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☆ Russian Women Flock to Argentina to Give Birth
  + stars: | 2023-02-27 | by ( Silvina Frydlewsky | Juan Forero | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
BUENOS AIRES—Thousands of pregnant Russian women and their partners have been migrating to Argentina since President Vladimir Putin ordered the invasion of Ukraine, inspired by the hope of building new lives far from his autocratic and increasingly isolated nation. The chance to begin anew over 8,000 miles away from Russia has led more than 22,000 mostly middle- and upper-class Russians to make the circuitous journey to this capital city since January 2022, according to Argentine government migration figures. Officials here say the women have been arriving in growing numbers and giving birth, which bestows immediate citizenship on newborns as well as temporary residency and work permits for their parents.
☆ Brazilian Riot Investigators Probe Possible Crimes Against Democracy
  + stars: | 2023-01-22 | by ( Luciana Magalhaes | Juan Forero | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
BRASÍLIA—It was supposed to have been a peaceful day, though police expected demonstrations on the vast, grassy Esplanade where Brazil’s three branches of power are located. Adilson Paz said goodbye to his two teenage boys and headed to work as chief of the legislative police at the modernist lower house of Congress. He said he thought he would be home by dark that Sunday, Jan. 8.
☆ Turmoil and Protests Shake Latin America as Region Sours on Democracy
  + stars: | 2023-01-16 | by ( Ryan Dube | Juan Forero | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
LIMA, Peru—This country has had six presidents in five years, the latest taking power last month and igniting protests that have cost 42 lives and paralyzed many of Peru’s highland cities. In Mexico, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has taken measures that undermine the country’s independent electoral agency, while thousands of supporters of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro , many of them who said his opponent had rigged the October presidential election, last week ransacked the country’s presidential palace, the Congress and the Supreme Court.
☆ Brazilian President Remains Silent a Day After Losing Election
  + stars: | 2022-10-31 | by ( Juan Forero | Luciana Magalhaes | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva celebrated with supporters in São Paulo on Sunday after being declared the winner. SÃO PAULO—A day after Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was declared the winner of Sunday’s election in Brazil, global leaders have congratulated the president-elect on his victory—from the U.S. and India to Russia and China. One was still missing: Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro .
☆ Colombia’s Acreage of Coca, Used to Make Cocaine, Surges to Record
  + stars: | 2022-10-21 | by ( Juan Forero | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Colombia’s harvest of coca, the base ingredient of cocaine, has grown steadily in recent years. BOGOTÁ, Colombia—Colombia has posted a sharp rise in coca cultivation, the United Nations said on Thursday, raising concerns among U.S. antinarcotics officials about how the country’s new government will bring drug trafficking under control. The U.N.’s Office on Drugs and Crime said the amount of land used to grow coca—the main ingredient in cocaine—had expanded 43% from 2020 to 2021 to 504,000 acres spread out across several rural states.
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