Category: Politics
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Trump Administration Says It Will Restore Legal Status of Foreign Students, For Now
The Trump administration announced on Friday (25) that it will restore student visa records for potentially thousands of foreign students in the United States, whose legal status was abruptly terminated, and many without apparent justification. The decision was announced during a court hearing before a federal judge in Boston, who was hearing the challenge from…
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Former Brazilian President Fernando Collor de Mello Arrested to Serve Corruption Sentence
Former Brazilian President Fernando Collor de Mello was arrested on Friday (25) in Maceió, Alagoas, to begin serving an eight-year and ten-month prison sentence for corruption and money laundering. The arrest follows a decision by the Supreme Federal Court (STF), which rejected his latest appeals, deeming them dilatory. Minister Alexandre de Moraes issued the arrest…
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Former Brazilian President Fernando Collor de Mello arrested to serve prison sentence for corruption
Former President Fernando Collor de Mello was arrested in Maceió to serve an eight-year and ten-month sentence for corruption and money laundering, following an STF decision.
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Judge Blocks Trump Administration from Requiring Proof of Citizenship for Voter Registration
In a 120-page opinion, District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly blocked the Trump administration from requiring proof of citizenship for voter registration and from ordering election officials to “assess” the citizenship of any person receiving public assistance before authorizing registration. She also prohibited the Election Assistance Commission from withholding federal funds from states that did not comply…
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Trump Says Undocumented Immigrants Should Not Have the Right to a Trial
President Trump stated on Tuesday (22) that undocumented immigrants should not have the right to trials, insisting that his administration should be able to deport them without needing a hearing before a judge. The comments, made in the Oval Office in front of reporters, were Trump’s latest criticism of the judiciary, which, according to him,…
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Tesla Profits Fall 71% Amid Anti-Musk Backlash
Tesla’s profits fell 71% in the first three months of this year, a results statement from the company released on Tuesday (22) showed. The company’s performance fell short of analysts’ expectations. Total revenue fell 9% from the previous year, to US$ 19.3 billion, while revenue from automobile sales plunged 20% in the first three months…
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Trump Administration Considers Ways to Encourage American Women to Have More Children
The White House is evaluating ideas on how to persuade Americans to get married and have more children, a sign that the Trump administration intends to adopt a new cultural agenda promoted by many of its right-wing allies to reverse the decline in the birth rate and promote conservative family values. One of the proposals…
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Book: “Roberto Marinho: Globo in the Dictatorship – From Festivals to Bombs at Riocentro”
Amid the censorship, repression, and violence of the military dictatorship, a communications group gains strength and begins to become nationally hegemonic. It sounds contradictory, but it is part of the complex history of Rede Globo, whose main figure is Roberto Marinho. The company and the journalist are the protagonists of the biography “Roberto Marinho: Globo…
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El Salvador President Says He Will Not Return Immigrant Erroneously Deported by Trump Administration
El Salvador will not return Kilmar Ábrego García, a Salvadoran citizen whom the United States government deported to his country of origin due to an “administrative error,” according to authorities. El Salvador President Nayib Bukele made the statement during a meeting on Monday (15) at the White House with Donald Trump, with whom he maintains…
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Harvard Says It Won’t Comply with Trump’s Demands and Government Promises to Block $2 Billion in Funds
The Trump administration will punish Harvard University after the institution refused to comply with a list of federal government demands. Harvard became the first university to refuse to meet the government’s demands, sparking a confrontation between the federal government and the country’s richest university. Federal authorities announced they would freeze $2.2 billion in multi-year grants…