Stories for July 2019

Tuesday, July 30th 2019 - 09:54 UTC
Brazilian prison gangs' rivalry leave at least 57 inmates killed, many decapitated

At least 57 inmates were killed in a prison riot in northern Brazil on Monday as rival gang factions fought each other, an official said. Sixteen of the dead were decapitated in the second major eruption of violence to rock the country's severely overpopulated and deadly prison system in as many months.
Tuesday, July 30th 2019 - 09:53 UTC
Uruguay's Mujica blasts Malaysia as “a dictatorship where they kill 25 people every day”

Malaysia is a bloodthirsty dictatorship where they kill 25 people every day, according to Uruguay's ex president Jose Mujica. The Uruguayan leader speaking at a political rally put in the same bag, Saudi Arabia, Malaysia, China as part of a poor defense of the regime of his good friend, the president of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro.
Tuesday, July 30th 2019 - 09:47 UTC
World's largest dam and energy deal triggers a major political scandal in Paraguay

Paraguay's foreign minister and three other officials resigned on Monday amid a growing scandal over the signing of an energy deal with Brazil, a blow to President Mario Abdo who has forged close ties with Brazil, Latin America's No. 1 economy.
Tuesday, July 30th 2019 - 09:45 UTC
Major security breach of financial corp allows hacker access to personal info on 106 million individuals

Capital One Financial Corp said on Monday that personal information including names and addresses of about 100 million individuals in the United States and 6 million people in Canada were obtained by a hacker who has been arrested.
Tuesday, July 30th 2019 - 09:44 UTC
Uruguayan actor George Hilton dies in Rome, aged 85

George Hilton, the Uruguayan stage actor who starred in Argentine movies in the 1950s and 1960s and in European productions later on in his career, passed away in Rome on Sunday, his family posted on Facebook. No cause of death was given. He was 85.
Tuesday, July 30th 2019 - 09:43 UTC
Ex Barcelona and 2002 World champion with Brazil, in deep financial trouble

A court in southern Brazil has forbidden ex-Barcelona striker Ronaldinho from selling 57 of his real estate properties due to an unpaid environmental fine and other debts, a Brazilian newspaper reported on Monday.
Tuesday, July 30th 2019 - 09:35 UTC
France leading the search for the next head of the IMF

France is seen supporting Kristalina Georgieva to be the next head of the International Monetary Fund as the EU seeks to agree on a single candidate ahead of the lender's Sept 6 deadline, according to several European officials familiar with the deliberations.
Monday, July 29th 2019 - 17:02 UTC
Cuba opens access to Wi-Fi but it's not cheap and demands users defend the “revolution in every domain”

All Cubans can now have Wi-Fi in their homes, as the island's government extends Internet access even while trying to maintain control over its version of the “truth” and to defend its legitimacy. “Cubans support and defend the revolution in every domain, both in the real and the virtual worlds,” Ernesto Rodriguez Hernandez, vice-minister of communications, said in an interview.
Monday, July 29th 2019 - 13:22 UTC
Bernal, 22, becomes the first Colombian to win the Tour de France

Egan Bernal clinched victory in the Tour de France on Sunday, parading into Paris safely in the overall leader's yellow jersey, becoming the first Colombian winner of cycling's greatest prize and its youngest in more than a century.
Monday, July 29th 2019 - 11:58 UTC
Brazil gold miners invade remote reserve in the Amazon and kill a tribal leader

Heavily armed gold miners have invaded a remote indigenous reserve in northern Brazil and stabbed to death one of its leaders, officials say. Residents of the village in Amapá state fled in fear and there were concerns violent clashes could erupt if they tried to reclaim the gold-rich land. Police have arrived in the area.