Tag: Americas

LIVE 4:45 PM ET: Biden, Trudeau, and Obrador Release Joint Statements at Summit

U.S. President Joe Biden, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador deliver a joint statement at 4:30 p.m. ET on Jan. 10, during the North American Leaders’ Summit in Mexico City. The Epoch Times will livestream the event. …


LIVE NOW: Biden, Trudeau, and Obrador Release Joint Statements at Summit

U.S. President Joe Biden, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador deliver a joint statement at 4:30 p.m. ET on Jan. 10, during the North American Leaders’ Summit in Mexico City. The Epoch Times will livestream the event. …


Biden, Trudeau, and Obrador Release Joint Statements at Summit

U.S. President Joe Biden, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador deliver a joint statement at 4:30 p.m. ET on Jan. 10, during the North American Leaders’ Summit in Mexico City. The Epoch Times will livestream the event. …


Brazil’s Lula to Visit White House for ‘In-Depth’ Meeting on ‘Wide-Ranging Shared Agenda’

President Joe Biden held a telephone conversation with Brazil’s newly-elected president, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, the White House announced on Monday, noting that the socialist leader will visit Washington in early February “for in-depth consultations on a wide-ranging shared agenda.” In a joint statement released by Biden and Lula, the two leaders pledged to…


Latest Anti-Government Protests in Peru Leave 17 Dead, Over 60 Injured

Seventeen people have been killed and dozens more injured in Peru amid anti-government protesters’ renewed clashes with security forces in the city of Juliaca. The protests initially broke out in December following the removal and arrest of former president Pedro Castillo on the grounds of “permanent moral disability” after he attempted to dissolve Congress and rule by decree in…


Biden, López Obrador Open Mexico Meetings With Brusque Talk

MEXICO CITY—Mexican President Andres Manuel López Obrador challenged U.S. President Joe Biden to end an attitude of “abandonment” and “disdain” for Latin America and the Caribbean as the two leaders met on Monday, making for a brusque opening to a summit of North American leaders. The comments were a stark contrast to the public display…


Why Brazilians Can’t Trust The Military to Save Democracy

Commentary After electoral authorities declared the far-left candidate, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the winner of Brazil’s presidential elections, millions of concerned citizens gathered outside the Army headquarters in Brasília and military barracks in São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, and Curitiba to protest. Unfortunately, however, those concerned citizens might have sought the assistance of a…


Brazil Protests Go Radical, Draw Government Suppression

CURITIBA, Brazil—The breach of key government institutions in Brazil’s capital, including the parliament and Supreme court, and national Palace sent shockwaves across the country, with newly inaugurated President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva vowing to crack down on protesters and protest leaders claiming some of the violence was instigated by left-wing agitators. The events over…


5 Dismembered Bodies Found in Bags in Southern Mexico

MEXICO CITY—Prosecutors in southern Mexico said Monday they found the bodies of five men in a village north of the Pacific coast resort of Acapulco. Prosecutors in southern Guerrero state did not give details on the killings, but local media reported the bodies had been hacked up and left in plastic bags. Acapulco has been…


Biden, North American Leaders Meet in Mexico City for Summit

U.S. President Joe Biden meets his Mexican counterpart Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador and Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at the North American leaders summit in Mexico City.   …