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Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, face a new criminal charge in the United States for an alleged conspiracy to commit acts of torture against political opponents during the Venezuelan government. The indictment was incorporated on Thursday, 8 October, into the case that both already face in New York for drug-related crimes.
Thousands of people demonstrated Wednesday in Rio de Janeiro against Flávio Bolsonaro and a possible return from the ultra-right to power in Brazil, at the start of the campaign for the second round of October 25. Under the slogan "Bolsonaro no longer," participants expressed their fear of budget cuts and the senator's proposal to amnestize his father, convicted of attempting a coup.
Thousands of people, mostly students, marched on Wednesday October 7 in Rio de Janeiro to reject the advance of the extreme right and of candidate Flavio Bolsonaro. The protesters also showed their support for the continuity of the government of the left-wing Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in Brazil, in the absence of just over two weeks for the presidential shooting.
A number of recent attacks in educational centres in Mexico have ignited alarms at the national level, forcing the question of whether the country is replicating the phenomenon of school shooting in the United States. The response of specialists reveals a complex scenario where the proliferation of illegal firearms, community normalization of violence, and a digital ecosystem that capitalizes on adolescent vulnerability through misogynistic and hate speech converge.
The Liberal Party, a platform for the presidential candidacy of Flávio Bolsonaro, won 121 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and went from 15 to 28 seats in the Senate, resulting in the largest single party representation in both chambers in almost 40 years. With the support of other forces of conservative tendency, Bolsonaro would thus guarantee a comfortable governance, if elected president, and could even pursue the promised amnesty to his father.
The far-right influences Nikolas Ferreira, 30, and Lucas Pavanato, 28, with millions of followers in networks, became the most voted deputies in Brazil's history. Each obtained more than three million votes in the legislative elections on Sunday, October 4, contributing to the triumph of Bolsonarianism in Congress.
Liberal Party (PL) senator and presidential candidate, Flávio Bolsonaro, thanked "God" and the Brazilian people for their victory in Sunday's elections to President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, against the forecasts. It also welcomed the fact that the PL was the most voted party in Parliament, with more than one third of the Senate seats. The bags and the national currency began the week strengthened after the result in the ballot boxes.
The local elections in Brazil were held on Sunday with a right-wing advance by President Flávio Bolsonaro and his allies. As the left of the president and candidate for re-election, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva lost ground. The most comfortable victory was in São Paulo, where the Bolshevik governor Tarcísio de Freitas won with wide advantage the re-election.
Brazil was inclined towards the trend of return to the right that shakes Latin America, after the senator and son of former President Jair Bolsonaro took over almost two points to the left-wing Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in the first round of the election. Lula has recognized the result as "unexpected" and promises that from now on "a new campaign" begins, but Bolsonaro's margin of manoeuvre to add through alliances and to drive on the right's roots is much greater.
The right-wing extreme senator Flávio Bolsonaro and the left-wing president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will go on a second round in the Brazilian presidential elections, according to the results of the elections on Sunday, October 4, with almost 100% surveyed.
With two major-round titles and three podiums on the Tour de France, Nairo Quintana hung the bike on the Giro del Emilia on Saturday. His trajectory opened the way to a generation of Colombian corridors and consolidated him as one of the high mountain's references.
The Organization of American States unanimously adopted a resolution calling for the unconditional release of political prisoners, the restoration of the separation of powers and conditions for free, fair and inclusive elections. The text also creates a follow-up group, but does not provide for specific sanctions against the Daniel Ortega Government.
On the eve of the first round of the Brazilian presidential, news that the United States suspended face-to-face attention at its embassy and consulates in that Latin American nation, claiming "security issues," has again fueled fears of Washington's interference. However, the Donald Trump Government did not establish a direct relationship between this measure and the elections. He also did not detail the nature of the threat that caused the suspension.
Donald Trump's administration announced that it suspended the operation of the consulate in Brasilia after pointing out "security reasons," amid complaints from the president's campaign and aspiring for re-election, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva for alleged Washington interference. Meanwhile, the last televised debate between the main presidential candidates - Lula and the ultra-right-wing Flávio Bolsonaro - was cancelled after the refusal of both to participate and in the face of a series of judicial decisions that restricted the meeting.
Two 18-year-old brothers were arrested after entering a high school in Torreón, in northern Mexico, where they attacked with white weapons and reportedly used firecrackers against the staff and students. The deputy director of the institution was killed and three others were injured, one of them seriously.
The Bolivian Attorney General, Roger Mariaca, was arrested in Santa Cruz, accused by the Government of allegedly leading a criminal organization operating within the Public Prosecutor's Office to protect drug trafficking activities. The arrest took place two days after the United States revoked the visa for alleged bribes and coincided with a security approach between the Latin American country and Washington. Mariaca has rejected the allegations and denounced political motives. In the meantime, the Office of the Prosecutor appointed Luis Montaño as the interim responsibility for guarantee
The roads are cut, the trees are fallen and the roofs are torn from the curl, but no one is dead or seriously injured. The Mexican peoples on the Pacific coast, highly exposed to the arrival of Hurricane Polo, resisted the passage of the powerful cyclone on Tuesday.
Become the symbol of Catholic devotion in Brazil, the country with the largest number of believers in the world, Our Lady of Aparecida was at the centre of a digital controversy in the middle of the campaign for the elections on October 4. In these elections, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, a Catholic who aspires to conquer his fourth term, and Senator Flavio Bolsonaro, who is evangelical, appear as favorites.
Violence in Haiti is continuing. At least 11 people died in the central region of Artibonite, Haiti, at the hands of gang members following a lethal security operation, the local mayor reported. Meanwhile, the United States significantly expanded the judicial process related to the murder of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse in 2021. What changes now? We figured it out.
Who perpetrated the attacks in Huité? The Guatemalan Army denies that its troops will participate and attribute violence to disputes between criminal organizations. However, the dissemination of videos of men armed with military clothing has fed other versions that the authorities claim to be investigating.
