Venezuelans go the polls on Sunday choose a new congress in an election that the opposition is boycotting and most western nations call a fraud by President Nicolás Maduro to retake the last state institution not in the hands of the ruling Socialist party. The vote is almost certain to return congress to Maduro’s allies...
A huge radio telescope in Puerto Rico that has long played a key role in astronomical discoveries collapsed on Tuesday, officials said. The Arecibo Observatory had been shuttered since August after an auxiliary cable snapped and caused a 100ft gash on the reflector dish. Then a main cable broke in early November, leading the National Science Foundation...
A black man who died after being beaten by supermarket security guards in the city of Porto Alegre on the eve of Black Consciousness Day has sparked outrage across Brazil after videos of the incident circulated on social media. Footage showed João Alberto Silveira Freitas being punched in the face just outside the doors of a Carrefour...
When glad tidings of Donald Trump’s undoing reached Flávio Dino’s 18th-century palace in north-eastern Brazil, he felt delight. “Trump was such a toxic figure,” said the Communist party governor of Maranhão state, a leading light of the Brazilian left. “Trump’s defeat is a victory for humanity.” For many Brazilian leftists, Joe Biden’s triumph has also provided...
Two protesters have been killed in massive pro-democracy demonstrations in Peru, the first deaths in nearly a week of unrest over the controversial removal of Martín Vizcarra as president and his replacement by a de facto government, seen by many Peruvians as a coup. Protests have mounted demanding the resignation of Manuel Merino, the former speaker...
Across a sea of putrid mud a metre or so deep, Marvin Argueta pointed to the remnants of what a week ago was his home on the banks of the Chamelecón River. He had lost everything – but he still considers himself lucky. “If we hadn’t got out in time, we all would have died,”...
Mexico’s president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, said on Saturday he would not congratulate a winner of the US presidential election until legal challenges are concluded, in an apparent bid to avoid friction with Washington during the transition. Democrat Joe Biden won the election on Saturday after a victory in the battleground state of Pennsylvania put him over the...
A tweet posted by Argentina's government office for human rights has been mocked online.
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A tweet posted by Argentina's government office for human rights has been mocked online.
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Brazilian ex-President Dilma Rousseff has criticised Netflix over its new series, The Mechanism, whi..