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A woman is comforted by others at a crime scene where the bodies of several people, who had been shot dead earlier in the morning amid an escalation in gang violence, were being removed by an ambulance, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti March 18, 2024. REUTERS/Ralph Tedy Erol
A woman is comforted by others at a crime scene where the bodies of several people, who had been shot dead earlier in the morning amid an escalation in gang violence, were being removed by an ambulance, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti March 18, 2024. REUTERS/Ralph Tedy Erol

Ten killed in Port-au-Prince suburb as tensions rise in Haiti

PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – At least ten people were killed in a wealthy suburb of Haiti’s capital yesterday, there were reports of looting, and thefts of electricity equipment cut the power supply as lawlessness spread to affluent areas and gangs tightened their grip on the city.

Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel

Protest erupts in eastern Cuba amid blackouts, food shortages

HAVANA,  (Reuters) – Hundreds in Cuba’s second-largest city, Santiago, engaged in a rare public protest yesterday, according to social media and official reports, prompting Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel to call for dialogue in an “atmosphere of tranquility and peace.”

Former Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro attends a Partido Liberal (PL) political rally to launch the federal deputy Alexandre Ramagem as pre candidate for mayor, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, March 16, 2024.

Bolsonaro says he does not fear being put on trial

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro said on Saturday he does not fear being put on trial, one day after a police investigation revealed the far-right politician tried to co-op the country’s military chiefs in a coup plan to overturn his 2022 election defeat.

FILE PHOTO: Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro gestures while standing in front of his house before testifying to the Federal Police in Brasilia, Brazil, February 22, 2024. REUTERS/Adriano Machado/File Photo

Former Brazil military chiefs implicate Bolsonaro in coup conspiracy

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – The former commanders of Brazil’s Army and Air Force told police investigators that President Jair Bolsonaro summoned them twice to meetings to discuss a possible coup d’état after his election defeat in 2022, according to their testimonies released today by the Supreme Court.

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