Venezuela now has two presidents battling for control after opposition leader Juan Guaido declared himself interim president on Wednesday. Thousands of people marched in the country this week to demand the end of socialist President Nicolas Maduro’s government. National Assembly…
Far-right candidate wins first round in Brazil (BBC)
A far-right candidate, Jair Bolsonaro, has won the first round of Brazil’s presidential election. He will face the left-wing Workers’ Party candidate, Fernando Haddad, in the second round on 28 October after he failed to win the 50% of valid…
Venezuela’s Maduro re-elected amid outcry over vote (Reuters)
Venezuela’s leftist leader Nicolas Maduro won a new six-year term on Sunday, but his main rivals disavowed the election alleging massive irregularities in a process critics decried as a farce propping up a dictatorship. Victory for the 55-year-old former bus…