From Serbia and Brazil to Israel and the US, four elections in 10 days have weakened Israel's diplomatic position, threatened key alliances, and raised questions about its political future.
Speaking to the crowd, Ambassador Dagan encouraged people to commit to fighting Jew-hatred as a way of honoring the memory of those who died in the Holocaust.
Dozens of Santas gathered at Rio de Janeiro's iconic Christ the Redeemer statue to celebrate their graduation. The 55 new recruits are preparing to spread Christmas cheer across Brazil.
Nick Timoney, Craig Casey and Sean Jansen will start for Ireland against Argentina in the Nations Championship on Friday night with Jamison Gibson-Park and Josh van der Flier on the bench at the Aviva Stadium.
VATICAN CITY, Holy See — Pope Leo XIV is 'so excited' to return to Peru and refused to cut anything from his packed South America schedule despite his recent lung operation, the Vatican said Tuesday.
'We don't need more negotiations. What we need is for governments to start taking action,' says COP30 president Correa do Lago, who led last November's UN climate summit in Belem
Cop30 host sets out steps to break link with coal, oil and gas as it aims to move focus from negotiating to implementingAll countries can start to break their dependence on fossil fuels now without needing to wait for new technologies or economic changes, Brazil’s government has said ahead of a global climate summit…
CHICLAYO, Peru — A luckless Peruvian town that has for centuries been dismissed as cursed is hoping for a new lease on life when Pope Leo visits this month.
Jailing opponents or condemning them to death is what dictatorships do, not democracies — but around the world and even in the US, democracy isn’t what it used to be.
Scientists have discovered what they consider the strongest evidence yet of blood cells in a dinosaur fossil inside bone from the right leg of a medium-sized meat-eater that prowled Brazil some 115 million years ago during the Cretaceous Period. The researchers identified numerous microscopic structures in bone from…
From hairless Xoloitzcuintle dog parades and giant kites, to candle-lit processions, mourners across Latin America marked the Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) with festive celebrations. Day of the Dead, which takes place over several days, dates back thousands of years to the Aztecs, who believed that death was …
CARACAS — At least 19 people were killed in the Venezuelan army’s recent attack on a Colombian guerrilla group’s camp inside Venezuela, an NGO and source close to the operation said Sunday.
WASHINGTON, United States — The International Monetary Fund and Honduras reached an agreement on the final review of the Latin American country's bailout package, clearing the way for the release of $120 million in funds, according to a statement released late Sunday.
After 28 years, British adventurer Karl Bushby arrived back home on Monday after a 50,000km (31,000-mile) trek from Chile across four continents without using any transport to progress. Bushby, who set off on his odyssey from South America in 1998, had two golden rules for his journey: avoid all forms of transport t…
Four US citizens and one each from Canada, Japan, Argentina, Mexico, Tunisia and the Czech Republic were among the 69 killed in last week's high-speed train collision in Spain, authorities said.
K-pop supergroup BTS' recent Latin American tour drew some 853,000 fans across 14 sold-out concerts, the group's agency said Monday. The tour began in Bogota last month and continued across Lima, Santiago, Buenos Aires and Sao Paulo, according to Big Hit Music. The members were quoted as saying they were "immensely …
Rubio Claims US Had No Direct Role In Bolsonaro's Departure From Brazil Authored by Tom Gantert via The Epoch Times,Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Saturday that the United States did not directly help Brazilian presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro leave Brazil for the United States after his election loss."T…
VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV is about to embark on one of the most ambitious papal foreign trips in decades, touring Uruguay, Argentina and his adopted homeland Peru, despite recent lung cancer surgery.
Lula's victory alone cannot loosen the US and Israeli grip on Latin America Submitted by Jodor Jalit on Thu, 10/29/2026 - 01:44 Brazil's president has defied Trump and condemned the genocide in Gaza, but a divided electorate and powerful right-wing neighbours limit hopes of a regional shift Brazilian President Luiz …
Former Mossad agent facilitated Flavio Bolsonaro's escape from Brazil, report says A former Mossad agent who became a naturalised US citizen helped Brazilian Senator Flavio Bolsonaro leave the country in defiance of a judicial order barring him from travelling abroad, CNN Brasil has reported, citing findings from a …
Argentina is the latest country seeking to lure investors with an investment-for-citizenship programme, providing another residency and diversification option for the wealthy, including those from mainland China and Hong Kong, according to analysts. Buenos Aires in October announced two principal investment routes f…
There are many explanations for the incumbent president’s win over Flávio Bolsonaro, but analysts – and he – point to reinvention of his social media useFour days before his stunning electoral comeback, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Brazil’s president, got his first smartphone.Lula, who turned 81 last Tuesday, had long…
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Brazilian Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira agreed to meet again before the G-20 summit in December in Miami, Bloomberg reported.
In an Instagram livestream, the defeated Brazilian conservative presidential candidate says he and his wife fled to the United States "without anyone knowing".
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Fujimori, who assumed the presidency in July, had expressed her interest during her election campaign in building a prison like the one in El Salvador.
Brazilian media ridicule defeated candidate over ‘shameful’ absconsion to US and bizarre letter with wrong coat of armsFlávio Bolsonaro had hoped that by Sunday night people would be calling him the next president of Brazil.Instead, the far-right politician’s decision to flee to the US after losing the election and …
Elections are never enough by themselves, but the stunning results from Serbia, Brazil and Hungary have given us hope in dark timesIt is undoubtedly too early to declare victory, but the recent electoral defeats of Viktor Orbán, Aleksandar Vučić and Flávio Bolsonaro make me wonder: is 2026 turning out to be the year…
A 29-year-old former British paratrooper set off from Chile in 1998 aiming to walk back to the UK. Four continents and thousands of kilometres later, he’s on the final stretch.
The left's celebration of Brazilian President Luiz Inácio “Lula” da Silva’s reelection victory is more reason to worry about Democrats sweeping next week's US midterms.
In a viral wave of mockery, Brazilian pop star Anitta declared herself free of cellulite, one influencer declared himself the “true president” of Twitter, and another social media user proclaimed himself the winner of the next lottery. The target of the taunts was Flavio Bolsonaro, who – after fleeing to the US foll…
The trouncing of the far right provides a playbook for social and environmental movements in other countries facing elections, including the US, Spain and FranceThank you, Brazil, for demonstrating how the far right can be trounced while protection for the Amazon is strengthened. In a world where nature and democrac…
US President Donald Trump on Thursday stepped up criticism of Brazil's 'disgraceful' presidential election, declining to say whether he recognized leftist Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's victory over right-wing ally Flavio Bolsonaro.