Conservative Brazilians heaped praise Sunday on Elon Musk at a rally in support of former President Jair Bolsonaro, whose legal troubles are mounting in tandem with the billionaire entrepreneur’s feud with the South American nation’s Supreme Court. “Brazil Thanks Elon Musk,” read one giant sign in English at the rally alongside Copacabana beach in the seaside city of Rio de …
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Dominican soldier arrested for raping 14-year-old Haitian girl during migrant sweep
Dominican authorities on Friday ordered the arrest of a Dominican soldier accused of raping a 14-year-old Haitian girl while searching for immigrants in the country illegally near the upscale resort town of Punta Cana. The soldier, identified as Paulino de la Cruz, is one of 15 members of the Dominican Air Force who accompanied immigration inspectors searching for immigrants in …
Read More »Venezuela closes its embassy in Ecuador
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro ordered the closure of his country’s embassy and consulates in Ecuador on Tuesday in solidarity with Mexico in its protest over a raid by Ecuadorian authorities on the Mexican embassy in Quito. Venezuela also “fully supports” Mexico’s request to have the United Nations suspend Ecuador from the world body, Maduro said during a virtual meeting of …
Read More »World Bank 'ringing alarm bells' as income gap between riches and poorest countries widens
Half of the world’s 75 poorest countries are experiencing a widening income gap with the wealthiest economies for the first time this century in a historical reversal of development, the World Bank said in a report on Monday. The differential between per capita income growth in the poorest countries and the richest has widened over the past five years, according …
Read More »UFC star Renato Moicano praises American values, urges fans to read economist's teachings
MMA star Renato Moicano knocked out Jalin Turner in their lightweight bout at UFC 300 on Saturday, picking up his third consecutive victory. Moicano then urged Americans to read a book from an Austrian-American economist. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Renato Moicano of Brazil reacts to his knockout of Jalin Turner in a lightweight fight during the …
Read More »WATCH: Nun carries suitcase later discovered to contain remains of deceased friend
Chilling video from Chile captured a nun walking down the street with a wheeled suitcase that police later discovered to contain her fellow sister’s corpse. “There was a pact. The person died a year ago and the other has kept her in a suitcase ever since due to the affection she had,” police official Juan Fonseca told reporters this week, …
Read More »Transitional council to select new Haitian prime minister is formed
A transitional council tasked with choosing Haiti’s next prime minister and Cabinet was established Friday in a move supporters hope will help quell turmoil in the troubled Caribbean country where most of the capital remains under the grip of criminal gangs. The formation of the council, announced in a decree published Friday in a Haitian government gazette, was expected to …
Read More »Mexico faces dire medical fentanyl shortage despite being world's top illegal producer
A report released by the Mexican government Friday says the country is facing a dire shortage of fentanyl for medical use, even as Mexican cartels pump out tons of the illicit narcotic. The paradox was reported in a study by Mexico’s National Commission on Mental Health and Addictions. The study did not give a reason for the shortage of the …
Read More »Maduro's latest crackdown in Venezuela comes right out of a hit 1999 movie
YouTuber and American resident Óscar Alejandro Pérez was recently arrested on terrorism charges while trying to visit his mother in Venezuela. 32 hours behind bars later, Pérez was released and must now await trial in the Latin American country known for human rights violations, inflation, and the socialist regime of Nicolás Maduro. So why was Óscar Alejandro Pérez arrested? Regime …
Read More »Former Colombian president slams move to make him stand trial: 'political vengeance'
Colombia’s influential former President Álvaro Uribe on Wednesday denounced as “political vengeance” a move by national prosecutors to bring him to trial in a case of witness tampering that has shadowed his legacy. Uribe insisted in a video message that there was no evidence against him, a day after prosecutors announced their intention to formally charge Uribe with bribery of …
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