Venezuela’s Supreme Court says congress failed to name electoral authorities
Venezuela’s government-friendly Supreme Court on Friday said the opposition-held congress had not named rectors to the South American country’s electoral authority in time, a move denounced by the opposition as an attempt to derail election plans.
China reports three new COVID-19 cases, two asymptomatic cases
China recorded three new confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus as of the end of Friday, down from five the day before, the national health authority reported.
Protests over police abuses flare again in Mexico’s two largest cities
Masked men and women protesting police abuses vandalized buildings and threw stones at the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City on Friday as Mexican state authorities arrested three officers in a bid to quell anger over the death of a man in police custody.
G20 pledges more than $21 billion to fight coronavirus
The Group of 20 rich and emerging economies has pledged more than $21 billion to fight the coronavirus, the group said early on Saturday.
Brazil’s Supreme Court halts police raids in Rio’s favelas during pandemic
A Brazilian Supreme Court minister on Friday prohibited police raids in Rio de Janeiro’s favelas during the novel coronavirus pandemic, as a groundswell of criticism of brutal police tactics grows in Latin America’s largest nation.
Bolsonaro threatens WHO exit as COVID-19 kills ‘a Brazilian per minute’
President Jair Bolsonaro threatened on Friday to pull Brazil out of the World Health Organization after the U.N. agency warned Latin American governments about the risk of lifting lockdowns before slowing the spread of the novel coronavirus throughout …
Brazil highway operator CCR says traffic has rebounded sharply
Brazilian highway operator CCR SA said on Friday that vehicle traffic on its roads reached its highest level since mid-March, as state authorities throughout the nation begin to relax quarantine measures.
Fearing violence, France bans George Floyd protests at U.S. Embassy, Eiffel Tower
French police banned demonstrations planned outside the U.S. Embassy and on the lawns near the Eiffel Tower in Paris on Saturday as protests mount around the world over the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis.
Bolsonaro calls WHO ‘political,’ threatens Brazil exit
President Jair Bolsonaro threatened to pull Brazil out of the World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday unless it stops being a “partisan political organization.”
Protests over police abuses spread to Mexico City, stones thrown at U.S. embassy
Masked men and women protesting police abuses vandalized buildings and threw stones at the U.S. embassy in Mexico City on Friday as Mexican state authorities arrested three officers in a bid to quell anger over the death of a man in police custody.
