A few weeks before the first round, the two candidates leading the polls -Bolsonaro and Lula da Silva- must answer for their ties to the former banker Daniel Vorcaro, while fraud in the pension system, investigations against the president’s son, and tensions between the Federal Police, the Supreme Federal Court, and the Superior Electoral Court take center stage in the campaign.
The escalation of violence and movement restrictions are worsening health needs in the Palestinian territories.
At least 500 of the 900 missing workers in the Nepalese hydroelectric industry are believed to remain trapped in tunnels of energy projects affected by the floods. Experts argue that these structures, made for truck passage, provide space and oxygen to survive, although time is running out.
“No ship has hit mines in the Strait of Hormuz,” pointed out the United States Central Command.
According to The Washington Post, conservative veterans with large followings on social media have been hired by the Department of Defense and are amplifying Pete Hegseth’s battles in the culture war.
Admiral Juan Carlos Romay also emphasized the importance for the South American nation of the South Atlantic, due to its projection towards Antarctica and the growing interest of other nations in the area.
Venezuela aims to receive more than 100 billion dollars in investments and to resume large-scale exploitation of its enormous oil reserves. In exchange, the United States obtains a significant stake in part of the production for decades. In an interview with France 24, petroleum law specialist César Mata warns of the risk of deepening an exclusively extractive model. All this amid a war with Iran that has driven up fuel prices in the U.S.
Upon his arrest in Bolivia for the attempted femicide of his ex-partner, lawyer Nadia Beller, the disgraced Argentine consultant of right-wing leaders in Latin America now faces a new preventive detention in the framework of the case for illicit enrichment.
A country that until a few years ago was appreciated for its safety has seen its homicide rate reach numbers like those of Mexico.
“Our weapons are an absolute guarantee to defend our sovereignty,” said a spokesperson from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.