Tag: Americas
Joe Biden: the case of classified documents worries the White House
A president and a former president, each targeted by a double investigation, one led by the courts, the other by the elected representatives of Congress: this is the unimaginable scenario…
Lula dismisses and replaces the head of the army after the assault on Brasilia
The purge within the Brazilian military continues two weeks after a coup attempt by supporters of former President Bolsonaro. Lula has just sacked the head of the army. With our…
US debt default: do we really risk a “global economic crisis”?
As on many occasions since the 1960s, the United States has reached its debt ceiling. The Republicans are using this economic event to force the Democrats to negotiate on social…
‘The two Pulitzers haven’t changed much’: Colson Whitehead, ‘America’s storyteller’
He still has his dreadlocks. We worried about it, with the honors due to its double Pulitzer (a double that only three authors, including Faulkner and Updike, achieved before him),…
Uncertainties in the United States, which is reaching its debt ceiling
The United States can no longer borrow money since Thursday, January 19, 2023. The debt ceiling set by Congress was reached today. The Treasury still has the means to pay…
Insurrection in Brazil: “Among the rioters, a profile returns, that of Uncle WhatsApp”
The scenes of the invasion of the Presidential Palace of Planalto, the Supreme Court and the seat of Congress, on January 8 in Brasília (Brazil), seemed unreal. Convinced that Lula…
President Biden visits California on bad weather front
US President Joe Biden will visit areas of California ravaged by a series of storms on Thursday, January 19, which killed at least 19 people. US President Joe Biden will…
PODCAST. The Amazon, symbol of the future of Brazil
In this new episode of La Loupe, Xavier Yvon explains to us how the “president of the poor” wants to unravel everything his predecessor has done, while the shadow of…
In Peru, the state of emergency extends to the capital Lima and other regions
42 people have died in the last weeks of protests. The demonstrators are still demanding the resignation of President Dina Boluarte, the dissolution of Congress and immediate elections. In response…
“God, guns, gas stoves”: gas stoves, new fad of the American right
How did gas stoves become a rallying cry for Republicans against Democrats, in the same way as the management of Covid-19 or ultra-sensitive social issues? The fire started after remarks…