Fifteen officials linked to former president Guadalupe Taddei have left Mexico’s national election authority. Auditors are examining its contracts, and no wrongdoing has been proven. Fifteen officials at Mexico’s National Electoral Institute (INE), which runs federal elections, have resigned since…
Three Brazilian stories from one week: a close election and the challenge to it, a one-day stock-market rout, and a bank-fraud investigation. Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva won Brazil’s presidential runoff on Sunday, 25 October, with about 51.8% of valid votes. The…
Three separate Mexican stories from one week: an exodus at the national election agency, the killing of a local councilman and his wife, and a cartel arrest. Fifteen officials have left Mexico’s Instituto Nacional Electoral (INE), the agency that runs…
by Angela Priestley | 6 hours ago Flávio Bolsonaro was ordered to hand over his passports on Monday. By Wednesday, he had landed in Miami and announced he would lead Brazil’s opposition from Trump’s America. It was quite the exit for a…
Defying expectations to win an unprecedented fourth term in office, Lula - who turns 81 this week - said in his acceptance speech that "we will show the world how climate policy is handled in this country", and highlighted that, during his last…
Former minister Jennifer Whiteside has been named the interim leader of the BC NDP after the party’s crushing defeat in last weekend’s election.
Bolsonaro has refused to concede and has positioned himself as the “leader of Brazil” while declaring that there was electoral fraud, without providing evidence. In a letter on Wednesday, the senator for Rio de Janeiro said he relocated to the…
An undisputed leader of the Mexican left, Cárdenas was the son of one of the country’s most popular presidents — Gen. Lázaro Cárdenas. He was respected by allies and critics alike. Cárdenas played a pivotal role in Mexico’s democratization, beginning with…
A Reuters-cited ally says Flávio Bolsonaro traveled to the United States despite a reported travel ban, while officials dispute his whereabouts and the circumstances of his departure.
WASHINGTON, DC: The defeat of President Donald Trump’s ally Flávio Bolsonaro in Brazil’s presidential election led the latter to flee to the United States. Soon after, a rumor is circulating online claiming that Trump and Bolsonaro had agreed to be co-presidents…
The left in Latin America and Canada: Lula's Brazil, Sheinbaum's Mexico, the Andes and the NDP.
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