Some of those suspected of murdering Haitian President Jovenel Moïse last week were informants from the DEA (US anti-drug agency) and FBI (US federal police), according to people familiar with the matter confided under cover of anonymity to CNN. One of those detained by Haitian police previously worked as an informant for the DEA, which … Read more
A day after protesters took to the streets of Cuba during anti-government protests, the island’s regime cut the internet off from the population, and platforms like WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram, and Telegram were up and running on Monday (12 ) with instability – when they did. Organized by social media, the protests angered the government, which … Read more
For Cuban political scientist Javier Corrales, it is an illusion to think that the repressive power of the island’s regime is fragile, even if the demonstrations of last Sunday (11) were a surprise because of the number of people it has gathered in different cities of Cuba. Author of books such as “Fixing Democracy” (2018) … Read more
The Venezuelan dictatorship carried out two operations against opponents on Monday (12). In one of them, former parliamentarian Freddy Guevara was approached on the road to Prados del Este, in the Las Mercedes neighborhood of Caracas, and was arrested. In the other, Special Action Force (Faes) agents armed themselves in the garage of the building … Read more
President Emmanuel Macron announced this Monday (12) that only people vaccinated against the Covid will be able to work in the health sector in France, and that certificates of absence from the Covid will be required more widely in the country, as to embark in planes and trains. and enter cinemas and restaurants. Read more … Read more
On Monday (12), Chancellor Carlos França dismissed Minister Second Class Roberto Goidanich from the presidency of the Funag (Alexandre de Gusmão Foundation), the study and debate branch of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. During Goidanich’s administration, the foundation became a stronghold of followers of writer Olavo de Carvalho and right-wing bloggers. Ambassador Márcia Loureiro, Brazilian … Read more
With an anti-system campaign, Bulgarian singer and comedian Stanislav “Slavi” Trifonov, 54, won a strong vote for his populist This People Exists (ITN) party in Sunday’s parliamentary elections (11) and won a draw. with Gerb’s center-right coalition, by Boiko Borissov, 61. Borisov had his worst electoral result since 2010, when he became Prime Minister of … Read more
It should harden, but without losing the connection. This could be Cuba’s new maxim. At the start of 2020, the island already had 7.1 million people connected, or 63% of the population. And that connectivity played a key role in Sunday’s protests (11), the largest in the country in decades. The first marches started in … Read more
The assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse took place in “a political context marked by anarchy and a society in chaos”, as defined by Haitian political scientist Joseph Harold Pierre. A country where criminal gangs have more power than the police and where the power vacuum, with the death of the president, ends up taking … Read more
In its worst phase of the pandemic, South Korea did not limit itself to imposing traditional measures to contain the coronavirus, such as social distancing or travel restrictions. The government has also banned fitness centers from playing wild music during group classes, such as aerobics or spinning. Read more (07/12/2021 – 2:15 p.m.)