Tag: Americas
beatification ceremony for four victims of the civil war
The beatification ceremony of four religious and lay people murdered in 1977 and 1980 during the cruel civil war took place this Saturday in El Salvador. Considered martyrs of the…
International meeting on the “future of Haiti” in Canada: its detractors denounce a new “sprinkling”
On Friday, January 21, Canada chaired an international meeting on Haiti attended by the Prime Minister of Haiti and representatives of 19 partner countries, the United Nations and other organizations…
Gabriel Boric unveils a majority female government
In Chile, the future left-wing president Gabriel Boric, soon to be 36, will take office on March 11. And this Friday morning, he unveiled his first government from a museum…
the death of Elza Soares, the black diva of Brazilian music at 91
The photos of Elza Soares occupy the front pages of all the Brazilian press: millennial voice “, for Folha de Sao Paulo, “ voice of resistance ” for Oh Dia,…
three police officers tried for their passivity in the murder of George Floyd
A white policeman has already been sentenced to 22 years in prison for asphyxiating African-American George Floyd. It is now the turn of three of his colleagues to be tried…
a maternity hospital must close in Haiti, an armed gang stole his electric generator
The maternity hospital in question is the Sainte-Croix hospital in Léogâne, a town located some 40 kilometers southwest of the Haitian capital. ” On Wednesday, a gang from the Martissant…
Argentina in turn hit by surge in Omicron cases
The country records on average more than 100,000 new contaminations per day, with a positivity rate which rises up to 70%, more than any other country in the world. As…
who is John Joel Joseph, the ex-senator arrested in Jamaica?
John Joel Joseph is wanted by Haitian police for his alleged role in the July 7 assassination of President Jovenel Moïse. A few days later the assassination of Jovenel Moïse,…
The head of Canadian diplomacy in Europe for a support visit to Ukraine
Canadian Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly begins a visit to Ukraine this Sunday, January 16, but also to France for a bilateral meeting with the French Minister for Europe and Foreign…
In New York State, nearly 800,000 residents are threatened with eviction
In New York, where it is -12 degrees, thousands of residents risk finding themselves on the streets with the end, this Saturday, of the moratorium on evictions. The associations multiply…