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US Federal Judge Alvin Hellerstein, who was in charge of the proceedings against the fallen Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, died on Wednesday at the age of 92. In a recent hearing, he had appeared extremely tired, sometimes speaking with difficulty.
Dolores Huerta, a trade unionist who co-founded the United Farm Workers Union, the leading American agricultural worker organization, in the 1960s, died on Wednesday at the age of 96.
Flavio Bolsonaro's decision to join the United States two days after losing the presidential election against Lula is a blow to the reputation of the Bolsonaro family, already tainted by judicial investigations. But Brazil is not necessarily ready to turn the page of Bolsonarism.
Two days after his defeat in the presidential election, ultraconservative Senator Flavio Bolsonaro fled Brazil through Argentina and Ecuador, after refusing to comply with a Supreme Court decision ordering him to hand over his passports. The US government will issue him a visa.
Re-elected on Sunday, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is the champion of Amazon protection, where deforestation has recently fallen to its lowest level since 1988. But is he the best friend of the environment? The left-wing president allowed Brazil to record a record in oil production last year.
While his party is likely to lose a majority in the House of Representatives, or even in the Senate, in mid-term elections, the US President on Monday promised to pay $1 million to anyone in possession of information leading to an election fraud conviction.
In the southwestern United States, Yuma County farms are largely dependent on a Mexican labour force. John Boelts, a farmer and supporter of Donald Trump, defends border control while demanding a simplification of temporary visas to legally recruit.
Re-elected on Sunday against far-right candidate Flavio Bolsonaro, Brazilian President Lula foiled the prognosis. Beyond Brazil, his victory is a setback for Donald Trump and preserves a counterweight in Latin America, particularly on climate and digital regulation.
Lula's campaign team, Brazil's outgoing president and candidate for re-election, on Saturday accused Meta, the parent company of Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram, of "interference" by blocking its content. The Supreme Electoral Court gave Meta 48 hours – which says "respect electoral rules" – to answer these accusations.
Christa Pike, the convict who survived her execution last week in the United States, left the hospital and returned to prison, announced her lawyers on Saturday.
The last straight line of the midterm campaign has begun! Strategy, candidates, polls... Every week, France 24 takes stock of what to remember. The democratic advance is being confirmed and expanded to include some unexpected Republican lands so far, such as Kansas. Thursday evening, the contenders of three key races exchanged personal attacks during television debates.
An earthquake of magnitude 7.7 hit Panama on Friday, causing the collapse of buildings and roads, mainly in the centre of the country. The authorities report at least 27 injuries, according to the latest public report.
Hurricane Isaias quickly weakened by touching land on Friday night in the state of Florida, reported the American Hurricane Centre (NHC). The hurricane was downgraded to Category 1, but the NHC warned against the risk of storm surges, floods and sudden floods.
Donald Trump announced on Friday that Vladimir Putin has committed to supply millions of tons of diesel "for the American and global market", over several months. The US President hopes to stem the rise in fuel prices in the run-up to the mid-term elections, but creates a breach in Western sanctions imposed on Russia since the beginning of Ukraine's large-scale invasion.
The US Defense Minister, Pete Hegseth, announced on Friday that he would broadcast live the execution of Nidal Malik Hasan, the author of the shooting on the military base in Fort Hood in 2009. A decision criticized on all sides in the United States, even among the Republicans, but consistent with Donald Trump's political strategy. The question remains of its legality.
The US government announced on Friday sanctions against the International Criminal Court (ICC), a few hours after the award of the Nobel Peace Prize to former South African judge Navi Pillay, rewarded in particular for his work in that institution. In response, the ICC denounced an "attack against the rule of law and the very foundations of the international legal order".
A man was shot and wounded on Thursday by a Federal Immigration Police (ICE) officer while in his car with a five-year-old child sitting in the back during an operation in the Bronx in New York.
The US courts added charges of "compulsory acts of torture" to the prosecution of drug trafficking against former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores, who had been detained in New York since their capture in January. The couple's trial is scheduled for June 1, 2027.
At the top of the first round of the presidential elections in Brazil with 47% of the vote against 45% for Lula, Flavio Bolsonaro received support from three former rivals, Augusto Cury, Ronaldo Caiado and Romeu Zema, who together weigh more than 5% of the vote. The second round will take place on 25 October.
A former magistrate of the Supreme Court of Venezuela said on Thursday that she had been forced to sign the document declaring the opponent Maria Corina Machado ineligible in the presidential election of 2024. The party of the latter calls for an urgent investigation and the "immediate" lifting of its ineligibility.
