Tag: Latin America
How Ecuador sank into the cartels, cocaine and guns combo
Images of chaos in the streets of Ecuador. After the escape of drug trafficker Fito and the spectacular hostage-taking live on a television set, Ecuador has fallen into an “internal…
What is happening in the country placed in a state of “internal armed conflict”?
Live shooting on a television set, prison guards or police officers taken hostage, schools and stores closed… For more than three days, Ecuador has been plunged, according to its president,…
At least 14 Catholic priests arrested in two weeks
In Nicaragua, a massive wave of arrests has taken place since December 20, even arousing the concern of Pope Francis. Priest Gustavo Sandino, from the department of Jinotega (north), is…
The Latin American Film Days Munich (Lafita) starts on November 29th – Munich
The world is looking at Argentina and its new president: The right-wing populist Javier Milei wants to turn the crisis-ridden country upside down with a “chainsaw plan”. The hero of…
War in Ukraine LIVE: The new Argentine president proposes a summit in kyiv…
THE ESSENTIALArgentinian President-elect Javier Milei on Wednesday proposed to President Volodymyr Zelensky to organize a summit between Ukraine and Latin American countries in Argentina, as part of one of his…
Javier Milei, a new president with shocking promises and “tied hands”
Jair Bolsonaro wanted to “change the destiny of Brazil”, Javier Milei promises to tackle Argentina’s problems “with a chainsaw”. The former Argentine television polemicist, aged 53, won the presidential election…
Why does the murder of Baena, a non-binary “icon”, cause such a stir?
It’s an earthquake in Mexico. The body of Jesus Ociel Baena, an icon of non-binarity, was found Monday in a house in Aguascalientes, in the north of the country, next…
The migration crisis at the southern border, a time bomb for Joe Biden?
From our correspondent in the United States, “The crisis at the border will destroy New York. The city we love, we are on the verge of losing it. » The…
How the favorite and populist Javier Milei is taking advantage of the economic crisis
Argentine democracy is experiencing its midlife crisis. Nearly 36 million Argentines are expected to go to the polls this Sunday to elect the next president, with the outgoing Alberto Fernandez…
The Colombian artist Fernando Botero is dead. – Culture
Almost everyone has seen his spherical figures; in many places around the world they are part of the cityscape: in Singapore it is a fat bird, in Jerusalem it is…