The attempt to silence one of the most prominent investigative reporters in Latin America, Gustavo Gorriti, has sparked international solidarity…
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A Brazilian Supreme Court judge has opened an inquiry into US billionaire Elon Musk after he said he would reactive X (formerly Twitter) accounts, that the judge had ordered to be blocked. Musk took to his social media platform saying that the restrictions on the X accounts had been lifted because the court order was unconstitutional.
Brigitte García, Ecuador’s youngest mayor, has been shot dead. The 27-year-old, along with her press officer, was discovered deceased in a car on Sunday in the town of San Vicente, where she had triumphed in the mayoral election just last year.
In Santiago, Cuba’s second-largest city, hundreds of people staged a rare public demonstration on Sunday to protest continued power outages and food shortages.
This development follows a series of attacks orchestrated by gangs targeting the airport, police stations, and prisons throughout the week. These groups are advocating for the removal of Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry.
Reports indicate that he arrived in the capital, San Juan, on Tuesday after departing from New Jersey in the US. His whereabouts had been unknown for several days following a trip to Kenya.
Gang leaders say they want to force Prime Minister Ariel Henry to resign. The groups who want him to quit control around 80% of Port-au-Prince.
Bonaire is the latest victim of oil contamination stemming from the barge, which ran aground earlier this month.
