POLITICS

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is hosting a Mercosur summit, with the fate of a  long-awaited but controversial Europe-South America trade deal in the balance

Crunch Time For EU-Mercosur Deal At Rio Summit

The fate of a long-awaited but controversial Europe-South America trade deal hangs in the balance this week when Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva hosts a summit of the Mercosur regional bloc.
Calm returned mid-morning Friday in the capital Bissau

Guinea-Bissau Army Calls National Guard Back To Barracks After Violence

The Guinea-Bissau army ordered National Guard forces back to barracks on Saturday, following unrest that left at least two people dead and brought condemnation from the regional bloc ECOWAS. Clashes between members of the National Guard and special forces of the presidential guard broke out Thursday night in the capital Bissau, leaving two dead.
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Democratic President Joe Biden and Republican former president Donald Trump look set for a rematch in 2024

Five Elections In 2024 That Will Shape The Global Order

Could Donald Trump make a comeback? Poll after poll shows that a majority of voters think the gaffe-prone Democrat is too old to be commander-in-chief, despite his likely rival, ex-president Donald Trump making similar slip-ups at 77.
Andry Rajoelina styles himself as a 'builder president'

Rajoelina, Madagascar's Ambitious President Who Parties On

From the musical nights of his youth that earned his nickname "the disc jockey" to his political adventures over the past decade, life has been one long party of one kind or another for Andry Rajoelina, who on Saturday secured a second elected term as Madagascar's president.
Dutch politics is very fragmented

Dutch Vote In Knife-edge Election

Dutch voters headed to the polls Wednesday for a nail-biting election that will transform the country's political landscape after Prime Minister Mark Rutte's record 13 years in power.
Former South Carolina governor Nikki Haley speaks to members of the press after the third Republicad debate on November 8, 2023

In Field Of Would-be Trumps, Haley Gains Ground

There is Trump, there are wannabe Trumps, and then there is Nikki Haley -- the sole woman in the Republican presidential field and now on the cusp of consolidating second place after showing there may be another way than simply aping the main man.
To win the support of two Catalan separatist parties, Sanchez agreed to grant an unpopular amnesty to people facing legal action over Catalonia's failed 2017 independence bid

Spanish PM Keeps Most Ministers In New Cabinet

Spain's Socialist prime minister, Pedro Sanchez, who was sworn in for another term last week by floating a controversial amnesty deal for separatists, unveiled a new but largely unchanged cabinet on Monday.

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