Clashes in the province of Chincheros, Apurímac, between members of the community and the national police resulted in the death of a second person. This brings the number of dead in Apurímac to four,' writes El Comercio, 'and there...
by Maurizio Sacchi
Brazil's newly appointed Economy Minister Paulo Guedes predicted on November 22nd that the country's gross debt will fall to 74.3 per cent of GDP in 2022, the lowest level since 2018 (75.3 per cent). At a press...
With the first partial results of the midterm elections in the United States, the feared Republican wave seems not to have come true. While the Republicans won the House (although not by the large margin they had hoped), the...
By Maurizio Sacchi
Brazil held its breath for 48 hours of silence. Then, Jair Bolsonaro admitted his defeat and recognised the legitimacy of Lula Inacio da Silva's claim, two days after the election results were announced. Now begins the transition...
Although UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres suggested sending a 'rapid action force' to Haiti earlier this month, the UN remains divided on whether to send an international force to help Haiti after its government made a 'distress call', Euronews...
By Alessandro De Pascale
Half a century after the global war on drugs, launched and imposed on the entire world by the United States (then led by Richard Nixon) more and more nations are calling for a reversal of that...
By Emanuele Profumi from Santiago, Chile
"I feel at the edge of a precipice. I feel dizzy. The Chilean reality is going to be very hard now. We have been experiencing a very deep crisis for a long time: political,...
By Gianni Beretta
On the streets of the rural town of Matagalpa (in northern Nicaragua), the day of August 4th must have looked like a TV series in the making: Bishop Rolando Alvarez appeared, raising the monstrance and blessing on...
By Emanuele Profumo from Santiago, Chile
Santiago - The next 4 September, in less than two weeks, Chile will decide what country it wants to become. After the Estallido Social of 2019, the most important popular uprising since the return...
By Maurizio Sacchi
Gustavo Petro, the country's first left-wing president in the 200 years of its independence, took office as president of Colombia on 7 August 2022. "This is the government of life, of peace, and it will be remembered...
