Tag: Americas
death of Jimmy Carter, hated president and pilgrim of peace
While most other occupants of the position served two consecutive terms, Jimmy Carter won only one US presidential election, in 1976. After four complicated years in the White House, he…
Joe Biden regrets withdrawing his candidacy and thinks he could have beaten Donald Trump – L’Express
July 21, 2024. Joe Biden’s aborted presidential campaign ends somewhat pathetically. A month earlier, on June 27, 2024, the octogenarian president completely lost his footing against Donald Trump during a…
a risky but rather successful bet according to the Colombians
The first eight chapters of the series A hundred years of solitude, adaptation of the famous novel which earned its Colombian author Gabriel García Márquez the Nobel Prize for Literature…
Congresswoman found in nursing home suffering from dementia
A case which rekindles the debate on the age of political leaders in the United States. An 81-year-old member of the House of Representatives had been absent from Congress for…
the number of homeless people up by 18% in 2024, according to an official report
More than 770,000 people were recorded as homeless in the United States in 2024, a record which represents an increase of 18% compared to 2023. This was announced on Friday,…
Elon Musk’s positions on H-1B visa create first cracks in Trump coalition
Donald Trump is not yet in the White House when certain dissensions are already arising within his coalition. Elon Musk, the boss of Tesla, defends the importance of visas reserved…
controversy grows after the death of four teenagers found burned
On December 8, four minors disappeared in Guayaquil, in southwest Ecuador, after a football match. Initially presented as possible delinquents, the young boys – Josué Arroyo (15 years old), Ismael…
Elon Musk calls for a boycott of the online encyclopedia Wikipedia, which he considers “woke”
New episode in the war declared by Elon Musk on Wikipedia. The boss of Tesla, who should occupy a strategic position in the United States in the new administration of…
death of Desi Bouterse, the former president convicted and on the run
The former president of Suriname, Desiré Delano Bouterse, convicted of the murder of 15 people in 1982 and on the run, died at the age of 79, the government announced…
closure of the agency to combat disinformation abroad
The US Department of Foreign Affairs has announced that its office specializing in combating disinformation abroad is officially closed. The Republican majority Congress has in fact decided not to grant…