Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega was sworn into office for his fourth consecutive term yesterday, and the second with his wife, Rosario Murillo at his side as vice president, consolidating the country’s autocratic governance after a sham election last year. (Reuters) Ortega promised to return the country to its pre-April, 2018 “economic growth,” a pointed reference …
A Venezuelan opposition candidate won a special gubernatorial election in Barinas state yesterday — a significant blow against Nicolás Maduro’s government. Garrido obtained 55.36 percent of the vote, according to the National Electoral Council (CNE), while his opponent, former foreign minister Jorge Arreaza, obtained 41.26. (Efecto Cocuyo) The special election was organized after an opposition contender in …
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News Briefs Mexico An SUV filled with 10 bodies was left outside the office of Mexico’s Zacatacas state governor. Authorities said the bodies had apparent signs of beating and bruising. Zacatecas has become one of the most violent regions of the country due to turf wars among rival gangs, reports the Guardian. Murders have spiked in …
News Briefs Brazil Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva have polarized this year’s presidential race in Brazil, leaving little room for alternative candidates, reports Americas Quarterly in a “Meet the Candidates.” “Bolsonaro’s years of misrule have left a yearning for stability” in Brazil. “Even conservative elites are adjusting to …
