Demands for resignation and impeachment of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro are moving ahead in Congress. With 29 petitions filed against him, it seems only a matter of time before he’s out of the office.
As Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro discourages state efforts to mitigate the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, Brazilians are staging rallies to support him. Demonstrators are demanding to lift the lockdowns.
The Mexican government and the National Electoral Institute have decided to remove President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s name from the letters that were supposed to be sent to recipients of stimulus loans.
Small-scale business owners in Mexico’s localities are struggling to maintain their businesses while they deal with slow production, low sales, and shortage of employees during the pandemic. This week, the federal authorities have approved around 700,000 loans for Mexican businesses.
Despite objections questioning the constitutionality of the new austerity measures, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s proposal to cut 75% of the national budget for the year is already moving in congress.
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro demonstrates how his administration continues to downplay the severity of the coronavirus pandemic. In an interview last Wednesday about the escalating cases of COVID-19 in the country, he told reporters
Violence against the defenders of the environment persists despite that one way to prevent the emergence of infectious diseases like the coronavirus is the preservation of ecosystems that the targeted victims care for.
A joint program by the Inter-American Development Bank and the Mexican Business Council will seek to provide loans to 30,000 businesses in the country worth U.S. $12 billion to boost the economy.
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden raised the possibility that President Donald Trump might be postponing the November presidential election as a tactic against him. Last Monday, Trump denied these allegations and called them made-up propaganda.
Corporations from the United States are urging Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador to reclassify maquiladoras as essential to reopen the supply chain during the lockdown. Factory workers are pressured to work again, and this time they try to protest.
After much effort and persuasion from U.S. President Donald Trump’s office, the new NAFTA will include stricter compliance to guidelines with regards to labor and automotive content without changing the US$1.2 trillion in trade flows between the U.S.-Mexico-Canada per year.
Senior Adviser of the White House Jared Kushner believes that bringing manufacturing back to the U.S. is critical in better preparation in the event of another global crisis.
As a move against the further spread of the coronavirus pandemic, the National Migration Institute has started deporting immigrants from its sixty-five migrant facilities back to their respective countries.
Beauty pageants all across the world have become a launching pad for young women to join lucrative careers in the television and entertainment industries. In Latin America, these contests have been integrated into the culture.
Amid the long-time quarantine in the White House, media critics suspect Trump must be spending his time eating junk food and watching TV all afternoon long. In a series of social media posts, the U.S. president tried to clarify the demeaning story.
