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- Venezuela’s anti-socialist opposition has faltered2019 was a banner year for Juan Guaido, a relatively obscure Venezuelan lawmaker who announced to a crowd of thousands in the heart of Caracas that he, and he alone, was Venezuela’s new interim president. The United States and dozens of other countries in Europe and Latin America quickly fo...
- ‘OK, Mexico, save me’: After China, this is where globalization may leadMEXICO CITY –As American companies recalibrate the risks of relying on Chinese factories to make their goods, some are shifting business to a country far closer to home: Mexico.
The unfolding trend known as “near-shoring” has drawn the attention of no less than Walmart, the g...
- Brazil's Lula: president to pariah and backBrasilia (Brazil) –Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who rose from poverty to Brazil's presidency before crashing into disgrace in a corruption scandal, made a spectacular comeback as leader of Latin America's biggest economy at age 77.
Lula, as he is affectionately known, took o...
- Pakistan to Argentina: 5 key elections across the world to watch out for in 2023Predicting the outcome of national elections can be a mug’s game. Polls are often wrong, and second-guessing how people will vote months down the line can leave even the most savvy election specialist with egg on their face.
In short, there are too many unknowns — the state of the ec...
- In El Salvador, a tough anti-gang crackdown proves popularSAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — Nine months into a state of emergency declared by President Nayib Bukele to fight street gangs, El Salvador has seen more than 1,000 documented human rights abuses and about 90 deaths of prisoners in custody. And Bukele’s popularity ratings have so...
- The Year When the Most Cubans Left for the United StatesSince January of this year ending, 2.4% of the 11.1 million inhabitants of the island of Cuba have emigrated to the United States
There have been several waves of migration, but never before have so many Cubans arrived in the United States in a single year as in 2022.
As of November, they number...
- Brazil gives Lula another chanceThe leader of Brazil’s left-wing Workers’ Party – who served as president from 2003 until 2010 – takes office this Sunday, bringing an end to four years of right-wing rule under Jair Bolsonaro
Four years after electing afar-right populistwho filled his admin...
- King Pelé And The Beautiful GamepYou might never have heard of Pelé if his great-grandparents had been taken as slaves to Argentina instead of Brazil. At the end of slave trade in the 19th century, Argentina was systematically “whitened”. Blacks were reportedly sent to the hottest battlefields in the War of In...
- Argentina hero Messi welcomed into 'Triple Crown' club by Brazil legend Kaka after 2022 World Cup successKaka has welcomed Lionel Messi into an exclusive "Triple Crown" club after his 2022 World Cup success with Argentina.
WHAT HAPPENED?The Brazil and AC Milan legend has inducted Paris Saint-Germain superstar Messi into a very exclusive club that consists of only nine players. Kaka posted a screens...
- Brazil's Lula calls for peace at meetings with Russia, Ukraine representativesBrazilian President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva met on Saturday with representatives of Russia and Ukraine ahead of his inauguration and called for an end to the war between the two countries.
Lula, who will be sworn in on Sunda...