News of race

BRAZIL ELECTION 2022

Poll: Brazil's Lula holds wide lead over incumbent Bolsonaro

Yesterdat 13:00 In Datafolha poll, 47% of respondents said they intended to support Lula in the upcoming presidential election, compared to only 28% for Bolsonaro.

Colombia Elections 2022

Hopefuls poll neck-and-neck as Colombia election heads for run-off

01-06-2022 16:55 Polling ahead of June 19 presidential decider indicates a technical tie, with Rodolfo Hernández edging left-winger Gustavo Petro by thin margin.

Colombia Elections 2022

Maverick millionaire threatens Petro's presidential ambitions in Colombia

30-05-2022 22:32 Maverick millionaire Rodolfo Hernández, 77, finished second in presidential elections Sunday with 28 percent of votes cast, denying leftist frontrunner Gustavo Petro, an outright first-round victory and eliminating right-wing establishment candidate Federico "Fico" Gutiérrez.

Colombia Elections 2022

Ex-guerilla, millionaire maverick in race for Colombian presidency

30-05-2022 10:35 Two former mayors — a leftist and an independent outsider — will fight it out for the Colombian presidency on June 19 after coming out tops in a first voting round Sunday.

Colombia Elections 2022

Historic leftist win in first round of Colombian presidential vote

30-05-2022 00:11 With more than 99 percent of votes counted, preliminary results show Gustavo Petro, former Bogotá mayor and leftist ex-guerrilla, taking 40.3 percent; first round of presidential elections will culminate in a runoff against maverick outsider on June 19.

Colombia Elections 2022

Left hopes for historic win in Colombia's 'change election'

27-05-2022 14:31 Colombians go to the polls Sunday in a deeply polarised election that could see a leftist leader become president for the first time in the country's history.

Colombia Elections 2022

Ex-mayors vie to become Colombia's next president

27-05-2022 11:28 Two former mayors — a leftist and a right-wing conservative — are projected to emerge as the last men standing in a race for the Colombian presidency after first round of voting on Sunday.

FEATURE

China, US are in a space race to make billions from mining the moon's minerals

22-05-2022 14:03 The world’s top superpowers aren’t cooperating on rules of the road for extracting resources in outer space.

BRAZIL ELECTION 2022

Ex-Brazilian judge Sergio Moro ends campaign for president

31-03-2022 22:03 Sergio Moro, the famed 'Lava Jato' federal judge and ex-justice minister drops out of race for Presidency.

UNREST IN CHILE

Chile president declares 'state of exception' over Mapuche conflict

13-10-2021 09:11 Sebastián Piñera declares a state of emergency and deploys troops to two southern regions, after clashes break out between Mapuche protesters and security forces.

Black Lives Matter

US marks slavery's end on new 'Juneteenth' national holiday

19-06-2021 22:35 With marches, music and speeches, Americans on Saturday celebrated "Juneteenth", the newly declared national holiday that marks the end of slavery, and a year after George Floyd's murder sparked anti-racism protests.

HUMAN RIGHTS & NICARAGUA

Rights groups slam government for failing to back OAS vote on Nicaragua

18-06-2021 23:16 Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International strongly criticise Argentina’s government for abstaining in OAS vote condemning Nicaragua's jailing of opposition leaders.

Human rights

Argentina abstains in vote condemning Nicaragua's jailing of opposition leaders

16-06-2021 00:41 Casa Rosada fails to endorse OAS resolution against Nicaragua demanding "immediate release of the presidential candidates and all political prisoners."

Peru run-off

Fujimori alleges fraud in razor-tight Peru election as Castillo takes the lead

07-06-2021 23:37 Right-wing presidential hopeful Keiko Fujimori alleges "irregularities" and "signs of fraud," as her leftist rival Pedro Castillo takes lead in the vote count.

Nicaraguan Presidency

Nicaragua arrests another opposition presidential hopeful

07-06-2021 22:59 A Nicaraguan court ordered Arturo Cruz, an opposition politician, to be held in preventive custody for three months on "provocation" allegations days after another challenger of President Daniel Ortega was placed under house arrest.

KILLING OF GEORGE FLOYD

George Floyd murder trial: ex-Policeman found guilty of murder

20-04-2021 17:33 A jury in the United States reached a verdict on Tuesday in the high-profile trial of the white former police officer charged with murder and manslaughter for the death of African-American George Floyd.

RACISM & PREJUDICE

Report prompts backlash after finding UK not 'institutionally racist'

31-03-2021 10:52 Prejudice persists in Britain but the country is not "institutionally racist," according to a much-anticipated study published Wednesday by a government commission, which drew an immediate pushback from racial equality campaigners.

United States

US House passes police reforms, voting rights bill

04-03-2021 15:33 The George Floyd Justice in Policing Act that bans choke holds and combats racial profiling cleared the US House of Representatives Wednesday.

REMEMBERING MARIO BUNGE

Difficult but necessary

27-02-2021 08:06 To write about Mario Bunge today, one year after his death on February 24, 2020, at the age of 100, is for me on the one hand difficult, but on the other necessary.

UNITED STATES

Biden facing 'competing crises' as he takes office

18-01-2021 23:57 Joe Biden has his work cut out for him as he prepares to be sworn in as the 46th president of the United States on Wednesday.

RACE, FASHION & CULTURE

Black models increasingly visible on Brazil's catwalks

24-11-2020 08:36 Afro-Brazilian models Shirley Pitta and Gloria Maria Fonseca Siqueira had dreamed of the runway since they were girls, but in a Brazilian fashion world much whiter than the country itself, it remained a far-away fantasy until recently. In a sign of changing times in Brazil and elsewhere, the pair saw their dreams come true at this year's São Paulo Fashion Week.

US ELECTION 2020

Joe Biden wins race for White House, ending Trump presidency

07-11-2020 14:00 Democrat Joe Biden has won the race for the White House, US media projected Saturday, defeating Donald Trump and ending a presidency that has left the United States more divided than at any time in decades.

BUENOS AIRES PROVINCE

Protesters clash with police after six-year-old killed in illegal drag race

16-09-2020 00:33 Tensions rise again in Buenos Aires Province as demonstrators clash with police in Gregorio de Laferrere. Protesters demand justice after six-year-old boy is run over in illegal drag race.

UNITED STATES

Trump’s show of federal force sparks alarm in US cities

22-07-2020 13:01 Trump responds to protests and vandalism of federal buildings by deploying federal force on protesters in Portland without notifying local authorities. Move draws broad criticism from both local and national leaders.

News of race

Poll: Brazil's Lula holds wide lead over incumbent Bolsonaro

Hopefuls poll neck-and-neck as Colombia election heads for run-off

Maverick millionaire threatens Petro's presidential ambitions in Colombia

Ex-guerilla, millionaire maverick in race for Colombian presidency

Historic leftist win in first round of Colombian presidential vote

Left hopes for historic win in Colombia's 'change election'

Ex-mayors vie to become Colombia's next president

China, US are in a space race to make billions from mining the moon's minerals

Ex-Brazilian judge Sergio Moro ends campaign for president

Chile president declares 'state of exception' over Mapuche conflict

US marks slavery's end on new 'Juneteenth' national holiday

Rights groups slam government for failing to back OAS vote on Nicaragua

Argentina abstains in vote condemning Nicaragua's jailing of opposition leaders

Fujimori alleges fraud in razor-tight Peru election as Castillo takes the lead

Nicaragua arrests another opposition presidential hopeful

George Floyd murder trial: ex-Policeman found guilty of murder

Report prompts backlash after finding UK not 'institutionally racist'

US House passes police reforms, voting rights bill

Difficult but necessary

Biden facing 'competing crises' as he takes office

Black models increasingly visible on Brazil's catwalks

Joe Biden wins race for White House, ending Trump presidency

Protesters clash with police after six-year-old killed in illegal drag race

Trump’s show of federal force sparks alarm in US cities

Fernández calls for Argentina's incorporation into the BRICS group

Tragedy in Recoleta: Five killed in tower block fire

2,800 Argentines slipping into poverty every day, experts warn

Brazil congratulates Petro – but Bolsonaro remains silent

Daniel Scioli: ‘In 2015, I proposed Wado as my running-mate to Cristina’

Por qué un empresario propone colocar "estatuas de Cristina Kirchner en cada rincón de Uruguay"

Gimena Macri está embarazada y hará debutar como abuelo a Mauricio Macri

Corte en el Obelisco: mujeres piqueteras se concentran para anunciar “CFK, con nosotras no”

Feinmann cruzó a Kicillof por el lenguaje inclusivo: "Si quieren ser alguien importante, no hablen como él"

La familia Pinedo sumó un nuevo emprendimiento: bodas "en el patio más lindo del mundo"