Brazil creates working group on violence in schools after 2 deadly attacks in 10 days
São Paulo, Brazil – After two violent attacks in 10 days that left a teacher and four children dead, Brazil’s government announced the creation of...
Month : April 2023
Mexican presidents urges China’s Xi Jinping to combat fentanyl trafficking
Mexico City, Mexico. Mexico’s president sent a letter to Chinese leader Xi Jinping urging him to help control shipments of fentanyl from China to Mexico. Following...
Bolsonaro testifies to Brazilian investigators in Saudi jewelry scandal
São Paulo, Brazil – Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro gave a statement to the Federal Police on Wednesday regarding USD $3.2 million in jewelry he...
Man kills 4 children, injures 5 at Brazil daycare center
São Paulo, Brazil – A 25-year-old man broke into a daycare center in Blumenau, in the southern Brazilian state of Santa Catarina, and killed four...
Peru’s Public Ministry raided homes of two former prime ministers
Lima, Peru — Peru’s Public Ministry raided the homes of two former Prime Ministers of Pedro Castillo, Aníbal Torres and Betssy Chávez, on March 23...
Former minister in Pedro Castillo’s cabinet captured
Lima, Peru — Geiner Alvarado, Peru’s former Minister of Housing and a man some have called President Pedro Castillo’s right-hand man, has been captured and...
Anti-crime operation in Brazil’s Javari Valley off to slow start
São Paulo, Brazil – One month after Brazil’s government launched a major operation to combat illegal activity in the Javari Valley, Brazil’s second largest Indigenous...
Brazilian states take lead on medicinal cannabis legislation as federal government drags its feet
São Paulo, Brazil – Due to an increase in medical cannabis prescriptions, Brazilian states have passed laws to regulate the distribution of cannabis by the...
Mexican migration officials investigated in fire that killed 39 in Ciudad Juárez
Mexico City, Mexico. Secretary of Public Security Rosa Icela Rodríguez said Wednesday that authorities were investigating eight suspects for their involvement in the fire that caused...
Petro offers up presidential plane after Ultra Air becomes latest Colombian airline to go bust
Medellín, Colombia — President Gustavo Petro has ordered the use of Colombian Air Force (FAC) planes, including the presidential aircraft, to transport passengers affected by...
