The Day of the Dead, November 1-2, 2023: “You honor people, you connect with the past.” “Marigold-strewn altars to deceased loved ones, revelers dressed as skeletons, and colorful parades make Día de los Muertos (Day of MORE
A group of 13 suspected gang members has been beaten and burned to death by a mob in Haiti’s capital after being seized while police were searching their vehicle. The suspects were reportedly beaten with MORE
SAO PAULO/BRASILIA, Nov 1 (Reuters) – Brazil’s far-right President Jair Bolsonaro will not contest his election defeat and will address the nation later on Tuesday, Communications Minister Fabio Faria told Reuters. The presidential address may MORE
Our Polite Neighbors to the North When police found the intruder at the Ottawa stables, he was in a stall with his pants down and his penis up, standing next to a miniature pony that MORE
Justin Trudeau says he hopes to announce loosened travel restrictions at the U.S.- Canada border in the “coming weeks,” but it will depend on the trajectory of Covid-19. Both countries agreed to a non-essential travel MORE
The Polite Canadian “Last night, while attending House of Commons proceedings virtually, in a non-public setting, I urinated without realizing I was on camera,” said William Amos, a member of Justin Trudeau’s ruling Liberal party, MORE
Our Polite Neighbor to the North, eh A driver has been charged after using his dump truck to push a car for over half a kilometre on the Gardiner Expressway on Tuesday, Toronto police say. Const. MORE
CARACAS — Prominent Venezuelan opposition activist Leopoldo López slipped across the border into Colombia on Saturday, political allies said, after more than a year inside the Spanish Embassy in Caracas following the failure of a MORE
Jair Bolsonaro’s efforts to portray himself as an anti-corruption crusader have suffered another blow after police reportedly seized a wad of banknotes from between the clenched buttocks of one of his allies. Chico Rodrigues, the MORE
Inside a glittering Miami high-rise, representatives of the Venezuelan opposition sat in a room adorned with samurai swords and listened to a pitch. Goudreau had been appointed by opposition leader Juan Guaidó to explore all MORE
Venezuela claims to have captured two Americans involved in failed invasion Source: (CNN)Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro says two American “mercenaries” have been apprehended after a failed coup attempt launched over the weekend. President Donald Trump on MORE
“The president of the republic … is also subject to the laws, just like any other of the country’s citizens,” the supreme court judge Celso de Mello noted in his decision on Monday night. “No MORE
Former presidents, politicians and newspaper editorial boards have lined up to denounce the “moronic” and “anti-democratic” behaviour of Brazil’s far-right leader after he hit the streets to egg on protesters demanding a return to military MORE
Source: A gunman disguised as a police officer shot people in their homes and set fires in a rampage across the Canadian province of Nova Scotia that killed 16 people, (Actually 17 people) the deadliest MORE
It began in a remote community in northern British Columbia, when hereditary chiefs of the Wet’suwet’en nation declared their opposition to the construction of a C$6.6bn (US$5bn) pipeline through their territory. Members of the band MORE
Mexican children take up arms in fight against drug gangs With baseball caps and scarves covering their faces, only their serious eyes are visible as a dozen children stand to attention, rifles by their side. MORE
At least 200 Salvadoran migrants and asylum seekers have been killed, raped or tortured after being deported back to El Salvador by the United States government which is turning a blind eye to widely known dangers, a MORE
“A routine training exercise” is being blamed for a troubling emergency alert being erroneously sent out Sunday morning by the Pickering Nuclear Generating Station, east of Toronto. And the province is promising “a full investigation” MORE
A rescue team is searching for survivors after a Chilean air force plane carrying 38 people disappeared on its way to Antarctica on Monday evening and is presumed to have crashed, Chilean officials said Tuesday. The MORE
Helmut Oberlander had his Canadian citizenship revoked for lying about his involvement in a Nazi killing squad. The 95-year-old has been fighting to stay in Canada since 1995. MORE
Gunmen attacked a town hall in northern Mexico, authorities said Sunday, triggering a series of clashes with security forces that left 21 dead — most of them suspected members of an organized crime group. The attack MORE
On Tuesday, the right-wing Bolivian politician Jeanine Áñez held an exceedingly large Bible in her hand and declared herself interim president of Bolivia. That same day, soldiers roamed the streets of La Paz, bearing rifles while MORE
The Wall Street Journal: Former Bolivian President Evo Morales, whose resignation amid allegations of fraud in October’s presidential election left his country without a leader and mired in growing chaos, accepted Mexico’s offer of asylum… A dangerous power vacuum prevailed MORE
Source: Fifteen neat little houses, with exteriors covered in wood and neutral paint, have sprung up in southeast Calgary. 15 veterans who have served terms as far back as the Korean War and as recent MORE
Canada is often viewed as a model of harmony. Monday’s election suggests the country’s regionalism is growing. On much of the east coast, the Conservative Party struggled. In the western prairies, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau MORE