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1 week ago | 
theguardian.com | Tom Silverstone |Tiago Rogero |Laurence Topham |Temujin Doran
In a remote corner of central Bolivia, hundreds of coca farmers have armed themselves with sticks and makeshift shields to protect the country’s former president, Evo Morales. For nearly 14 years, he dominated national politics and oversaw a gas-fueled economic boom that lifted millions out of poverty. Today, he is in hiding after an arrest warrant accused him of statutory rape and human trafficking. Tiago Rogero gained access to his hideout in the depths of the Bolivian jungle
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1 week ago | 
theguardian.com | Tiago Rogero |Tom Silverstone
If it were not taking place in a small village deep within the Bolivian jungle, the scene could easily have been mistaken for a film set or live-action role-playing game: hundreds of people brandish wooden spears and improvised shields made from iron or plastic drums, some of which still bear the pictogram of the toxic products they once contained.
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2 months ago | 
theashlandchronicle.com | David Runkel |Chris Stein |Tom Ambrose |Tiago Rogero
THE STATE OF THE DISTRICTEditionWe’re boycottingthe State of the Union address on Tuesday. Instead, here’s a breakdown of how the MAGA agendamay impact Oregon’s District 2THE BUDGETLast week, the Republican-controlled House passed a budget that includes trillions of dollars in cuts to federal programs. Our congressman, Cliff Bentz, was a YES vote, because we are a red district and he always toes the party line. Hundreds of us called his offices every day, trying to change his mind.
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2 months ago | 
msn.com | Tom Phillips |Tiago Rogero
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2 months ago | 
theguardian.com | Tom Phillips |Tiago Rogero
Brazilian democrats have celebrated the strength of their country’s judiciary and institutions after former president Jair Bolsonaro was left facing political oblivion and jail time for allegedly plotting a coup, in stark contrast to the US’s failure to bring Donald Trump to justice for his anti-democratic acts. “In Brazil coup-mongers go to jail.
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2 months ago | 
msn.com | Tom Phillips |Tiago Rogero
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2 months ago | 
theguardian.com | Tom Phillips |Tiago Rogero
Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro has been charged with allegedly helping to mastermind a far-right conspiracy to cling to power through a military coup. The South American country’s attorney general, Paulo Gonet, levelled the charges against the radical rightwing populist and several key allies on Tuesday night.
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Feb 7, 2025 | 
theguardian.com | Tom Phillips |Natricia Duncan |Tiago Rogero |Harriet Barber
Five hours after being shot in the belly, a Haitian accountant sat in a Port-au-Prince emergency room pondering how his homeland might be saved. “I follow the news,” said the 60-year-old, who had been hit by a stray bullet early that morning, the latest victim of seemingly interminable gang conflict that has claimed thousands of lives in the last year alone. “And I watch the young president of El Salvador who has the same problem as us.
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Jan 29, 2025 | 
msn.com | Tom Phillips |Tiago Rogero |Eromo Egbejule
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Jan 29, 2025 | 
msn.com | Tom Phillips |Tiago Rogero |Eromo Egbejule
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