Nayib Bukele tweeted advice as the cryptocurrency became legal tender – not entirely smoothly – but critics call it a big distractionOn the day El Salvador adopted bitcoin as legal tender, its president spent the morning providing technical support fro…
Canada: anti-vaxxers hit Justin Trudeau with a handful of gravel
Protesters also hit bodyguard but prime minister plays down incident on election campaign stopCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageJustin Trudeau has been hit by a handful of gravel as anti-vaccination protesters targeted the Can…
Bolsonaro supporters clash with police before major rally in Brasília
Violence erupts as rightwing activists attempt to break through blockade and force their way to congressPre-dawn skirmishes have erupted between police and hardcore supporters of Brazil’s president, Jair Bolsonaro, as rightwing activists tried to force…
Brazil: warning Bolsonaro may be planning military coup amid rallies
Former world leaders and public figures say nationwide marches are modelled on US Capitol insurrectionThe Brazilian president, Jair Bolsonaro, and his allies could be preparing to mount a military coup in the world’s largest democracy, according to an …
Fears of violence on Brazil’s streets as millions rally to back Bolsonaro
His rural voters see the embattled president as a ‘messenger from God’. And this week they will march in the cities to support himJair Bolsonaro supporters aren’t hard to find in Sinop, an agricultural boomtown in the Brazilian Amazon where nearly 80% …
Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry, visionary master of reggae, dies aged 85
Producer and performer who worked with Bob Marley and pioneered both dub and roots reggae styles dies in hospital in JamaicaLee “Scratch” Perry, whose pioneering work with roots reggae and dub opened up profound new depths in Jamaican music, has died a…
Afghans reach Europe and buying burqas in Kabul: human rights this fortnight – in pictures
A roundup of the struggle for human rights and freedoms, from Afghanistan to Greece Continue reading…
Haiti’s earthquake has compounded years of corruption and political crisis | Jonathan M Katz
The 2010 earthquake response was riddled with failure. Haitians cannot afford another catastropheThe latest statistics from Haiti’s August 14 earthquake are stark: at least 2,207 people have been confirmed dead and more than 12,000 injured. More than 1…
Haiti earthquake 10 days on: survivors still ‘hungry and thirsty’ – video report
The death toll is still rising 10 days after a catastrophic earthquake struck southern Haiti on the morning of 14 August. More than 2,200 deaths have been recorded so far, while at least 30,000 families have had to abandon their homes. Many w…
Oxygen firms accused of intimidating Mexican hospitals during pandemic
Hospitals received letters threatening large fines after they installed their own onsite O2 plants in response to shortagesIn March 2020, Benjamin Espinoza Zavala saw an entire floor of his small hospital in Guanajuato, central Mexico, converted into C…