Robert F. Kennedy suspends his campaign and backs Trump: “The Democratic Party wants to save democracy by destroying it” | US Elections

Robert F. Kennedy suspends his campaign and backs Trump: “The Democratic Party wants to save democracy by destroying it” | US Elections

The 2024 election campaign still has surprises in store. The cycle leaves a new twist in the script after the attack on Donald Trump and the exit of President Joe Biden from the race. The road to November 5 now leaves a Trumpist Kennedy. Independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy threw in the towel this Friday, … Read more

“Hope is back”: Barack and Michelle Obama inaugurate Kamala Harris as their political heir | US Elections

“Hope is back”: Barack and Michelle Obama inaugurate Kamala Harris as their political heir | US Elections

“America is ready for a new chapter. America is ready for a better story. We are ready for a President Kamala Harris,” he said. “Hope is back!” she proclaimed. In their closing speeches on the second day of the Democratic National Convention, Barack Obama, the first black president of the United States, and his wife, … Read more

Kamala Harris challenges Trump for his presidential nomination | US Elections

Kamala Harris challenges Trump for his presidential nomination | US Elections

Perhaps convinced that the only way to reclaim the places of bad memories is to visit them openly, Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris traveled to Milwaukee on Tuesday to hold a rally at the Bucks basketball team’s court. This is the place where the Republican National Convention was held in July; the same arena on … Read more

From chaos to triumphalism: Chicago, scene of the best and worst of the Democratic Party | US Elections

From chaos to triumphalism: Chicago, scene of the best and worst of the Democratic Party | US Elections

“Chicago is my kind of town,” sang Frank Sinatra with his unmistakable swagger. You could say that it is for the Democratic Party as well. It was here that in 1896 William Jennings Bryan became the youngest presidential candidate in history, at the age of 36, thanks to a populist speech against the magnates of … Read more

Joe Biden passes the baton in Chicago to Kamala Harris to propel her to the White House | US Elections

Joe Biden passes the baton in Chicago to Kamala Harris to propel her to the White House | US Elections

US President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden leave the White House on Monday to address the Democratic National Convention.SHAWN THEW (EFE) Joe Biden traveled to Chicago on Monday to attend a Democratic National Convention very different from the one he had imagined just a month ago. The flight plan for the Air Force … Read more

Gaza war spills into Chicago Democratic convention | US Elections

Gaza war spills into Chicago Democratic convention | US Elections

The Democratic National Convention, which is being held from Monday to Thursday to seal Kamala Harris’s presidential candidacy, emphasizes the idea of ​​unity even in the name of its venue: the United Center in Chicago. But that image of harmony around the vice president was fractured just a few blocks away: more than a hundred … Read more

USA: The influence of Latinos/as on the political future

USA: The influence of Latinos/as on the political future

For US citizens of Latin American origin, there could be another rude awakening after the elections. Photo: Daniel Foster/Flickr (CC BY-NC 2.0) (Washington/New York, 12. August 2024, the day).- In the USA, the number of Latinos and Latinas eligible to vote has risen from 14.3 million in 2000 to more than 36 million. According to … Read more

Edmundo González defies Venezuelan Supreme Court summons

Edmundo González defies Venezuelan Supreme Court summons

Caracas. Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo González Urrutia on Wednesday defied a Supreme Court summons as part of a process called to “certify” the disputed presidential election in which President Nicolás Maduro was declared the winner. González, representative of the disqualified leader María Corina Machado, denounced fraud and claims to have evidence proving that she won … Read more

US warns Maduro of greater international pressure if he arrests opponents

US warns Maduro of greater international pressure if he arrests opponents

Washington. The United States ambassador to the OAS, Francisco Mora, warned Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on Thursday that he would face international pressure “that he could not imagine” if he arrested opposition leaders María Corina Machado and Edmundo González Urrutia. “If Maduro decides to do that, he will activate the international community in ways he … Read more

Maduro: US-trained mercenaries paid by rivals attack Venezuela

Maduro: US-trained mercenaries paid by rivals attack Venezuela

Caracas. Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro said yesterday that the people linked to violent acts in the anti-government protests, which have resulted in more than twenty deaths and hundreds of arrests, were trained in the United States, Colombia, Peru and Chile, and he ordered take out of circulation or block access to the social network platform … Read more