By Ricardo Brito BRASILIA (Reuters) -Former President Jair Bolsonaro was on the cusp of losing his political future on Thursday, as three of a required four federal electoral court justices ruled he had abused his power in last year’s fraught election. The case was adjourned until Friday when the remaining justices will rule. Bolsonaro could…
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Thursday vowed to clean up cases of fraud and corruption at Segalmex, a government organization aimed at promoting food self-sufficiency in the agricultural sector. Segalmex, created by Lopez Obrador, has been the target of multiple corruption accusations, with several former employees arrested by the…
By Richard Cowan and Moira Warburton WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. congressional Democrats are trying to force votes on abortion and gun control bills, which have slim chances of success this year, but could resonate with voters in districts represented by moderate Republicans they hope to oust in the 2024 elections. With only a 51-49 Democratic…
By Michele Kambas and Renee Maltezou ATHENS (Reuters) – With backing from a politician jailed for leading a party declared a criminal gang, Greek far-right groups swept up over 12% of the vote in Sunday’s election, mirroring the rise of populist and ultra-nationalist politicians across Europe. The surge of three parties with their ultra-nationalist views…
ATHENS (Reuters) -Alexis Tsipras, the one-time leftist firebrand who stormed to power on an anti-austerity agenda in Greece in 2015, stepped down from the helm of the Syriza party after 15 years on Thursday, following a heavy election defeat. At the height of Greece’s deep economic crisis, Tsipras, known for sporting his no-tie look, rode…
By Gram Slattery WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Florida Governor Ron DeSantis would seek to eliminate the Departments of Energy, Commerce and Education, as well as the Internal Revenue Service, if he were elected president, he suggested in a television interview on Wednesday. “We would do Education, we would do Commerce, we’d do Energy, and we would…
DAKAR (Reuters) – European election observers in Sierra Leone said there were “statistical inconsistencies” in the presidential results published by the electoral commission, which declared President Julius Maada Bio the winner of Saturday’s vote. The European Union Election Observation Mission called on the commission on Wednesday to promptly publish disaggregated results data per polling station…
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Former Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum leads the contest to be a candidate for Mexico’s ruling party in the 2024 presidential election, a survey published on Wednesday showed, while another poll put her in a virtual dead heat but advancing. A survey by polling firm Buendia & Marquez for newspaper El Universal…
By Michael Martina and Gram Slattery WASHINGTON (Reuters) -China criticized U.S. presidential contender Nikki Haley over her threats to drastically limit Sino-U.S. trade relations, saying those who blamed Beijing for problems would end up on the “ash heap of history.” Haley, a U.N. ambassador during the Trump administration, staked out one of the most hawkish…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – In a new verbal slip-up, U.S. President Joe Biden said on Wednesday that Russian President Vladimir Putin was “losing the war in Iraq” when he meant to say Ukraine. Speaking to reporters briefly before departing the White House on a trip to Chicago, Biden was asked if Putin had been weakened by…
