Members of Brazil’s Senate overwhelmingly voted today to confirm the impeachment of the suspended president. Sam Cowie reports from São Paulo. Download Audio Pro-impeachment senators sang the national anthem and waved Brazilian flags during...
Florida voters have added a tax break for solar energy to the state’s constitution. FSRN’s Sean Kinane reports, it could encourage businesses to add rooftop solar in the Sunshine State. Download Audio Florida’s newest...
A bill just passed in California would make the state the first in the country to provide agriculture workers the same levels of overtime pay as laborers in other sectors. FSRN’s Lena Nozizwe reports...
Mexico’s president has fired the country’s Federal Police chief in the wake of new evidence of extrajudicial executions by federal forces. Shannon Young has more. Download Audio Mexico’s Interior Secretary announced Monday that Federal...
After a ban on burkinis in France was tossed out by the country’s top administrative body, the topic of women’s religious clothing and their freedom to wear it remains an issue in France. But...
Brazil’s suspended president Dilma Rousseff spoke in her own defense today as part of her impeachment trial before the Senate. Rousseff maintains that she is the victim of a parliamentary coup and calls the...
Half-century civil conflict in Colombia ends in historic peace agreement Turkish ground forces enter Syrian conflict West Virginia halts mountaintop removal project after strong opposition from locals U.S. auctions Gulf of Mexico oil leases...
Four months after Papua New Guinea’s Supreme Court ordered the shut-down of the Manus Island detention center, more than 800 detainees await an uncertain fate. The Court is considering an application for summary judgment...
Colombia has declared an end to the longest running civil conflict in the Western Hemisphere. In a historic agreement the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia – more commonly known as the FARC – signed...
In West Virginia’s coal country, a wellspring of citizen opposition to a mountaintop removal mine has caused the state to put the brakes on the entire operation. As FSRN’s Melinda Tuhus reports, residents say...
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