists Riot In Bid To Overturn Election
The Guardian reports: Fanatical supporters of Brazil’s outgoing president, Jair Bolsonaro, have torched cars and buses and tried to storm the federal police headquarters in the country’s capital in...
View ArticleBolsonaro Supporter Charged In Terrorism Plot
Yahoo News reports: Brazil will reevaluate the procedures for President elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s inauguration after an explosive near capital Brasilia’s international airport was disarmed...
View ArticleBrazil’s Lula To Be Sworn-In Under Massive Security
The BBC reports: Crowds of people are gathering in the Brazilian capital, Brasilia, ahead of the inauguration of Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva as president. The state of Brasilia has pledged to deploy...
View ArticleJair Bolsonaro Denies Being Behind Attacks In Brazil
“Peaceful demonstrations, in the form of the law, are part of democracy. However, depredations and invasions of public buildings as occurred today, as well as those practiced by the left in 2013 and...
View ArticleBrazilian Prosecutors Seek To Seize Bolsonaro’s Assets
Bloomberg News reports: Brazilian prosecutors asked a court to seize the assets of former President Jair Bolsonaro as their investigation of the violent, anti-government riots that shook the country...
View ArticleBrazilian Prosecutors Accuse Bolsonaro Of Inciting Riot
Deutsche Welle reports: Brazilian prosecutors on Friday called on the country’s Supreme Court to probe former President Jair Bolsonaro, after recent violent riots in the capital, Brasilia. The...
View ArticleTop Bolsonaro Official Arrested Upon Return From FL
Reuters reports: Brazil’s former Justice Minister Anderson Torres, who was in charge of public security in Brasilia during the invasion of government buildings a week ago, was arrested in Brasilia on...
View ArticleInflation Near 140% Boosts Far-Right In Argentina
Reuters reports: The South American nation, the region’s no. 2 economy and a major grains exporter, is facing its worst crisis in decades. Two-fifths of people live in poverty and a looming recession...
View ArticleJavier Milei Sworn In As President Of Argentina [VIDEO]
The Associated Press reports: Javier Milei was sworn in inside the National Congress building, and outgoing President Alberto Fernández placed the presidential sash upon him. Some of the assembled...
View ArticleArgentina’s Milei May Use Troops Against Protesters
Bloomberg News reports: President Javier Milei is moving preemptively to curb protests against his austerity measures in Argentina, which include deep budget cuts and reduced subsidies for energy and...
View Article“Invasive Cocaine Hippos” Are Attacking Colombians
Vice News reports: The environmentally invasive descendants of four “cocaine hippos” from Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar’s private zoo now have their eyes set on a new target: People. There have...
View ArticleVenezuela’s President Claims Victory In Tainted Election
The New York Times reports: Venezuela’s authoritarian leader, Nicolás Maduro, was declared the winner of the country’s tumultuous presidential election early Monday, despite enormous momentum from an...
View ArticleWH Has “Serious Concerns” About Venezuela Election
Axios reports: The White House on Monday said it has “serious concerns” about the Venezuelan regime’s claims that President Nicolás Maduro won re-election on Sunday. The election’s outcome could...
View ArticleBrazilian Plane Carrying 62 Crashes, No Survivors
CNN reports: A passenger plane carrying 62 people crashed on the outskirts of São Paulo on Friday, according to Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, with dramatic footage from the scene...
View ArticleMaduro Orders Arrest Of Rival Presidential Candidate
Bloomberg News reports: Venezuela ordered the arrest of presidential candidate Edmundo González, an escalation of the government’s crackdown on dissent in the wake of a disputed election. The move is...
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