Tension in Bolivia as Morales issues 24-hour ultimatum to Arce government | Protests News

Tension in Bolivia as Morales issues 24-hour ultimatum to Arce government | Protests News

Anti-government protesters have clashed with supporters of President Luis Arce in Bolivia’s capital, La Paz, as fears grow of further unrest in the Andean nation mired in an economic crisis ahead of next year’s presidential election. Riot police and supporters of Arce gathered to defend the government on Monday evening…

Hurricane John strikes Mexico’s Pacific coast south of Acapulco | Weather News

Hurricane John strikes Mexico’s Pacific coast south of Acapulco | Weather News

Hurricane John hit the same coastal area of Mexico where Hurricane Otis ravaged Acapulco last year, killing 47 people. Hurricane John has struck Mexico’s southern Pacific coast with fierce winds and heavy rainfall after strengthening from tropical storm to major hurricane in a matter of hours. John’s rapid intensification caught…

Elon Musk’s wars: Brazil to Australia, UK to US, the X owner’s many battles | Explainer News

Elon Musk’s wars: Brazil to Australia, UK to US, the X owner’s many battles | Explainer News

Throughout history, the world’s richest people — almost all men — have often operated from the shadows, taking on governments they don’t like quietly. Not the world’s current richest man. In recent months, Elon Musk has taken on government after government, mostly left or liberal administrations, in public online wars…

Kenya’s Ruto lands in Haiti to assess police mission as insecurity deepens | Police News

Kenya’s Ruto lands in Haiti to assess police mission as insecurity deepens | Police News

Kenyan President William Ruto has landed in the Haitian capital to assess a Kenya-led security mission in the Caribbean nation, a day after a United Nations expert warned that Haiti faced deepening violence and insecurity. In a statement on Saturday, a spokesperson for Ruto said the Kenyan leader would “visit…

Haiti sets up council to prepare for first elections since 2016 | Elections News

Haiti sets up council to prepare for first elections since 2016 | Elections News

Country is mired in political strife with international peacekeepers drafted in to restore stability. Haiti’s government has set up a provisional electoral council to prepare the troubled Caribbean country for its first general elections since 2016. The electoral council represents groups including farmers, journalists, human rights activists and the Vodou…

Bolivia braces for turmoil as antigovernment protesters begin march | Protests News

Bolivia braces for turmoil as antigovernment protesters begin march | Protests News

A simmering political battle between former allies is threatening to boil over into an all-out struggle for power after Bolivia’s popular and controversial former leftist president, Evo Morales, called on supporters to take to the streets in protest against current President Luis Arce. Morales announced a weeklong “March to Save Bolivia”…

Venezuela intensified ‘repressive machinery’ after Maduro re-election: UN | Nicolas Maduro News

Venezuela intensified ‘repressive machinery’ after Maduro re-election: UN | Nicolas Maduro News

Crackdown following Nicolas Maduro’s contested re-election in July has left 25 dead and 2,400 in jail. Venezuela’s government has unleashed an unprecedented wave of repression following the contested re-election of Nicolas Maduro in July’s presidential election, a United Nations fact-finding mission has reported. Maduro’s victory in the disputed vote saw…

Firefighters battle wildfires choking Brazilian capital | Drought News

Firefighters battle wildfires choking Brazilian capital | Drought News

Firefighters have been battling wildfires spreading through a national park in Brazil and choking the capital, Brasilia, in smoke. More than 490 firefighters on Monday were trying to extinguish blazes that have already burned through 2,000 hectares (4,942 acres) of the Brasilia National Park conservation area. It’s just the latest…