ISRAEL AVOIDS EARLY ELECTIONS AFTER GAZA CEASEFIRE AND POLITICAL FALLOUT
By Donnelly McCleland, Chris Eden and Mike Burnard Israel avoided early elections after a key coalition partner in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government said on Monday [19 November] that he would not withdraw his party, keeping the coalition intact despite a crisis triggered by a violent flare-up with Gaza militants. Education Minister Naftali Bennett said…
BRAZIL ELECTS FAR-RIGHT LEADER
By Cherolyn Amery Brazil’s far-right President-elect Jair Bolsonaro set about staffing his new administration on Wednesday [31 October], naming an astronaut as science minister while a top anti-corruption judge mulled a job offer. Mr Bolsonaro won the presidential race on Sunday [28 October], easily overcoming his leftist opponent with a vow to kneecap violent drug…
VENEZUELA’S POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC WOES CONTINUE
By Cherolyn Amery Venezuela’s foreign minister accused the United States of seeking an intervention and supporting military conspiracies, following a report that US officials had met with Venezuelan military officers to discuss a coup plot. The Trump administration held secret meetings with rebellious military officers over the last year to discuss their plans to overthrow…
AFGHAN PRESIDENT OFFERS TO RECOGNISE THE TALIBAN
1 MARCH 2018- Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has offered to recognise the Taliban as a legitimate political group, as part of a proposed process he said could lead to talks aimed at ending more than 16 years of war. Ghani’s offer on Wednesday, made at the start of an international conference aimed at creating a platform for…
