At least 24 people were killed when a bus carrying 60 passengers plunged off a cliff in northern Peru early Saturday, police told local media. Peru’s transport supervisory agency (Sutran) confirmed the accident in a statement, without any deaths or injuries. The accident occurred in the El Alto district in Peru’s far north on a […]
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Thursday urged his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron, to attend a summit of Amazon countries in France in the coming months. Lula, who was elected to a third term last October for tackling deforestation in the rainforest, spoke on a phone call with Macron’s efforts to tackle the […]
Biden meeting In the interview, Lula reiterated that he would meet US President Joe Biden in Washington on February 10, after receiving an invitation when the leaders of the Western Hemisphere’s two largest democracies discussed the Brasilia riots by phone. The Brazilian uprising was similar to the January 6, 2021 attack on the US Capitol […]
Thousands of people took to the streets of Peru’s capital Lima on Thursday in a peaceful protest against the new government and president, leaving at least 42 dead in weeks of bloody clashes that ousted former President Pedro Castillo. Protester Olga Espazo said, “Why are you turning your back on people, for God’s sake there […]
The police force responsible for public security in the Brazilian capital did not stop the crowd from advancing on the building, and some were seen in social media images taking selfies and interacting with protesters. It was only after Lula ordered the federal government to intervene with local security that riot police dispersed the crowd […]
In Juliaca thousands of people paid tribute to the dead by carrying coffins through the streets before their burial with victims’ faces, flowers, Peruvian flags and banners blaming the new government for the violence. “The bloodshed will never be forgotten,” shouted some people carrying black flags in the region bordering Bolivia, which has been a […]
Peruvian Foreign Ministry “The Government of Peru strongly condemns the attack on the Headquarters of Congress, the Presidency and the Supreme Court of Brazil and any attempt to undermine the legitimacy of the October 2022 elections. Our solidarity with President Lula and Brazilian democracy.” Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso “I condemn the acts of disrespect and […]
Corn Cv1 and soybean Sv1 climbed to their highest levels in a decade, while Malaysia’s benchmark crude palm oil prices FCOc3 climbed to a record high in March. Wheat prices have plummeted to pre-war levels and palm oil has plunged nearly 40% amid fears of a global recession, China’s COVID-19 restrictions and an extension of […]
