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by Sebastian Smith Agence France Presse RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazill (AFP) — The Brazilian army said Thursday it is sending elite troops and military aviation to a state where more than 100 people are reported to have been killed since police went on strike. More reinforcements were being deployed to the southeastern state of Espirito Santo, where 1,200 soldiers arrived earlier this week after chaos broke out when police went on strike demanding better pay. […]
SANTIAGO, Chile (AFP) — Authorities have detained 43 people suspected of stoking some of the deadly Chilean forest fires that have killed 11 people and destroyed large swaths of land, President Michelle Bachelet said Sunday. For nearly two weeks, fires have raged across seven regions in the south and central Chile, devastating more than 400,000 hectares (988,000 acres), Bachelet said in her latest update on the tragedy. She added that 43 people had been detained […]
PANAMA CITY, Panama (AFP) — Panama is suspending its probe into the Panama Papers, the leak of a legal firm’s files on clients who stored assets in opaque offshore companies, prosecutors said Tuesday. The records from the Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca revealed the names of leaders, politicians, celebrities and wealthy individuals from around the world who used the firm to create offshore entities to hide their assets. A legal challenge on constitutional grounds required […]
by Johannes MYBURGH Agence France-Presse NATAL, Brazil (AFP) – Stick-wielding inmates hurled stones and lit fires Thursday in a Brazilian jail where dozens were previously massacred, as authorities struggled to contain a spreading wave of gang violence. Police fired rubber bullets to try to separate two groups of inmates as they fought a pitched battled in the courtyard of the Alcacuz prison in the northern town of Natal, AFP reporters overlooking the facility saw. The […]
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by Johannes MYBURGH Agence France-Presse NATAL, Brazil (AFP) – Brazil’s government Tuesday ordered the armed forces to help secure the country’s overcrowded jails as police fought to separate rival gangs of inmates in one prison following a massacre. Inmates climbed on the roof and set up barriers of furniture in a northeastern jail inhabited by warring rival drug gangs vowing to behead each other. Police fired rubber bullets to try to keep apart two rival […]
NATAL, Brazil (AFP) – Dozens of inmates on Monday occupied the roof of a Brazilian jail where the country’s latest prison massacre took place. An AFP video reporter filmed the inmates as they stood with flags on the partly destroyed red tile roof of the Alcacuz jail near the northeastern city of Natal. Police stormed the prison on Sunday morning and ended a night-long riot. They found 26 prisoners dead, most of them beheaded, officials […]
(Eagle News) — The United States congress certified the Electoral College vote that gave republican Donald Trump his victory in the contentious 2016 Presidential Election after a raucous half-hour joint session punctuated by democratic challenges. Trump, whose presidential campaign was his first bid for public office, garnered 304 electoral votes, compared with 227 won by his democratic challenger, Hillary Clinton, according to the vote tallied read by Vice President Joe Biden. The electoral votes were […]
(Eagle News) — First lady Michelle Obama gave her final White House speech saying “being your first lady has been the greatest honor. During a ceremony honoring the Counselor of the Year, an emotional Obama focused her remarks on empowering young people to reach their potential. https://youtu.be/J6f97y8Mok8
(Eagle News) — The FBI has taken the lead on the investigation into the Fort Lauderdale Airport shooting and is now working to identify the victims. https://youtu.be/4VZ2S5IqjeI
BOA VISTAa, Brazil (AFP) – Brazil was hit Friday by its second eruption of grisly prison violence this week, as inmates beheaded and mutilated fellow prisoners at a northern jail, leaving at least 33 dead. Pictures taken by a police officer at the scene showed bloodied, mangled bodies piled in a concrete hallway at the Monte Cristo Farm Penitentiary (PAMC) in Roraima state. Many of the victims were beheaded, disemboweled or dismembered, said officials. The […]
by Maria Isabel SANCHEZ Agence France-Presse CARACAS, Venezuela (AFP) – Venezuela’s opposition said Thursday it will seek to trigger early elections by declaring President Nicolas Maduro has “abandoned his post,” launching a new year of political battles in a country fighting off economic collapse. Kicking off its second year in control of the Venezuelan National Assembly, the opposition installed a new legislative speaker and announced a fresh offensive against the leftist president it has vowed […]
