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Caribbean Updates: Martinique protests incur anti-riot police

EnergiesNet — Tue, 01 Oct 2024 19:32:17 +0000

Just Caribbean Updates Arianna Kohan and Jordi Amaral , Just Caribbean Updates September 25, 2024 As a result of escalating violence during protests over the high cost of living, Martinique officials have imposed a curfew from 9:00 pm to 5:00 am, reports the Guardian. The curfew, which is to be implemented in parts of the capital …

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Latin Brief Weekly: X v Xandão

EnergiesNet — Mon, 02 Sep 2024 08:42:26 +0000

Latin America Daily Briefing Aug 30, 2024 Jordana Timerman Brazilian Supreme Court justice Alexandre de Moraes escalated a feud with billionaire Elon Musk yesterday — and Brazil is bracing for a potential shutdown in access to the X social media platform. The feud started earlier this year, when Moraes ordered X to block certain accounts …

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Latam Brief: Petro punished in regional elections (October 30, 2023)

EnergiesNet — Mon, 30 Oct 2023 17:51:53 +0000

Colombian President Gustavo Petro’s Historical Pact coalition was trounced in regional elections yesterday, widely seen as a referendum on the government. The elections are a return to the political status quo after a wave of alternative candidates rode to victory in 2019, according to El País. “The main mayoralties and governorships were won by politicians …

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Latam Brief: Lula and Biden celebrate democracy(February 13, 2023)

EnergiesNet — Mon, 13 Feb 2023 17:17:00 +0000

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and his U.S. counterpart, Joe Biden, presented themselves as joint defenders of democracy, contrasted with their fake-news addicted predecessors, at a meeting in Washington DC on Friday. (See Friday’s post.) “Both of our democracies have been tested of late,” Biden said as he welcomed Lula at the White House, …

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Latam Brief: Angry police riot in Haiti (January 27, 2022)

EnergiesNet — Fri, 27 Jan 2023 15:35:51 +0000

Hundreds of armed men claiming to be police officers attacked the Haitian prime minister’s residence and the country’s main airport, yesterday. Dozens of armed men — some dressed as civilians and others wearing hoods along with police uniforms, flak jackets and rifles and automatic weapons — rioted in Port-au-Prince yesterday. They seized buses to blockade …

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Caribbean updates: Landmark suit against Guyana’s oil extraction ( January 18, 2023)

EnergiesNet — Thu, 19 Jan 2023 21:33:26 +0000

A landmark lawsuit in Guyana seeks to overturn the country’s agreement with ExxonMobil to extract Guyana’s vast stores of petroleum. Lawyer Melinda Janki argues the government’s approval of Exxon’s operations violates constitution’s guarantee of a healthy environment to both current and future citizens, reports Wired Magazine. It is the first case in which this provision has …

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