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Thursday, 18 August 2022
BRAZIL: Police seek indictment of Bolsonaro on Covid disinformation
On 17 August Brazil’s federal police said there is sufficient evidence that President Jair Bolsonaro committed a crime when he recommended not using a mask during the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic and claimed that people getting vaccines against Covid-19 were contracting AIDS.
Thursday, 18 August 2022
HAITI: US official raises arms trafficking concerns
In a news conference on 17 August, Anthony Salisbury, a special agent of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), the main investigative arm of the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS), said that there has been an uptick in weapons smuggled to Haiti in recent months.
Thursday, 18 August 2022
MEXICO: Supreme court rules in favour of opposition governor
On 17 August, the first chamber of Mexico’s supreme court (SCJN) invalidated an arrest warrant against Francisco Javier García Cabeza de Vaca, governor of Tamaulipas state and member of the conservative opposition party Partido Acción Nacional (PAN).
Thursday, 18 August 2022
ARGENTINA: CGT march exposes labour movement divisions
On 17 August Argentina’s Confederación General del Trabajo (CGT) labour federation organised a march and rally in central Buenos Aires to demand action against inflation.
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