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Hostages TIED to cars & bomb traps laid: Heavily armed bank robbers turn Brazilian city into battle zone (VIDEOS)

Posted on September 7, 2021September 7, 2021By Editor

A group of armed robbers has raided several banks in a Brazilian city, taking locals hostage, engaging in firefights with police and leaving a trail of booby traps during their escape. The carnage left at least three people dead. … Read More >Hostages TIED to cars & bomb traps laid: Heavily armed bank robbers turn Brazilian city into battle zone (VIDEOS)

‘Everybody has to buy a rifle, damn it!’ Brazilian President Bolsonaro tells his supporters

Posted on September 3, 2021September 3, 2021By Editor

Armed people will never be enslaved, Brazil’s president, Jair Bolsonaro, who is trailing in polls for the 2022 election, told a crowd of his supporters in the capital Brasilia, urging everyone to get a rifle as soon as possible. … Read More >‘Everybody has to buy a rifle, damn it!’ Brazilian President Bolsonaro tells his supporters

Mexican researchers claim to have manufactured facemask that neutralizes Covid

Posted on September 1, 2021September 1, 2021By Editor

Researchers from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) have manufactured a facemask that claims to neutralize the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 (the Covid-19 virus) through its layers of copper and silver. … Read More >Mexican researchers claim to have manufactured facemask that neutralizes Covid

Brazil backs booster Covid shots for immunosuppressed and older citizens

Posted on August 29, 2021August 29, 2021By Editor

Brazil has announced it will roll out a Covid-19 booster scheme in mid-September for immunosuppressed people, as well as citizens over 70, to enhance inoculation protection as the more contagious Delta variant spreads. … Read More >Brazil backs booster Covid shots for immunosuppressed and older citizens

Ex-Bolivian President Anez Tried to Harm Herself While in Jail, Government Minister Says

Posted on August 22, 2021August 22, 2021By Editor

Just this Wednesday, the ex-president was reportedly taken to a hospital in El Alto, western Bolivia, without prior notification, for already the third time in two weeks. At the time, local media, citing Anez’s family, stated that she was likely to get a CT scan. … Read More >Ex-Bolivian President Anez Tried to Harm Herself While in Jail, Government Minister Says

‘Haiti is on its knees,’ PM says as earthquake deaths top 2,100 & tens of thousands of families left homeless

Posted on August 21, 2021August 21, 2021By Editor

Haiti has recorded more than 2,100 deaths following a powerful earthquake that wounded more than 12,000 and destroyed tens of thousands of homes, while over 115,000 families displaced by the disaster continue to seek refuge. … Read More >‘Haiti is on its knees,’ PM says as earthquake deaths top 2,100 & tens of thousands of families left homeless

‘Son of a b**ch!‘: Brazilian President Bolsonaro insults top judge amid electoral system dispute (VIDEO)

Posted on August 19, 2021August 19, 2021By Editor

President Jair Bolsonaro called the head of the Brazilian Supreme Electoral Court a “son of b**ch” during a live broadcast shared on social media. The pair have been clashing over the electronic voting system in the country. … Read More >‘Son of a b**ch!‘: Brazilian President Bolsonaro insults top judge amid electoral system dispute (VIDEO)

US seeks to entice Brazil with prospect of joining NATO ‘global partnership’ if it bans China’s ‘untrustworthy’ Huawei – reports

Posted on August 18, 2021August 18, 2021By Editor

In the latest salvo in the US-China trade war, America’s National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan has reportedly dangled a NATO ‘global partnership’ carrot in front of Brazil – if it squeezes Huawei out of its 5G network market. … Read More >US seeks to entice Brazil with prospect of joining NATO ‘global partnership’ if it bans China’s ‘untrustworthy’ Huawei – reports

Bloodied St. Vincent PM hospitalized with head injury after rioter hurls rock amid chaotic protest against vaccine mandate (VIDEO)

Posted on August 17, 2021August 17, 2021By Editor

The prime minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines was hospitalized after he was struck in the head by a stone during a protest against a proposed vaccine mandate, with images online showing him bloodied by the injury. … Read More >Bloodied St. Vincent PM hospitalized with head injury after rioter hurls rock amid chaotic protest against vaccine mandate (VIDEO)

Bolsonaro slams probe into his attacks on Brazil’s electoral system, threatens to act outside of constitution

Posted on August 16, 2021August 16, 2021By Editor

President Jair Bolsonaro insists the probe into his claims that the Brazilian electronic electoral system is vulnerable to fraud violates the constitution, and he has vowed to act outside of it himself in response. … Read More >Bolsonaro slams probe into his attacks on Brazil’s electoral system, threatens to act outside of constitution