Brazilians burn Trump effigies as tariffs spark anger
Brasília (AFP) - Brazilians set fire to effigies of Donald Trump in protests across several cities Friday, denouncing the US ...
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Trade on agenda as Trump lands in Scotland for diplomacy and golf
Turnberry (United Kingdom) (AFP) - US President Donald Trump landed in Scotland on Friday for a five-day visit set to ...
Panama launches maintenance work at contested mine
Panama City (AFP) - Panama's government said Friday it would start maintenance work at a major mine forced to shut ...
Prospect of copper mine reopening revives tensions in Panama
Donoso (Panama) (AFP) - Piles of copper concentrate from a Canadian-owned mine closed by the Panama courts in 2023 sit ...
Indonesians seek escape as anger rises over quality of life
Jakarta (AFP) - Indonesian private tutor Patricia has been learning German for two years, armed with a dream of leaving ...
Steel decline sparks protests and a movie in Belgium
Brussels (Belgium) (AFP) - Thousands of steelworkers took to the streets of Brussels on Wednesday to demand EU help for ...
Bolivian ex-president, who fled to US, sentenced to six years prison
La Paz (AFP) - A Bolivian court has sentenced ex-president Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada in absentia to six years and ...
Kenya reintroduces tax reforms with new deputy president
Nairobi (AFP) - Kenya plans to reintroduce some of the tax hikes that sparked deadly protests earlier this year, the ...
Bolivia’s breadbasket squeezed by pro-Morales blockades
Cochabamba (Bolivia) (AFP) - At a wholesale market in the central Bolivian city of Cochabamba, farmer Damaris Masias watches through ...
Bolivia ‘going from bad to worse’: At the barricades with Morales supporters
Cochabamba (Bolivia) (AFP) - At a traffic stop on a road leading to the central Bolivian city of Cochabamba, a ...
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