By Camilo Montoya-Gálvez – CBS NEWS
After a recent internal review, the Biden administration decided to maintain a pandemic-era order put in place under former President Donald Trump that authorizes the rapid deportation of migrants from the U.S.-Mexico border, the...
by Maurizio Sacchi
Gustavo Petro is the new President of Colombia. With 11 million votes and 50.57 per cent, together with his deputy Francia Marquez, he beat the right-wing populist Rodolfo Hernàndez by a margin of around 700,000 votes. "It...
by Maurizio Sacchi
Haiti sinks deeper and deeper into violence and chaos. It has been without a prime minister since 12 March, when Ariel Henry resigned after armed gangs prevented him from returning from Kenya, where he had signed an...
By Emanuele Profumo from Santiago, Chile
Santiago - The next 4 September, in less than two weeks, Chile will decide what country it wants to become. After the Estallido Social of 2019, the most important popular uprising since the return...
By Maurizio Sacchi
On 4 September, Chileans will have to decide whether to approve or reject the 499-article draft of the new Constitution, which resulted from the November 2019 protests, the 'reventón'. Despite the overwhelming victory of the Left in...
by Maurizio Sacchi
Javier Milei, an ultra-liberal economist, leads the primaries with 30% of the polls, followed by the Peronist Sergio Massa (21%) and the conservative Patricia Bullrich (almost 17%). The sum of the votes between Bullrich and another candidate...
By Maurizio Sacchi
Gustavo Petro, the country's first left-wing president in the 200 years of its independence, took office as president of Colombia on 7 August 2022. "This is the government of life, of peace, and it will be remembered...
by Maurizio Sacchi
Visiting Port-au-Prince on 3 July, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for a "robust international force" to help the Haitian police fight criminal gangs. It was Guterres' first visit to Haiti as UN chief. "We must put Haiti...
By Maurizio Sacchi
The Department of Correction, South Carolina's prison authority, announced last Friday that it was preparing to carry out death sentences by firing squad. The decision and the measure were taken in order to circumvent the obstacles that...
By Carlotta Zaccarelli
A medal for indigenous merit. This is the recognition awarded to the Brazilian president on 15 March. It was awarded by the Ministry of Justice and Public Security for his "important selfless services in favour of the...
