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Venezuela press groups demand whereabouts of missing journalist

28 Oct 2024

CARACAS (Reuters) – A veteran journalist in Venezuela has not been heard from since Friday, Venezuelan press advocates said on Sunday, alleging he had been detained by government authorities in the country’s capital. The government did not immediately respond to Reuters’ requests about the case of Nelin Escalante, an independent journalist, who recently posted videos …

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Brazil runoff vote in city elections confirms right-wing trend

28 Oct 2024

By Anthony Boadle BRASILIA (Reuters) -Sao Paulo Mayor Ricardo Nunes was reelected on Sunday to serve another four years in Brazil’s largest city, defeating leftist challenger Guilherme Boulos in municipal runoffs that confirmed a rightward swing by voters that could shape the country’s 2026 presidential and congressional elections. Voters cast ballots in mayoral runoff elections …

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Sao Paulo mayor Nunes re-elected, defeats leftist Boulos, Datafolha projection shows

27 Oct 2024

SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Sao Paulo’s Mayor Ricardo Nunes was reelected for another four years in Brazil’s largest city, defeating leftist challenger Guilherme Boulos, according to a projection on Sunday by pollster Datafolha based on exit polls. Nunes was backed by Sao Paulo Governor Tarcisio de Freitas, who emerges from Sunday’s municipal elections as the …

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Washington Post reports Elon Musk briefly worked illegally in US in 1990s

27 Oct 2024

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -South African-born billionaire businessman Elon Musk worked illegally in the United States during a brief period in the 1990s while building a startup company, the Washington Post reported on Saturday. Musk denied the report on Sunday, saying he was allowed to legally work in the U.S. during that period. “I was on a …

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Residents in Haiti’s capital flee homes as gangs expand control

27 Oct 2024

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) – A gang attack in Port-au-Prince forced residents to flee their homes on Saturday as the gangs operating in and around the Haitian capital ramp up attacks on areas they do not yet control. Smoke from gunfights billowed above the capital’s Solino neighborhood, where fleeing residents strapped mattresses, furniture, cooking supplies and other …

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Georgian ruling party wins majority in election with 70% of precincts counted, official results say

26 Oct 2024

TBILISI (Reuters) – Georgia’s ruling Georgian Dream party won 53% of the vote in a parliamentary election on Saturday, with 70% of precincts counted, the central electoral commission said. Final turnout in the election was 58.94%, the commission said. The opposition said that it had won the election. (Writing by Lucy Papachristou; editing by Guy …

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Brazil fines meat packers $64 million for buying cattle from deforested Amazon land

26 Oct 2024

BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s environmental protection agency IBAMA has imposed 365 million reais ($64 million) in fines on cattle ranches and meat packers, including the world’s largest JBS SA, for raising or buying cattle on illegally deforested land in the Amazon. IBAMA said on it had identified 69 properties that had sold 18,000 head of …

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