Flávio Bolsonaro Edges Lula in Brazil’s First Round With 47.03%, Forcing an October 25 Runoff
Flávio Bolsonaro, son of a former president convicted of attempting a coup, finished first at the ballot box. Lula, who expected to win outright, has three weeks to recover 2.2 million votes. Flávio Bolsonaro, a 45-year-old senator from the Liberal Party, won 47.03% of the vote in Brazil’s first round on Sunday, October 4. Luiz…
Venezuela Releases 131 Political Prisoners, but Rights Groups Say Over 300 Remain Behind Bars
Venezuela’s interim government released 131 people detained on political grounds. Marco Rubio called it a crucial step toward reconciliation. Human rights groups answer with a different number: more than 300 are still locked up. Venezuela’s interim government announced Friday, August 14, the granting of “alternative measures to deprivation of liberty” for 131 people detained for…
FBI Arrests Former Sinaloa Sports Official in Utah With 111,000 Fentanyl Pills
Ricardo Verduzco Bernal was coordinating elite sports for the Sinaloa state government until July 31. Twelve days later, the FBI found him in a Salt Lake City hotel room with 11 kilograms of fentanyl, enough for 111,000 pills. FBI agents arrested Ricardo Verduzco Bernal, 54, on August 12 in a hotel room in Salt Lake…
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