Tag: Americas
even before the start of the Republican primaries, the Biden-Trump confrontation takes hold
A supporter of Donald Trump wears a cap embroidered with “Joe must go” during a rally of the former US president in Newton, Iowa, January 6, 2024. CHRISTIAN MONTERROSA /…
“The Fifth Sun”, by Camilla Townsend: the Aztecs themselves
An Aztec statuette. GIANNI DAGLI ORTI/AURIMAGES “The Fifth Sun. Another history of the Aztecs” (Fifth Sun. A New History of the Aztecs), by Camilla Townsend, translated from English (United States)…
US defense minister embarrassed after keeping hospitalization quiet
Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin in Tel Aviv on December 18, 2023. VIOLETA SANTOS MOURA / REUTERS It’s a silence that makes noise. US Defense Minister Lloyd Austin is under fire…
Mario Zagallo, Brazilian football legend, first world champion as a player and coach, has died
Brazilian coach Mario Zagallo, during the World Cup final against France, in Saint-Denis, July 12, 1998. GABRIEL BOUYS / AFP Mario Zagallo, Brazilian football legend, died on Friday January 5,…
In Chile, four Pinochet regime soldiers sentenced to 20 years in prison, more than 37 years after the events
Carmen Gloria Quintana, here in Santiago on July 27, 2015, was 19 years old in January 1986 when she was doused in gasoline and set on fire by a military…
Three years after the assault on the Capitol in the United States, several suspects arrested
Rioters during the attack on the Capitol on January 6, 2021, in Washington. JOHN MINCHILLO / AP Three years to the day after the assault on the United States Capitol,…
Democracy, issue of the American election of November 2024
TThree years later, the trauma of the assault on the Capitol by supporters of Donald Trump on January 6, 2021, continues to mark the political landscape and weighs on the…
In the United States, the disappearance of local newspapers weighs on the functioning of democracy
Reed Anfinson, managing editor of the Swift County Monitor-News, with a copy of the last edition of his newspaper before its final shutdown, in Lowry, Minnesota, in November 2021. DAVID…
white police officer sentenced to 14 months in prison for death of black man
Sheneen McClain (R), the mother of Elijah McClain, and friends and supporters, in Adams County Court in Brighton, Colorado, on January 5, 2024. HYOUNG CHANG / AP A white American…
The leader of the National Rifle Association, the American gun lobby, announced his resignation before his trial scheduled for Monday
Executive Vice President and CEO of the National Rifle Association (NRA), Wayne LaPierre, during the association’s annual convention, in Indianapolis, United States, April 14, 2023. EVELYN HOCKSTEIN / REUTERS The…
Donald Trump gets the Supreme Court to examine the question of his ineligibility in Colorado
Donald Trump campaigning in Sioux Center (Iowa), January 5, 2024. CHENEY ORR / REUTERS The American Supreme Court agreed on Friday, January 5, to take up the question of the…
Microsoft is evolving the keyboard of its PCs by adding a touch of artificial intelligence
On the Microsoft stand at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, March 2, 2023. JOAN MATEU PARRA / AP It is a simple evolution in the ergonomics of IT tools,…