Americas

Brazil's federal police arrested former defence minister Braga Netto on Saturday on suspicion of obstructing the investigation into 2022's alleged attempt to prevent President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's inauguration. A November police report recommended the indictment of former president Jair Bolsonaro and several dozen allies, including Netto. 

Comment comes after Trudeau said Canada is prepared to respond to Trump's tariff threat

The Venezuelan leader should step down before his current term ends or things will get “worse,” the US envoy has said

Hospital statement says Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva had operation after brain bleed detected during scan

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum spoke to President-elect Donald Trump after he threatened to impose tariffs and she hinted at retaliation in a letter.

The US president-elect has pledged to impose a 25% tariff on all goods from the neighboring country 

Trump made the announcement on a Truth Social post

The new president must deal with serious problems with growth, education and crime

The US officially recognised opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia as Venezuela's president-elect Tuesday, four months after disputed elections. Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s statement rejecting Nicolas Maduro's claimed victory drew sharp criticism from Caracas, which dismissed the move as "ridiculous".

Haiti's transitional council has moved to oust Prime Minister Garry Conille after five months, naming businessman Alix Didier Fils-Aime as his replacement, according to an official bulletin seen Sunday. The nine-member council agreed the decision by consensus on November 8, as the political crisis threatens further turmoil in the Caribbean nation.

Shots have been fired at Evo Morales’ car, footage posted on his social media account has purportedly shown

Claudia Sheinbaum appoints former police chief to oversee strategy in a shift from approach of populist predecessor

The mayor of Chilpancingo, Alejandro Arcos, was brutally murdered less than a week after taking office, in the latest wave of violence targeting Mexican politicians. Arcos's death comes amid a surge in cartel-related violence in Guerrero, one of Mexico's most violent states, as authorities vow to bring justice and address the country’s deep-rooted security crisis.

The UN extended its authorization of a multinational policing mission in Haiti led by Kenya on Monday amid reports of thousands of deaths due to gang violence this year and rising levels of acute hunger in the country. The transitional council governing Haiti said that a chronic lack of funding has hobbled the mission so far and called for the force to be transitioned into a UN peacekeeping mission, a plan the body sidestepped in its adopted text after opposition by China and Russia. 

This will bring the Kenyan contingent helping Haitian police fight gangs up to 1,000.

Firefighters and police in Rondônia battle fires intensified by both the climate crisis and a criminal assault on the rainforest.

Congress’s capture of the budget is making Brazil less governable

Founded in a prison, Tren de Aragua involvement is suspected in 100 U.S. cases, bringing its violent brand of robbery and drug trafficking north.

The Trudeau government — quick to recognize Juan Guaido in 2019 — has reacted differently this time