Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro replaces six ministers as Covid crisis balloons
Resignation letters were released by now ex-ministers throughout the day, with Former Defense Minister Fernando Azevedo e Silva releasing a...
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Mexico’s Covid-19 death toll may be 60% higher than officially reported
The new Health Ministry report suggests that a total of more than 321,000 people have likely died from Covid-19 since...
Bolsonaro ordered to pay ‘moral damages’ to journalist
Bolsonaro suggested last year that Patrícia Campos Mello, a reporter for the paper, had offered sex to a source for...
As Covid-19 deaths soar in Brazil, Bolsonaro says there’s a ‘war’ against him
In the coastal city of Rio de Janeiro, intensive care units are 95% full. Fifteen other state capitals are similarly...
Lula da Silva: Brazil’s former President leaves door open for return as he slams leaders’ pandemic response
In an exclusive interview with CNN's Christiane Amanpour, the former leader, often referred to as Lula, said the world is...
Bolivia’s ex-interim president arrested as political tensions reach new highs
Government Minister Carlos Eduardo del Castillo del Carpio confirmed Áñez's arrest. At least two of the former ministers have also...
It’s been a ‘mixed bag’, but most Canadian schools have kept students in class
Several of those buses passed Romana Siddiqui's home as she hustled her children out the door for school and handed...
Protests in Haiti as political standoff continues
"Those of us fighting, who want another Haiti, a Haiti pearl of the Antilles, say no to the dictatorship," one...
Trudeau warns of a dangerous third wave as Canada copes with a vaccine ‘drought’
"We have to keep taking strong public health measures," said Trudeau during a news conference Friday adding, "otherwise we could...
Mexico will file complaint at UN over unequal vaccine distribution
Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard told reporters Tuesday that the Mexican delegation to the United Nations will file a complaint at...
How Brazil gambled on unproven drugs to fight Covid-19
After repeatedly promoting the potential for chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine to both prevent and mitigate the effects of Covid-19, Bolsonaro himself...
The healthcare workers watching from afar as rich countries begin vaccine rollout
The 46-year-old emergency specialist manages intensive care units (ICUs) at the Cardiovascular Hospital in Soacha, a working-class suburb of Colombia's...
Canada will list the Proud Boys movement as a terrorist group
The Proud Boys will be deemed an "ideologically motivated violent extremist group" along with three others: Atomwaffen Division, The Base...
Peru orders lockdowns amid crippling second Covid-19 wave
The country is also racing to address a shortage of intensive care unit (ICU) beds for Covid-19 patients, Peru's President...
Chile triggers national panic by mistakenly sending tsunami warning after quake
On Saturday evening at 8:36 p.m., the country's interior ministry tweeted a warning that a magnitude 7.1 earthquake had struck,...
Canadians call out leaders for breaking their own Covid-19 rules
After the family waited five years to go on a charity-sponsored trip to Hawaii, it was postponed indefinitely due to...
Argentina’s Senate approves historic bill to legalize abortion
The Senate voted 38-29 to give millions of women access to legal terminations under a new law supported by President...
