The Brazilian body that regulates medical practice has for the first time backed the legalization of abortion on request as the Senate debates reform of abortion laws. The Federal Council of Medicine called for the legalization of terminations during the first 12 weeks of pregnancy. Currently, it is allowed only in cases of rape, abnormal [...]
Hugo Chavez’s body has been laid to rest at a military museum in Venezuela’s capital, Caracas. Thousands of people lined the streets to catch a glimpse of the hearse as it carried the president’s coffin from the military academy where it laid in state for 10 days. Many of his supporters were wearing red, the [...]
Brazilian doctor Thaune Nunes Ferreira, faces charges of fraud after being caught on camera using silicon fingers to sign in for work for absent colleagues, police say. Thaune Nunes Ferreira, 29, was arrested on Sunday for using prosthetic fingers to fool the biometric employee attendance device used at the hospital where she works near Sao [...]
Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez was known as a Don Juan. He loved women and apparently, women loved him back. Wherever Hugo Chavez went for his public appearances, women of all ages flocked to him, hoping to get a hug or a kiss. Hugo Chavez loved to be the center of the scene but particularly when [...]
Venezuelan opposition leader Henrique Capriles has confirmed that he will stand in presidential elections on April 14. In a televised address, Henrique Capriles accused the governing PSUV party of manipulating the recent death of President Hugo Chavez. Hugo Chavez died on March 5 after a two-year battle against cancer. Henrique Capriles will stand against Acting [...]
The Falkland Islands voters are going to the polls on Sunday and Monday in a referendum on whether to remain a British Overseas Territory. Argentina has constantly reiterated its claims to sovereignty over the islands. This is the case more than 30 years after Argentina invaded the Falklands and its troops were ousted by a [...]
Venezuela’s presidential election to replace late leader Hugo Chavez will be held on April 14, the country’s electoral commission has said. The announcement follows the appointment of Hugo Chavez’s favored successor, Nicolas Maduro, as acting president. Hugo Chavez died on March 5 after a long battle with cancer. Nicolas Maduro will run as the governing [...]
Vice-president Nicolas Maduro has been sworn in as acting president of Venezuela hours after the state funeral of Hugo Chavez. The ceremony was led by National Assembly Speaker Diosdado Cabello in the capital, Caracas. Hugo Chavez, who died on March 5 after a long battle with cancer, had named Nicolas Maduro as his chosen successor. [...]
Leaders from Latin America and beyond are gathering in Caracas for the state funeral of Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez. After the funeral, Hugo Chavez’s body will be taken to a military museum to lie in state for another seven days. More than two million mourners have already filed past his body at a military academy. [...]
Hugo Chavez’s body is to be embalmed and put on display after his funeral, Venezuela’s Vice-President Nicolas Maduro says. The decision reflects the huge crowds queuing to pay their respects in Caracas, where he is lying in state. Hugo Chavez’s body will be moved to a military museum after the state funeral on Friday, Nicolas [...]
Thousands of Venezuelans have come out onto the streets of Caracas to pay tribute to President Hugo Chavez, who died on Tuesday. Hugo Chavez’s coffin set off in a procession to the Military Academy, where he will lie in state till Friday. The government has announced seven days of mourning for President Hugo Chavez, who [...]
Thousands of Hugo Chavez’s supporters took to the streets of Caracas to express their grief. Venezuela has announced seven days of mourning for Hugo Chavez, who has died aged 58 after 14 years as president. Hugo Chavez had been seriously ill with cancer for more than a year. A self-proclaimed revolutionary, Hugo Chavez was a [...]
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has died aged 58, after 14 years in power. Hugo Chavez had been seriously ill with cancer for more than a year, undergoing several operations in Cuba. Crowds of supporters gathered outside the Caracas hospital where he died, chanting “We are all Chavez!” A self-proclaimed revolutionary, Hugo Chavez was a controversial [...]
The tough and charismatic Venezuelan leader, Hugo Chavez, divided opinion both at home and abroad. To his many supporters Hugo Chavez was the reforming president whose idiosyncratic brand of socialism defeated the political elite and gave hope to the poorest Venezuelans. Hugo Chavez’s strident criticism of the United States won him many friends among the [...]
President Hugo Chavez has died at the age of 58, Venezuela’s Vice-President Nicolas Maduro has announced. Hugo Chavez had not appeared in public since he returned to Venezuela last month after cancer treatment in Cuba. An emotional Nicolas Maduro made the announcement on Tuesday evening, flanked by leading Venezuelan political and military leaders. He said [...]
President Hugo Chavez is undergoing his “most difficult hours”, Venezuela’s Vice-President Nicolas Maduro has said. Nicolas Maduro spoke at length in a speech apparently designed to reassure citizens despite the failing health of Venezuela’s leader. He accused the US of plotting against the Venezuelan government and said a US military attaché would be expelled. On [...]
President Hugo Chavez is suffering from a new, severe respiratory infection following cancer surgery, the Venezuelan government has said. Information Minister Ernesto Villegas said Hugo Chavez’s condition continued to be very delicate. Hugo Chavez, 58, returned to Venezuela last month after being treated for cancer in Cuba, but has not appeared in public since. Many [...]
President Hugo Chavez is receiving chemotherapy in a Caracas hospital after cancer surgery in Cuba, Venezuela’s Vice-President Nicolas Maduro has revealed. Nicolas Maduro was speaking after a Mass at a military hospital in honor of Hugo Chavez. On Thursday, he went on TV to say Hugo Chavez was battling for his life. President Hugo Chavez, [...]
Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez is “battling for his life”, Vice-President Nicolas Maduro has announced today. “Our commander is sick because he gave his life for those who don’t have anything,” Nicolas Maduro told Venezuelan TV. Hugo Chavez first announced he was being treated for cancer in June 2011. The type of cancer and precise location [...]
Jean-Claude “Baby Doc” Duvalier, Haiti’s former ruler, has appeared in court for a hearing to determine if he can be charged with crimes against humanity. It was the first time Baby Doc Duvalier, who failed to appear at previous hearings, had faced some of his alleged victims. Jean-Claude Duvalier returned to Haiti in 2011 after [...]
Elba Esther Gordillo, known as Mexico’s most powerful woman, has been arrested on corruption charges. Elba Esther Gordillo, who runs the 1.5 million-member Mexican teachers’ union, is alleged to have diverted about $200 million from union funds to personal accounts. No-one from her legal team has responded to the allegations, but in the past Elba [...]
Cuba’s President Raul Castro has announced he will stand down at the end of his second term in 2018, following his re-election by the National Assembly. Raul Castro, 81, formally assumed the presidency in 2008 – two years after replacing his ailing brother Fidel. The Communist assembly, whose members ran for office unopposed, also chose [...]
The United Nations has formally rejected compensation claims by victims of a cholera outbreak in Haiti that has killed almost 8,000 people. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon called Haitian President Michel Martelly to inform him of the decision. The UN says it is immune from such claims under the UN’s Convention on the Privileges and [...]
Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez is still suffering breathing problems after returning from Cuba where he was treated for cancer, officials say. Information Minister Ernesto Villegas said Hugo Chavez was continuing to receive treatment at a military hospital in Caracas. It was the first official communiqué on the president’s health since he returned to Venezuela on [...]
Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez says he has returned home after receiving treatment for cancer in Cuba. In three messages posted on Twitter, Hugo Chavez, 58, thanked Cuban President and ex-leader Raul and Fidel Castro. Hugo Chavez also thanked Venezuelans for their support and said he would continue treatment in his home country. He has been [...]
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