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Lula is expected to fly over areas affected by the rains in MG this Saturday

President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is expected to fly over, this Saturday (28), the areas most affected by the rains in the Zona da Mata region of Minas Gerais. It is

February 28, 2026

Brasil

Releases of military political prisoners reported

The lawyer and director of the non-governmental organization Foro Penal, Gonzalo Himiob, reported during the night of February 27 about the release of military political prisoners in several states of the country.

February 28, 2026

Venezuela

Army appoints first woman to general staff

Pernambuco doctor colonel Claudia Lima Gusmão Cacho is expected to be the first woman to reach the generalship of the Brazilian Army as of March 31st. Her name was nominated by the

February 28, 2026

Brasil

Emergency landing in Maiquetía left six injured

This Friday afternoon, a private aircraft from the Los Roques archipelago made a forced landing at the Simón Bolívar Airport in Maiquetía, after reporting critical mechanical failures in its landing system, leaving

February 28, 2026

Venezuela

Brazilian ruling class understands the State as theirs, says Haddad

Banco Master is a blow to the Brazilian banking system, says Haddad

The Minister of Finance, Fernando Haddad, said this Friday (27) that the Banco Master crisis does not represent a systemic risk for the Brazilian economy, as it would be restricted to the

February 28, 2026

Brasil

The ten of the boat: recklessness and hopelessness

Havana/The list of names released by the Cuban regime after the shooting on February 25, near Cayo Falcones, in Corralillo, Villa Clara, draws the human map of an episode that continues to

February 28, 2026

Ecuador

Héctor Rodríguez: popular consultation gives political control to families

The sectoral vice president for Social and Territorial Socialism, Héctor Rodríguez, highlighted the protagonism and political power that the people will exercise in the next National Popular Consultation on March 8where the

February 28, 2026

Venezuela

Conmebol announces dates and times for the 3rd preliminary phase of the Libertadores

Botafogo learned this Friday (27) the dates and times of their games against Barcelona de Guayaquil (Ecuador) in the third preliminary phase of the Copa Libertadores da América. The information was announced

February 27, 2026

Brasil

They release a 79-year-old Cuban woman who was detained by ICE for nine months in Arizona

Los Angeles/Julia Benítez, a 79-year-old Cuban immigrant known as grandmotherwas released by US immigration authorities after spending nine months detained in a prison in Arizona, where her physical and mental health deteriorated,

February 27, 2026

Ecuador

“Heard”: the nightly ritual that unites political prisoners and their families in Venezuela

Relatives of political prisoners. Photo: Archive Nightly, relatives of political prisoners detained in El Rodeo I prison They climb a hill near the prison to try to communicate with the inmates, given

February 27, 2026

Venezuela

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