Tag: Americas
president threatens to make inmates ‘pay’ if gangs don’t stop violence
El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele threatened on Monday (March 28) to attack some 16,000 imprisoned gang members if they did not stop their killings. The Parliament of the Central American…
Joe Biden’s diplomatic mess that could be expensive
” For God’s sake, this man can’t stay in power are the words of Joe Biden in Poland this weekend about Vladimir Putin. The White House and Secretary of State…
62 homicides in a single day, gangs singled out
Police have announced that they have recorded 62 homicides in El Salvador on Saturday March 26 alone, attributed to gangs. The country’s parliament is considering declaring a state of emergency…
In the Caribbean, the tour of Prince William and Kate Middleton turns to discomfiture
In the Caribbean, the tour of Prince William and his wife Kate Middleton has just ended. The grandson of the Queen of England Elizabeth II visited several Commonwealth countries in…
students demonstrate, a first since Boric came to power
This Friday, March 25, in Chile, thousands of students demonstrated across the country to demand free education and better living conditions. From our correspondent in Santiago, Naila Derroisne This mobilization…
IMF approves $44 billion in aid
The board of directors of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved on Friday March 25 an aid program for Argentina of 44 billion dollars with an immediate disbursement of 9.65…
US President Joe Biden in Poland
Joe Biden will speak about the humanitarian crisis caused by the war in Ukraine, explains USA Today : “ more than two million Ukrainians have fled to Poland since the…
US President Joe Biden in Europe for a series of international summits
US President Joe Biden arrives in Brussels on March 23 for a three-day trip to Europe which will then take him to Poland. He will participate in three international summits,…
After Hurricane Ida last year, Louisiana hit by a violent tornado
A tornado hit Louisiana in the southern United States on Tuesday evening, killing at least one person and destroying many homes. Another setback for a region that has yet to…
in Nicaragua, conviction of Cristiana Chamorro
Eight years in prison for the “pre-candidate”, title Confidential : the journalist had not even had time to appear for the presidential election last November: she had been arrested in…