The Democrat-controlled US House of Representatives on Thursday passed a law that paves the way for the legalization of millions of undocumented immigrants. With 228 votes for (including 9 Republicans) and 197 against, the American Dream and Promise Act of 2021 constitutes a first step for young undocumented migrants brought to the United States in … Read more
Teams of the federal police, as well as civil and military agents from Roraima, invaded, Wednesday (17), a refugee shelter managed by Pastoral do Migrante which welcomes around 55 Venezuelan women and children in Pacaraima. The nun who runs the place, Sister Ana Maria da Silva, 60, was arrested and taken to the police station … Read more
The first American and Chinese diplomatic summit began with extremely harsh words from one side to the other, confirming the expectation of two days of difficult conversations in Anchorage, Alaska. They sat at the table to debate the points of the central geopolitical conflict of the 21st century, Secretary of State Antony Blinken and National … Read more
As much of Latin America faces slow or interrupted vaccination campaigns, steeped in misinformation and deviation scandals, Chile has become a model of vaccination in the region. With a campaign launched on December 24, the country has already applied at least one dose to 28% of its 18.7 million people, and the goal is to … Read more
US President Joe Biden said on Thursday (18) that the goal of enforcing 100 million doses of the Covid-19 vaccine during his first 100 days in government will be met on Friday (19). Find out more (03/18/2021 – 6:31 p.m.)
It is impossible to understand what is happening in Brazil today without mentioning the institutional coup d’état of 2016. The dimension of the current Brazilian crisis cannot be reached without considering this institutional rupture. Its accomplishment symbolizes the end of the Brazilian democratic period that began in the 1980s (the New Republic) and opened the … Read more
On board the ship Valk, about 600 Jews left Recife, in Pernambuco, expelled by the Portuguese. It was the end of the Dutch occupation in Brazil and also of the freedom to practice their religion. They wanted to return to their homeland – Holland, where the worship of Judaism was allowed due to Calvinism. From … Read more
In the litigation for mayor of New York, there is an invisible limit that has never been crossed, but which has continued to be mentioned by several women candidates this year: the city has already had 109 mayors, including none were female. For this reason, this hurdle has been in the spotlight at meetings like … Read more
Paraguay, this island surrounded by land and far from the mundane noise that we hear little about, shows signs of having had enough. In the streets and on the networks, the simple and forceful expression of rejection “let them go” is repeated. As the second or third wave – we’ve lost count – of the … Read more
The Ile-de-France region, where Paris is located, and five other French departments enter this Friday in “confinement for adults”, announced Thursday (18) the French Prime Minister, Jean Castex. Over the next four weeks, people will be able to leave their homes, but they will not be able to move more than 10 km from their … Read more