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BRAZIL UNDER BOLSONARO

Economy in mind, Bolsonaro changes tack and cozies up to China

13-11-2019 12:38 Gone is last year’s fiery campaign trail rhetoric about China being a rapacious power intent on exploiting Brazilian resources. China is, after all, Brazil’s biggest trading partner.

HUMAN RIGHTS

Mass protest in Santiago against abuses of Pinochet era

09-09-2019 13:54 Thousands of demonstrators poured onto Santiago's streets Sunday to honour the victims of General Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship. But the march, which started peacefully, ended in violence.

HISTORIC HANDOVER IN HAVANA

Raúl Castro retires as Cuban president, anointing successor

21-04-2018 11:40 Brother of Fidel Castro outlines his future, as Cuba’s new president Miguel Díaz-Canel becomes country’s first leader in nearly 60 years who is not named Castro.

HISTORIC HANDOVER IN HAVANA

Miguel Díaz-Canel named president of Cuba, replacing Raúl Castro

18-04-2018 14:04 The virtually certain unanimous approval of the National Assembly will install someone from outside the Castro family in the country's highest government office for the first time in nearly six decades.